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”Father Steik was Provincial of USA Province of the Society of Mary 2000-2006 and then assigned as associate pastor at Notre Dame des Victoires Parish from 2008 until he retired in 2017 to the Marist Center of the West in San Francisco,” Marist Father Rene Iturbe told Catholic San Francisco.
Aug. 23, 2020
Catholic San Francisco
Marist Father Dennis Steik died Aug. 20, 2020, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco. He was 78 years old.
“His health had been declining for some time, and his death followed a more recent diagnosis of coronavirus COVID-19,” Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, said in an announcement of Father Steik’s death.
Father Steik professed vows with the Society of Mary on Sept. 12, 1963, and was ordained to the priesthood on May 31, 1969.”Father Steik was Provincial of USA Province of the Society of Mary 2000-2006 and then assigned as associate pastor at Notre Dame des Victoires Parish from 2008 until he retired in 2017 to the Marist Center of the West in San Francisco,” Marist Father Rene Iturbe told Catholic San Francisco.
In the late '70s Father Steik began a long tenure in campus ministry serving at schools throughout California including the Holy Names Sisters’ Holy Names College in Oakland and UC Santa Cruz.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, family have held private services with committal in the Marist plot at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. A public memorial Mass and reception will be announced when restrictions are lifted.
Remembrances may be made to Marist Center of the West, 625 Pine St., San Francisco 94108.