Deacon William Engler, 84, died March 26. He was ordained in 1986.

He ministered at St. Mary, Riverside; St. John of the Cross, Western Springs; and St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, Tinley Park, accompanying people in need, in doubt and in joy. He loved officiating baptisms and marriages and held deep affection for his deacon family.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Kate; his sons Vincent and Matthew; three grandchildren, and his sister, Marianne Lillie.

Deacon John Lorbach, 75, died March 26. He was ordained in 1996 and served at St. Raymond de Penafort Parish in Mount Prospect.

Deacon Lorbach served as the parish’s director of worship, coordinated the baptism program and was the parish representative to St. Mark Lutheran Church, the parish’s covenant partner.

He is survived by his wife, Ingrid; his children Brian, Timothy and Mary Kate; three grandchildren; and siblings Diane Wilson, David Lorbach and Karen Schappert.

Deacon Feliks Pezowicz, 81, died March 31. He ministered at Transfiguration Parish in Wauconda.

Born in Poland, he loved serving the community and regularly provide comfort and ministry services to the elderly. He was a fixture in the rosary group Kolo zywego rózanca Swietej Tereski od Dzieciatka Jezus.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Josette; his children Thomas Pezowicz and Donna Lesczynski; four grandchildren; and his sister Waclawa Krasowska.

Jesuit Brother James E. Small, 104, died March 19 in Clarkston, Michigan.

Born in Chicago, Brother Small was a postulant in the Jesuit novitiate in Milford, Ohio, for a few months when he was 18, but he went on to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked as a machinist and Chicago police officer before entering the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus in 1952. He made his final vows in 1963.

Brother Small served as the infirmarian at the Milford novitiate (1955-1958) and West Baden College, Indiana (1958-1963).

He returned to the novitiate a carpenter (1963-1969) before being missioned to Loyola Academy in Wilmette, where he spent over four decades ministering as a carpenter and an artist-in-residence. In 2013, he moved to Colombiere Center in Clarkston.

Throughout his life, Brother Small would copy famous paintings and sell them to support Loyola Academy. Later in life, he began painting original artwork that currently hangs on the walls of Colombiere Center.

According to the Loyola Academy website, his paintings raised over a million dollars for tuition assistance at the school, where he also taught Saturday art classes to students of all ages.

Providence Sister Mary Catherine (Marikay) Duffy, 90, died March 20 in St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana.

Born in Indianapolis, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1953 and was given the name Sister Marie Michele. She professed final vows in 1960.

Of her 73 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered in elementary schools in Illinois and California for nine years and then ministered in Arequipa, Peru, for nine years. Upon return, she served in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ Hispanic apostolate, and in 1987 was part of founding the Hispanic Education Center. She continued working in Hispanic ministry and ministry to immigrants.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Athanasius, Evanston (1955-1956); Our Lady of Mercy (1956-1958); and St. Sylvester (1958-1961).

Redemptorist Father Albert Castellino, 91, died March 23 in Missouri. Father Albert preached the Good News in four languages on five continents for nearly six decades.

Born in Maharashtra, India, he professed temporary vows with the Province of Bangalore in 1954 and professed perpetual vows in 1957. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1961.

Father Albert met and worked with St. Teresa of Calcutta in India before becoming active in the Marriage Encounter program there. Couples from the United States who assisted in building the program in India asked the charismatic Father Albert to return to the United States to lead the program in the Diocese of Boise.

While in the United States, Father Albert became involved in other movements within the church: the Cursillo and charismatic movements, as well as Teens Encounter Christ and Engaged Couples Weekends. He began preaching missions throughout the West Coast in 1981.

He joined the former St. Louis Province in 1988, and was known as a creative, engaging and effective itinerant preacher. He maintained an extensive network of friends throughout the country.

As a member of the mission team, Father Albert was stationed at St. Alphonsus Parish from 1986 to 1993 and St. Michael Parish from 1993 until 1999.

Deacon John A. Henricks, 79, died March 6. He was ordained in 1993 and ministered at Sacred Heart Parish (Melrose Park) and St. Giles, Oak Park.

Born in Ohio, he moved with his family to Baltimore, then Indiana, before arriving in Oak Park, where he attended Fenwick High School. During his time there, he did service work with Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, which inspired a lifetime of social justice work and caring for others.

He earned a master’s degree in social service administration from the University of Chicago and worked as a licensed clinical social worker at Chicago-Read Mental Health Center and Rush University Medical Center.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Lois; three daughters, Rebecca, Jennifer and Elizabeth; and one grandchild.

Father John Paul Lucas, 85, of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas died Feb. 4.

Born in Cleveland, Father Lucas attended Ohio State University, the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and Notre Dame de Namur University. During his time in the seminary, he regularly wrote articles for the Byzantine Catholic World.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1966 and incardinated into the St. Nicholas Eparchy, based in Chicago, in 1985. Father Lucas served parishes in Sacramento, San Francisco and Santa Clara, California, before coming to Chicago to serve at St. Michael Parish in the West Pullman neighborhood.

In 2002, Father John was appointed English-language editor of the eparchial newspaper New Star, and in 2007 he became its managing editor.

He is survived by his brother, Donald.

Deacon Manuel Rodriguez Torres, 99, died Feb. 15 in Chicago. He was ordained in 1972 and served at St. Francis of Assisi Parish (Roosevelt Road).

Born in Puerto Rico, Deacon Rodriguez Torres and his wife, Carmen, built a life in Chicago rooted in love for their family and commitment to serving others.

He was preceded in death by Carmen, his wife of 59 years; a daughter; and a grandson. He is survived by 13 children and dozens of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Mary (Marie Alfred) Rathert, 82, died Jan. 20 in Muskego, Wisconsin.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, she professed vows with the Sinsinawa Dominicans in 1963. She earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest; a master’s degree in math education from Ohio State University; and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.

Sister Mary’s ministry was dedicated to teaching, pastoral care and social service work. She taught math at Visitation High School and at Trinity High School, River Forest, as well as in Milwaukee and in Omaha, Nebraska.

She then served her congregation on the formation team for the Sinsinawa Dominican Novitiate, as a provincial councilor for the Eastern Province, and as councilor on the Sinsinawa Dominican Leadership Council.

She worked in outreach and parish ministry in Florida, West Virginia and Virginia, and as a program director in Washington.