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1870 – 1939 (January 30) Francis Edward Tourscher, son of John Tourscher and Louise Widhauser, natives of Alsace, was born at Dushore, PA, on May 10, 1870. From a family of eleven, three of his sisters became religious. After attending a small country grammar school, he was apprenticed to a local carpenter. The parish priest […]

1917 – 1981 (December 5) Joseph A. Toscani, OSA, was born on April 18, 1917, in Philadelphia, PA. He attended Saint Edmund’s Church and Parish School, Philadelphia, PA. In September 1932 he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, NY, as a postulant and became a novice in 1936. He professed first vows in 1937. He then […]

1912 – 1989 (September 10) John Francis Toomey was born August 22, 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts to John J. Toomey and Margaret E. Cronin. He was baptized and confirmed at Saint Mary’s Church, Lawrence. He earned his high school diploma in 1930 at St. John Prep School, Danvers, Massachusetts, and entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, […]

1934 – 2009 (June 11) Anthony Joseph Tomasulo was born on May 5, 1934, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Joseph T.omasulo and Grace Calabro. He had one sister, Marie. Anthony was baptized at the Church of the Assumption, Roselle Park, N.J., on July 1, 1934. He attended Alden School, Roselle Park Junior High […]

1919 – 1973 (December 19) Adolfo Toccafondi was born on September 23, 1919, in San Quirico di Vernio, near Florence, Italy, one of ten children of Gennaro Toccafondi and Emma Simoni. He professed first vows in the Order on October 10, 1935 and was affiliated to the Etrurian Province. He was solemnly professed on December […]

1915 – 1983 (December 7) John Christopher Timms was born October 12, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts to John Timms and Elizabeth Mulcahy, and was baptized ib November 14, 1915 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston. After his graduation in 1933 from Cathedral High School, Boston, John studied for one year at Boston College. […]

1891 – 1932 (August 30) Louis William Tierney, son of William Tierney, a farmer, and Ella Burns, was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on April 9, 1891. He was baptized in the parish church of the Immaculate Conception there, and attended St. Mary’s Academy. Louis was accepted for the Order, was vested on June […]

1891 – 1932 (August 30) Louis William Tierney, son of William Tierney and Ella Burns, was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on April 9, 1891. He was baptized in the parish church of the Immaculate Conception there, and attended St. Mary’s Academy. Louis was accepted for the Order, was vested on June 25, 1910, […]

1902 – 1995 (September 26) Aloysius John Tierney was born March 10, 1902 in McKinley, Pennsylvania to Edward Tierney and Nora Sullivan, and was one of five brothers and three sisters. He was baptized on March 23, 1902 at Immaculate Conception Church, Jenkintown, PA. He was received into the novitiate on June 21, 1923, and […]

1913 – 1977 (January 13) William Anthony Thomas was born June 25, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Thomas and Julia Bushnell. He was baptized on July 13, 1913, at Our Mother of Sorrows Church, Philadelphia, and was confirmed on June 4, 1922 at the same church. He entered the novitiate September 9, 1932, professed […]