A funeral Mass will be offered Sept. 17 for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Michael Tashiro at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Mary Michael, a former teacher at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, died Aug. 28. She was 93.| Catholic Review
Pope Leo XIV praised the late Duchess of Kent, who joined the Catholic Church in 1994, for her "Christian goodness" and her many years of charity work and care for vulnerable people.| Catholic Review
Father Thomas Gills, a former military chaplain who ministered to critically wounded servicemen and later served as pastor of St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland and St. Peter at the Lake in McHenry, died Sept. 6 at his home in Little Orleans. He was 71.| Catholic Review
Deacon Michael Dodge, who served for many years as a permanent deacon at The Community of St. Athanasius (Curtis Bay) and St. Rose of Lima (Brooklyn), was remembered by family and friends for his special way of sharing time with people.| Catholic Review
