Josephite brother who was nationally renowned photographer dies at 78

Published: 2008-05-28

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A funeral Mass for nationally renowned photographer Josephite Brother Earl Vincent Kent, 78, was celebrated May 28 at St. Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore. Brother Earl died May 22 at St. Joseph Manor in Baltimore -- a retirement and recuperation facility for the Josephites -- following a long and debilitating illness, said Josephite Father John F. Byrne, a retired priest at the facility. Brother Earl was interred in New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore. Orphaned as an infant in Baltimore, he was raised in St. Elizabeth Home and was educated at Dunbar Junior High School in the Maryland city and St. Joseph Industrial School for Boys in Clayton, Del., until 1946. He eventually began working at the Josephite facility even before he joined the religious order in 1954. He took his final vows in 1961. Brother Earl served in a number of ministries in New York, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, Texas and Louisiana. Along the way he developed a passion for photography and honed his craft, Father Byrne said.

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