A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 1 in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Maple Shade, for Deacon Joseph A. Card who died June 27 at age 97.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., was principal celebrant of a Mass of Christian Burial July 6 in St. James Church, Red Bank, for Msgr. Frederick A. Valentino who died June 29, the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul.
Marie Therese Zeis, mother of Franciscan Father Gabriel Zeis, former vicar for Catholic education and Catholic chaplain at Princeton University, died June 28 at age 95.
Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the last surviving Fatima visionary, died in the Carmelite cloister in Coimbra, Portugal, in February 2005 at the age of 97.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision June 29 in favor of a former postal worker who said he was denied a religious accommodation to observe Christian precepts on keeping holy the Lord's Day by his former employer.