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1908 – 1982 (August 7) Robert Edward Regan, son of William J. Regan and Sara F. Sullivan, was born at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on May 27, 1908, and was baptized by Father John Barthouski, O.S.A., at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish. His grammar school education was obtained at Saint Peter parochial school and at […]

1862 – 1884 (November 24) John Joseph Regan, son of Thomas Regan and Mary O’Brien, was born in Clonmell, Ireland on December 23, 1862. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA, in February, 1883, and professed simple vows on February 3, 1884. He was forced to discontinue his studies because of poor health. He died […]

1859 – 1937 (July 16) Henry Timothy Regan, son of John O’Regan and Margaret Donovan, and younger brother of Daniel Regan, O.S.A. of our Province, was born at Andover, Massachusetts, on December 18, 1859. He was baptized at Immaculate Conception Church, Lawrence, the following day. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on October 3, […]

1850 – 1917 (April 5) Daniel Denis Regan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1850, to John Regan and Margaret Donovan. His younger brother, Henry also became an Augustinian. While Daniel was a child his family moved to Andover, Ma., where he attended the Punchard Free School. In 1868, Daniel entered Villanova College, […]

1883 – 1951 (June 30) Thomas Reed, the son of John Reed and Mary McCrossin, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 3, 1883. After laboring for a number of years as a coppersmith in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, he entered the Villanova Monastery from Annunciation Parish in South Philadelphia, as a lay brother in […]

1897 – 1962 (February 22) Charles Henry Redding, son of John Redding and Ellen Clay, was born in Old Saint Augustine’s Parish, Philadelphia, on December 19, 1897. He was educated at Saint Augustine Parochial School and, from 1914 to 1918, at the Augustinian Scholasticate, Saint Rita Hall, Villanova. He was received as a novice on […]

1888 – 1979 (October 8) Walter Gabriel Rafter was born on July 20, 1888, to Walter Rafter and Barbara Gabriel. In September, 1904 he entered Villanova Preparatory from Flushing, New York. He was received into the novitiate on July 4. 1907; professed his first vows on July 6, 1908. Following profession, he was sent to […]

1922 – 2008 (October 3) John Michael Quinn was born on November 27, 1922, in Donaghmore, County Tyrone, Ireland, one of three sons and three daughters of Andrew Quinn and Rose Hughes. He was baptized in Saint John Catholic Church, Donaghmore, on the day of his birth. His family immigrated to the United States and […]

1875 – 1939 (January 28) Francis Patrick Quinn, son of Edward Quinn and Sarah Melvin, was born in Watertown, New York, on September 13, 1875. He was received as a postulant at Villanova, PA, on June 29, 1901, entered the novitiate some months later, and made his simple profession of vows on October 26, 1902. […]

1890 – 1967 (December 13) Edward Joseph Mary Quinn was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1890, to Cormac Quinn amd Mary Moore. He attended school in Jessup, Pa., and in September 1912, became a postulant at Villanova. He was received into the novitiate on June 25, 1915 at Corr Hall and professed simple […]