Necrology
Our necrology listing below contains the names of our deceased priests and seminarians who have been supported by our ministries. Please join us as we continue to honor and remember them, and pray for their eternal rest.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Please join us in prayer for the repose of the soul of Fr. Michael Todd Kottar, 53, who was Pastor of St. Mary's parish in Shelby, NC, and entered eternity after Vespers 1 for the Feast of Pentecost, on Saturday evening, May 22, 2021, having received the Sacraments. Fr. Michael was a faithful priest for 27 years, provided valuable guidance, and was a close friend of our ministry's spiritual director.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Please join us in prayer for the repose of the soul of Fr. Josiah "Cy" Nicholas Booth, 34, on sick leave from the diocese of Covington, KY, where he had served several parishes and schools. He entered eternity on January 31, 2020, having received the Sacraments in the days prior. Known to our ministry from his early years in seminary at the Josephinum, he was a faithful encourager of our Adopt-a-Seminarian program.
V /. Oremus et pro frátribus, vivis atque defunctis.
R /. Salvos fac servos tuos, Deus meus, sperantes in te.
V /. Mitte eis, Dómine, auxílium de sancto.
R /. Et de Sion tuere eos.
V /. Réquiem aeternam dona eis, Dómine.
R /. Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
V /. Requiescant in pace.
R /. Amen.
In English:
V. Let us pray for our brethren, living and dead.
R. Save your servants, my God, that hope in you.
V. Send them, O Lord, help from your holy place.
R. And from Sion watch over them.
V. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
R And let perpetual light shine upon them.
V. May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Please join us in prayer for the repose of the soul of Seminarian Michael Kitson, 20, who attended the Pontifical College Josephinum and was a seminarian for the Charlotte Diocese. He entered eternity on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2014. Michael was a faithful Catholic and had received the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist in the day(s) prior to his death.