Category : In Memoriam

Sister Karolina was born in Ulmbach, Germany on March 23, 1938.  She entered with the   Dominican Sisters of Oakford in Neustadt am Main in 1959.  She trained as a nurse and worked as a surgical nurse for ten years at the Mariankrankenhaus in Floersheim.  When the Oakford   Sisters responded to the

Fr. Paul-Cuong Phan died on December 7, 2022, at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, where he was a chaplain since 2021.  He is survived by his mother and five siblings. His hospital ministry at O’Connor and Valley Medical Center was brief, but he was known as a chaplain with a compassionate heart and ch

October 6, 1930 – August 5, 2022 Monsignor Ludwig Andre, a retired priest of the Diocese of San José, passed away the morning of Friday August 5, 2022 in Alamo, California. He was 91 years old. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1957. Locally, he served as acting president - pri

March 7, 1940 – August 3, 2022 Rest in eternal peace: Monsignor John Sandersfeld, a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, passed away the morning of Wednesday August 3, 2022 in San Francisco. He was 82 years old. He attended St. Leo the Great elementary school in San Jose and later Bellarmine C

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother Robert J. Juenemann of the Cupertino Marianist Community in Cupertino, California, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 28, 2022, in San Antonio at the age of 87 with 66 years of religio

The Reverend Michael Burns, a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, died peacefully at Stanford Hospital on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.  He was 90 years old. Born on August 22, 1931 in Oakland to Michael J. Burns and Sarah Curran, Father Burns attended St. Joseph’s School in Alameda and St. Joseph’s