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1901 – 1973 (March 4) Clement Charles McHale was born on April 12, 1901, in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Patrick McHale and Judith Kelly. He was baptized on April 28, 1901 at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Atlantic City, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on November 17, 1912 at Saint Mary of the […]

1939 – 2012 (January 17) William Anthony McGuire was born on January 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C., the son of William A. McGuire and Grace E. Young. He was baptized on February 19, 1939, at Saint Martin Catholic Church, Washington, and attended Saint Gabriel’s Parish School and Archbishop Carroll High School in that city. In […]

1891 – 1957 (May 30) John P. McGuire, son of William McGuire and Margaret Hutchenhausen, was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 18, 1891. He attended St. Columba Elementary School and Roman Catholic High School and then entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA on June 20, 1912, and was professed the following year. Following philosophical […]

1909 – 2003 (May 9) Francis Xavier Nicholas McGuire, son of Francis McGuire and Bridget Foley, was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 21, 1909, and on December 5th he was baptized in St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church there. He began his early education at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parochial School, St. Ann […]

1910 – 1973 (February 13) Robert E. McGrath was born in Oxnard, California on June 24, 1910. His family was prominent in ranching and his uncle was among those instrumental in the foundation of Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai, CA. Father McGrath claimed to have been the second student enrolled in that institution from which […]

1885 – 1966 (July 1) Christopher Columbus McGrath was born on December 14, 1885 in Spring Valley, Illinois to Thomas McGrath and Anne Christopher. He was baptized on December 18, 1885 at St. Mary’s Church, Peru, IL., and was educated at St. Elizabeth School, St. Gabriel School, and Association Institute, all in Chicago. He then […]

1914 – 1998 (July 26) Thomas Augustine McGowan was born August 11, 1914 in Mechanicville, New York, one of three sons and one daughter of James McGowan and Margaret Feeney. He was baptized August 23, 1914 at St. Paul Catholic Church, Mechanicville. Thomas received his elementary education at Public School 3, Mechanicville and Mechanicville High […]

1860 – 1935 (December 16) James Francis McGowan was born in Cleveland, New York on February 17, 1860, to Michael McGowan and Mary Hyland. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1882, and made his simple profession of vows on February 2, 1883. After spending a year at Villanova College, he was […]

1854 – 1903 (October 4) Francis Xavier McGowan, the son of Andrew McGowan and Catherine Higgins, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on January 10, 1854. He entered Villanova College in 1869 and became a novice there on January 12, 1873. He made his simple profession of vows on January 25, 1874 and was solemnly professed […]

1850 – 1884 (April 16) Peter Charles McGovern was born in Jeansville, North Carolina, in 1850, the son of Patrick McGovern and Mary Caffrey. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1870, and made his first profession of vows on January 21, 1871. He was solemnly professed on January 25, 1874, and […]