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1880 – 1952 (September 26) Mariano G. Milanese was baron in Cervinara, Benevento, Italy, on January 1, 1880, to Giuseppe Milanese and Maria Marro. He entered the Order on March 15, 1896, and made his profession of vows as a member of the Congregation of San Giovanni a Carbonara on March 19, 1897. He was […]

1842 – 1923 (November 19) Thomas Cooke Middleton was born in Chestnut Hill, PA, on March 30, 1842, the eldest of nine children of Joseph Middleton and Lydia Cooke, a colonial Quaker family. He was baptized at the age of 12 when his entire family entered the Church at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Germantown. […]

1864 – 1913 (May 12) Charles Sanctes Metzger, son of Johann Metzger and Katharine Konig, was born in Wurzburg, Germany in 1864. He entered the Order in the Province of Bavaria and was vested in December, 1899 at Wurzburg. He made his profession of vows on December 7, 1890, and was ordained to the priesthood […]

1909 – 1951 (June 30) Edward Joseph Merwarth, son of Edward Merwarth and Susan Gallagher, was born in Easton, PA on August 22, 1909. He received his early education in the parochial schools there and in Bethlehem, PA. After graduating from Bethlehem Catholic High School, he entered the House of Postulants on Staten Island, NY. […]

1932 – 2013 (January 27) Daniel Joseph Menihane was born on April 1, 1932, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, one of three sons of Daniel S. Menihane and Mary T. O’Leary. He was baptized on April 17, 1932, at Saint Mary Church, Lawrence, and attended public elementary schools in that city, and then Central Catholic High School […]

1925 – 2002 (March 13) John Hugh Melton, son of Andrew Melton and Alice Lonergan, was born in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, on August 26, 1925. He was baptized in Saint Patrick Church, Bay Shore, attended Saint Patrick Parochial School, Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Bay Shore High School. In […]

1889 – 1957 (January 16) Charles Joseph Melchior was born on March 23, 1889. in Barto, Pennsylvania to George W. Melchior and Rosa Clemmer. He was baptized on March 28, 1889 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, PA. After completing his secondary education at Villanova Prep, Villanova, Pennsylvania, Charles attended Pottstown Business College, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and […]

1927 – 2001 (July 2) Francis Lawrence Melcher was born on July 27, 1927 to August Melcher and Agnes Henry in Bally, PA. He attended Most Blessed Sacrament Parochial School from 1933-1941 and then entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, NY, as a postulant. On September 8, 1945 he entered the novitiate at New Hamburg, NY, […]

1870 – 1943 (December 5) John Francis Medina, son of Francis Medina and Mary Frawley, was born in Indianapolis, IN, on May 27, 1870. His family later moved to Saint Augustine’s Parish, Philadelphia, PA., and from there John began studies at Villanova Preparatory School, Villanova, PA at the age of 12. He entered the novitiate […]

1865 – 1921 (April 10) Charles Gelasius Medina, son of Antonio Medina and Transito Vieira, was born in Latacunga, Ecuador on October 29, 1865. He received his early education there from the Christian Brothers and entered the Ecuadorian Province of the Order on May 1, 1879 under prior Domenico Filacciani, who some years later taught […]