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1868 – 1936 (November 20) Frederick Stephen Riordan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 25, 1868, and was baptized on the same day at Saint Mary’s Church there. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 1891 but, at the death of his mother in December, he left the novitiate to return […]

1919 – 2003 (October 21) Patrick Joseph Rice, son of Patrick Rice and Catherine Callan, was born in New York on July 12, 1919, and baptized in the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Bronx. He attended Good Shepherd Parochial School, Manhattan College High School and Manhattan College from which he graduated with a degree […]

1905 – 1983 (March 11) Christian A. Retera was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on December 15, 1905. He entered the Order of Saint Augustine in 1925 and professed simple vows on September 14, 1926, and solemn vows on September 17, 1929. He was ordained to the priesthood in Den Bosch, Netherlands, on May 30, 1931. […]

1872 – 1899 (August 2) Guglielmo Serafino Repetti was born on August 15, 1872, in Cabella Ligure, Genoa. His father died when he was three years old and he and his five sisters were raised by their mother alone. At the age of 13 he entered the minor seminary of the Order at Borgo a […]

1885 – 1925 (March 8) William Joseph Reilly, son of William Reilly and Maria Reilly, was born on April 11, 1885, and baptized on April 19th in the parish of Saint Peter, Staten Island, New York. He was confirmed on April 27, 1897, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Staten Island, by Archbishop John […]

1903 – 1981 (June 4) James Samuel Reilly was born December 8, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Edward F. Reilly and Mary Jane Mason. He was baptized December 27, 1903 at Annunciation BVM Church, Philadelphia, and was confirmed April 19, 1911 at St. Monica Church, Philadelphia. Upon graduation in 1921 from Roman Catholic High School, […]

1910 – 1968 (October 9) John Patrick Reidy was born on March 17, 1910 in Staten Island, New York to Michael J. Reidy and Margaret F. Brophy. He was baptized on March 27, 1910 at St. Columba Catholic Church, New York, New York, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 16, 1922 at St. […]

1884 – 1979 (January 26) Leo James Reichart, son of August Reichart and Catherine Wummer, was born in Bally, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1884. His primary education was obtained at Blessed Sacrament Parochial School in his native town. After having worked for a while as a tailor, he enrolled at the Augustinian Preparatory Scholasticate, Saint […]

1880 – 1954 (June 28) John Joseph Regnery was born in Locust Gap, Pennsylvania on February 19 1880, to Michael Regnery and Christina Spaeder. He entered Villanova College and later studied at Saint Vincent’s College in Westmoreland County, PA. In 1899, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA, and was ordained to the priesthood in […]

1879 – 1912 (December 21) William James Regan, son of Francis Regan and Maria Davis, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 6, 1879. He was baptized in the Cathedral of St. Mary, Halifax, on October 21, 1879. William began his education at the school of St. Mary, Halifax, and after five and a […]