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1885 – 1915 (March 7) John Aloysius Motley, son of James Motley and Catherine Moore, was born on September 22, 1885, in the Village of Peely, Luz County, Pennsylvania, and baptized five days later, in the church of Saint Charles Borromeo, in the diocese of Scranton, Pa. As a young boy John worked as a […]

1857 – 1919 (January 30) William Joseph Morrison, son of Patrick Morrison and Hannah Devitt, was born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, on May 6, 1857. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on January 26, 1877, and professed simple vows on September 26, 1878 and solemn vows on October 4, 1881. He was ordained to the […]

1805 – 1875 (July 10) Patrick Eugene Moriarty was born in Ireland in 1805. He studied there at Carlow College and later in Italy, where he was ordained in Rome in 1828. Father Moriarty spent a short time in Ireland after ordination, after which he went to the newly established Vicariate of Madras, India. There […]

1863 – 1905 (June 21) Joseph Thomas Moriarty, son of Eugene and Margaret Moriarty, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on April 24, 1863. He was baptized the following day at Immaculate Conception Church in that city. He entered the novitiate at Villanova in 1882, but left in June due to illness. The following January he […]

1939 – 2009 (January 5) George Robert Morgan was born on August 19, 1939, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Morgan and Mary G. Noonan. He had two brothers and four sisters. He was baptized on September 7, 1939 at Saint Raphael Church, West Medford, Mass, and attended Saint Mary Parish School, Winchester, […]

1866 – 1916 (September 25) Joseph Aloysius Moran, son of John Moran and Catherine Lyons, was born in Washington, D. C., on August 15, 1866, and was baptized at St. Patrick Church, Washington. He attended school in Ottawa, Canada, at St. Joseph College and in Ellicott City at St. Charles College. He then attended St. […]

1902 – 1962 (December 18) Edward A. Moran was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1902, to Patrick Moran and Mary Conway, and was baptized in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in the city. He attended Mt. Carmel Grammar School and Villanova Prep at Saint Rita’s hall, and in June, 1924, was accepted […]

1940 – 2014 (May 20) Ralph John Monteiro was born on June 24, 1940, in the Bronx, New York, one of two sons of Ralph F. Monteiro and Amelia E. Kupezynski. He attended Public School 59 from 1945 to 1948, and Our Savior’s Parish School, from 1948 to 1953. He then enrolled in Cardinal Hayes […]

1914 – 1996 (March 7) Alfred John Monte, son of Domenic Monte and Almerinda Mincarelli, was born on May 1, 1914, in Saint Rita Parish, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was baptized on June 10, 1914. In 1928, after graduation from Saint Rita Parochial School, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. On September 9, […]

1893 – 1973 (January 27) Emile Hernandez Misson, son of Emile J. Misson and Anna Hernandez, was born in New York City on June 24, 1893. At the age of four his family moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he received his primary education in the public schools. In September 1908, he enrolled at […]