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1827 – 1915 (June 12) Thomas Phelan, son of Patrick Phelan and Eleanor Eagan, was born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, in 1827. In 1848 he traveled to the United States, where, on February 9, 1849, he was vested at Villanova, and took the name Brother Kieran. Two of his sisters entered the Sisters of St. […]

1909 – 1973 (March 17) Joseph Kenneth Perry was born on August 17, 1909 in Fountain, Minnesota to John Perry and Mary Murphy Perry. He was baptized on September 19, 1909 at Saint Laurence O’Toole Catholic Church, Fountain. After receiving his elementary education in Filmore County public schools in Fountain, he studied for one year […]

1934 – 2009 (December 12) John Philip Pejza was born in Neshkoro, Wisconsin, on August 5, 1934. In 1947, he and his parents Philip and Regina Pejza and his sister Mary Jean, who became a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, moved to San Diego when Jack was almost a teenager. He attended St. Didacus […]

1961 – 2014 (October 9) John Francis Thornton Payne was born on June 27, 1961 in Washington, D.C., the son of Ellis Augustine Payne and Gloria Bernice Thornton, and the youngest of their five children. He was educated at Abram Simon Elementary School, Assumption School and, in 1979, graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School. […]

1902 – 1964 (July 30) Peter Joseph Paul was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York on February 5, 1902, the son of Joseph Paul and Rose Hofman. He received his early education at Cathedral College in New York. In September 1922, he entered Saint Rita’s Hall in Villanova, Pennsylvania, as a postulant to begin […]

1895 – 1968 (April 29) Joseph M. Paquette was born in Hyde Park, MA, on July 19, 1895 to Daniel Paquette and Mary Ann White. He received his primary education at Saint Raphael School in Hyde Park. After the family moved to Prince Edward Island, Canada, he entered Souris High School and Saint Dunstan’s College […]

1879 – 1952 (December 30) Francesco Pambianco was born on July 2, 1879, in Costacciari, Perugia, Italy. He was received into the Order on November 6, 1894, followed soon after by his brother, and professed his vows as a member of the Province of Umbria on November 7, 1895, taking the name Filippo. He did […]

1919 – 1955 (May 19) Dominic Joseph Palladino, son of Antonio Palladino and Pasqualina Caggiano, was born in Revere, Massachuseetts, on August 23, 1919. After attending public grammar and high schools in Revere, he entered the House of Postulants as a post-graduate student on Staten Island, New York in September, 1939. He was received into […]

1906 – 1985 (October 29) Alfred A.Pacitto, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 12, 1906, to Luciano Pacitto and Angelina Coia, and was baptized in Saint Paul’s Church on Christian Street on December 16. As a youth in the Parish of Saint Rita, he was one of the first boys sent to the Augustinian […]

1934 – 2001 (February 8) Alexander Daniel Osuna, son of Alexander Osuna and Jessie Romero, was born in San Diego, California, on May 28, 1934. He was baptized in the church of the Immaculate Conception, attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School and Saint Augustine High School, all located in San Diego. While at Saint […]