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1917 – 1994 (February 2) Vincent McGarvey was born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, in 1917, and attended Saint Francis de Sales Parochial School in Philadelphia, He graduated from Augustinian Academy in Staten Island, New York, and entered Good Counsel Novitiate in New Hamburg, N.Y. Following profession of vows, he matriculated at Villanova College, and studied theology […]

1909 – 1990 (June 27) Charles Joseph McFadden was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 1909, one of three sons and one daughter of Charles McFadden and Hannah Callahan. He was baptized at Saint Gregory Church, Philadelphia. The family moved to Bryn Mawr, PA, where he attended Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish School. […]

1863 – 1914 (June 22) Charles Joseph Aloysius McFadden was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the son of John McFadden and Margaret Mullin, on January 3, 1863. He was baptized the following day in Saint Vincent Church in that city. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on February 2, 1881, and made his profession of simple […]

1840 – 1914 (December 14) Christopher Augustine McEvoy was born in Queens County, Ireland, on Decembeer 20, 1840. In 1849 he arrived with his family at Waterbury, Connecticut, and in 1864 entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels at Niagara, New York. Two years later he arrived at Villanova, and in January 1868, he […]

1868 – 1935 (September 6) John Augustine McErlain, son of John McErlain and Ellen Madden, was born in Belfast, Ireland on June 19, 1868. He came to the United States with his family and entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1889. He professed simple vows on February 6, 1890 and solemn vows […]

1816 – 1849 (May 19) Francis McDonnell was born about the year 1816 in Ireland. After immigrating to the United States he sought entrance into the Order and was vested together with Brother John Gallagher at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1843, taking the name Brother Thomas. He served at both Villanova and Saint Augustine’s […]

1913 – 2004 (February 23) Francis Raymond McDonnell was born October 11, 1913 in Centralia, Pennsylvania to Thomas McDonnell and Mary Cray. His primary education took place at St. Ignatius School, Centralia and, for three years, at St. Ignatius High School, and Conyngham Township High School, Aristes, Pennsylvania, because St. Ignatius did not offer a […]

1899 – 1951 (March 1) Matthew Francis McDonald, son of Matthew McDonald and Bridget Shannon, was born on July 1, 1899, in the Bronx, New York, and was baptized in the Church of the Sacred Heart. In 1914, after he received his early education at Saint Anselm Parochial School, New York, he began his postulancy […]

1877 – 1941 (January 13) James Aloysius McDonald, son of James McDonald and Catherin Neilon, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1877. His primary education was received in his native town after which he entered Villanova College where he distinguished himself academically and played fullback on the varsity football team. At the completion […]

1911 – 1967 (November 30) William Francis McDermott was born in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1911. He received his primary education there, and his secondary education at Saint John’s High School. He entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a postulant in September 1932 and was received into the novitiate at New Hamburg, […]