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1926 – 2011 (December 11) Patrick J. Keane was born in San Diego, California on March 14, 1926 to Patrick Keane, a native of Ireland, and Leona Karrels. He had two sisters: Rita Wyckoff and Sister Helen Keane SCL. He professed vows in the Order on September 10, 1946, and graduated from Villanova College in […]

1886 – 1966 (May 2) Denis Joseph Kavanagh, son of Thomas Kavanagh and Mary Walsh, was born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, on August 21, 1886. In September 1904 he began four years of study at Villanova Preparatory, Villanova, PA after which he entered the novitiate. He was professed on July 7, 1909 and received […]

1897 – 1967 (December 9) Paul Mary Judson was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 17, 1897, one of four sons of Leo Judson and Grace Cunningham. He received his primary education in Norfolk, and his secondary education at Villanova Preparatory School from 1912 to 1916. He was received into the novitiate at Villanova on […]

1865 – 1921 (February 17) William Ambrose Jones was born in Cambridge, New York on July 21, 1865, and was baptized there in St. Patrick’s Church by Father Ambrose Mullen, O.S.A. on August 14, 1865. He completed his elementary and secondary studies in local schools, arriving at Villanova in 1883. He was received into the […]

1953 – 1988 (January 26) Thomas Gerard Johnston was born on December 31, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan, to George Johnston and Catherine O’Malley. He had one sister and three brothers. Baptized in Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, he attended Sacred Heart Grammar School in Detroit. The family moved to Pennsylvania, where Thomas finished grammar school […]

1906 – 1991 (July 12) Edward Felix Jenkins was born August 17, 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Benjamin Wheeler Jenkins and Jane Marie Clarke. He was baptized on September 4, 1906 in the Old Cathedral there. His immediate family consisted of two brothers and a sister, however, the Jenkins were a large Catholic […]

1853 – 1927 (April 27) Patrick Jarrett, son of Thomas Jarrett and Bridget Walsh, was born in Kilcommon, County Mayo, Ireland, on March 4, 1853. He was vested as a lay-brother at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on August 6, 1891, and made his profession of vows on August 17, 1897. He was solemnly professed in 1902.For many […]

1933 – 1997 (June 5) Owen Raymond Jackson was born on December 26, 1933, to Owen Jackson and Alice McDonnell Jackson, in the Bronx, New York, and was baptized there in the Church of Holy Family, on January 1, 1934. He received his early education at St. Anthony School and Cardinal Hayes High School. In […]

1827 – 1888 (October 2) Filippo Izzo was born September 14, 1827 at Maddalone, Italy. His twin brother Giacomo, was also an Augustinian. They were educated at our convent of Benevento from their 11th to 20th year and were vested at Benevento on October 11, 1838. They entered the novitiate at Tolentino, and on March […]

1895 – 1978 (March 1) Joseph Edward Hyson, son of Edward Hyson and Mary Kennedy, was born in Mechanicville, New York, on August 16, 1895. He was baptized in the church of Saint Paul the Apostle, and received his early education at the Mechanicville Public School. In September, 1910, he enrolled at Villanova Preparatory School, […]