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1918 – 2001 (November 25) Albert Clement Shannon, son of Leonard B. Shannon and Marie O’Loughlin, was born in Brookville, Pennsylvania, on March 19, 1918, and was baptized there the same day in the Church of The Immaculate Conception. He attended the parochial school from 1924 to 1932, and then entered Saint Vincent Latrobe in […]

1920 – 1969 (July 22) James McCort Seymour was born in Tyrone, PA on March 22, 1920, one of two sons and three daughters of John E. Seymour and Mary Kelleher. After attending Saint Matthew Parochial School and Tyrone Public High School, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, where he spent two years as a […]

1912 – 1992 (November 13) Joseph Aloysius Senke was born September 21, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois to John Senke and Mary Mockkitis, and was baptized on October 13, 1912 at Holy Cross Church there. He began his secondary education at Fox Valley Catholic High School, Aurora, Illinois, but transferred to Augustinian Academy, the preparatory seminary […]

1900 – 1989 (February 15) John Leo Seary, Jr. was born May 6, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of ten children of John Leo Seary and Cecelia Jordan.. He was baptized May 27, 1900 at Saint Francis Xavier Church, and was confirmed May 26, 1910 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, both in […]

1931 – 2013 (July 22)  Joseph Cletus Schnaubelt was born on May 30, 1931, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph A. Schnaubelt and Margaret McIntire. He was baptized on June 14, 1931 at Mount Carmel Church, Altoona, and attended Saint Mary Parish School there, and Altoona Catholic High School. In 1948 he transferred to […]

1871 – 1894 (May 31) Charles Schmalz was born in Rauenthal, Germany on February 26, 1871, to Richard Schmalz and Katharine Speck. He immigrated to the United States where he was vested as a novice at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on December 8, 1892. Several months later, in March, 1893, he underwent the amputation of his foot […]

1882 – 1930 (January 9) George Joseph Scannell was born in Philadelphia, PA on September 19, 1882, one of four sons and four daughters of David Scannell and Mary Tole. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on July 4, 1907, and professed vows on July 6, 1908. On September 30th, he left for Italy with […]

1884 – 1956 (May 11) Andrew Scanlan, son of Andrew Scanlan and Mary Reilly, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on November 28, 1884. After completing his early education, he became a candidate for the Province at Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1901, taking the name Brother Paul. He entered the novitiate in 1907, and professed simple vows […]

1908 – 1972 (July 9) Henry F. Scanlan was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, on February 1908, the youngest of nine children of Thomas Scanlan and Mary Watson. He grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia, and graduated from LaSalle College in 1931. After college Henry entered the Trappist Monastery at Gethsemane, Kentucky, as a postulant but discovered […]

1877 – 1918 (October 15) Daniele Antonio Scalabrella, the son of Sante Scalabrella, was born at Onani in the diocese of Aquapendente, Italy, on September 27, 1876. He entered the Order on July 15, 1894 as a member of the Roman Province and was ordained on December 21, 1901.  The following year he was sent […]