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| August 20, 2008 |
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OBITUARIESFather August Kita, 76Salesian Father August J. Kita, former director of Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa, died June 12 in Suffern, N.Y. He was 76. Father Kita was born Aug. 9, 1931, in Bayonne, N.J. He graduated from Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, N.J., in 1949, and entered the Salesians of Don Bosco community novitiate in Newton, N.J., just a few months after his high school graduation. He made his first profession as a Salesian Sept. 8, 1950, and was ordained a priest June 4, 1960. Father Kita’s education included a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Don Bosco College in Newton; a theology degree from the Salesian seminary in Aptos, Calif.; a licentiate in canon law from the Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum in Rome; and a master’s in education from Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. Read the complete obituary HERE 
Father John Anoia, 85Father John Anoia, a retired priest who ministered at three diocesan parishes, died April 29 at the age of 85. Father Anoia was born in Kulpmont, Pa. He studied for the priesthood at Glenclif Seminary, a Capuchin theological seminary in Garrison, N.Y., and was ordained a Capuchin priest June 22, 1957. His service to the church brought him assignments in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Middletown, Conn.; and Massachusetts. He also served as a hospital chaplain at Pittsfield Medical Center, Pittsfield, N.H. Read the complete obituary HERE 
Sister Mary Ann CarolloSister Mary Ann Carollo, a Benedictine Sister of Florida who served in schools, died in May of pneumonia. A native of Slidell, La., Sister Carollo was in the 74th year of her monastic profession. She taught music and kindergarten in Florida, Louisiana and Kansas, and her sisters at the Holy Name Monastery said it was those things that kept her young at heart, even as she reached old age. She also loved wearing the modified habit that told the world she was a religious sister. Read the complete obituary HERE 
Sister Margaret Foley, 73Former St. Jude Catholic School teacher Sister Margaret Foley, also known as Sister Patrick Clare Foley, died June 2 in Westlake, Ohio. She was 73 and in her 55th year as an Adrian Dominican sister. Sister Foley was born in Chicago and graduated from Aquinas High School, Chicago. Her education includes a bachelor’s of philosophy degree in English from Siena Heights College in Adrian, Mich. Read the complete obituary HERE 
Deacon Gerard Gagné, 71Deacon Gerard Gagné, a deacon from Boston who served winters at Espiritu Santo Parish in Safety Harbor, died April 29, in Lawrence, Mass. He was 71. Deacon Gagné served at Espiritu Santo since 2001. He ministered in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, religious education, and a men’s Scripture group; performed baptisms, gravesite and wake services; and assisted with Sunday liturgies. Read the complete obituary HERE 
Salesian Brother Charles Todel, 78Brother Charles Todel, a Salesian brother who taught at the former Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa, died April 20 at Maria Manor in St. Petersburg. He was 78. Brother Todel was born in Bronx, N.Y., and made his first religious profession with the Salesians of Don Bosco Sept. 8, 1943. Read the complete obituary HERE. Sister Rose Clare Welpe, 86Sister Rose Clare Welpe, a Franciscan Sister of Allegany who served in two local parishes, died May 4 at St. Joseph Hospital, Tampa. She was 86 and in the 62nd year of religious profession. Read the complete obituary HERE.
Let Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servants, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, they may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect.
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