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Several firsts were marked in the Diocese of Charlotte in 2011, including:

•  Ground was broken at Belmont Abbey College in June for a maternity center run by the nonprofit Room at the Inn of Charlotte, believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. The $3 million, 10,000-square-foot maternity home will shelter and counsel college-aged pregnant women and their children.

•  The annual Diocesan Support Appeal, supporting more than 30 ministries, hit the $5 million mark for the first time in 2011 – more than 10 percent over its goal. The DSA campaign was the most successful ever thanks to above-average donations from a slightly smaller pool of donors.

•  Approximately 650 men gathered at Charlotte Catholic High School in February for the diocese's first Catholic men's conference, "Being a True Catholic Man," sponsored in part by the Knights of Columbus. Men were challenged to live up to their spiritual leadership potential.

— Patricia L. Guilfoyle, editor

Parishes marking anniversaries in 2011

•  St. John the Baptist Church in Tryon, 100
•  St. Margaret Mary Church in Swannanoa, 75
•  St. Joseph Church in Bryson City, 70
•  St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte, 50
•  St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, 25

In memoriam

• Father J. Paul Byron, the founding pastor of St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte, died March 15, 2011, at 89.

• Sister Julia Dennehy, SMG, who served as a nurse at Pennybyrn at Maryfield in High Point for more than 40 years, died May 24, 2011, at 99.
• Jesuit Father James. A. Devereux, the former pastor of St. Peter Church in Charlotte, died Dec. 19, 2011, at 83.
• Archbishop Emeritus John F. Donoghue of Atlanta, who served as the second bishop of Charlotte from 1984 to 1993, died Nov. 11, 2011, at 83.
• Deacon Nicholas Fadero, who served at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte for 25 years, died Feb. 10, 2011, at 82.
• Deacon Gerald Hickey, a member of the first class of permanent deacons for the Diocese of Charlotte, died June 6, 2011, at 83. He served at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte for nearly three decades.
• Conventual Franciscan Father Edgar Holden, known as "Father Ed" to a generation of Our Lady of Fatima parishioners and Winston-Salem Journal readers, died Sept. 15, 2011, at 93.
• Father Conrad Kimbrough, beloved pastor and "priest of priests" who fervently fostered vocations, died July 5, 2011, at 84.
• Vincentian Father Arthur Kolinsky, CM, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Charlotte, died Sept. 20, 2011, at 67.
• Sister Helen Elizabeth Latour, RCE, distinguished comparative languages professor and longtime literacy advocate, died Jan. 4, 2011, in North Wilkesboro at 85.
• Providence Sister Anne Scott, a teacher who served at the parishes of Our Lady of Consolation in Charlotte and St. Joan of Arc in Asheville during the 1970s, died Sept. 5, 2011, at 82.
• Redemptorist Father John "Jack" Smyth, former pastor of St. James Church in Concord and long-time missionary, died Nov. 3, 2011, at 73.