1869 – 1921 (September 1) John Francis Kennedy, son of Thomas Kennedy and Joanne O’Connor, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1869. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1890, and professed simple vows the following year. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Ryan in the Philadelphia […]
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Joseph W. Kemme, O.S.A.
1915 – 1978 (October 4) Joseph Walter Kemme was born in Philadelphia on March 20, 1915, to Joseph Kemme and Mary Bultermann. Educated in the local Incarnation Parochial School, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, as a postulant in 1929. Upon graduation in 1933, receiving the General Excellence Award, he entered our novitiate at New […]
William P. Kelly, O.S.A.
1891 – 1971 (February 24) William Patrick Kelly, son of Richard Kelly and Bridget Hill, was born October 18, 1891 in Albany, New York. He began his studies for the Order in 1905 at Saint Rita’s Hall, Villanova, Pa., and in September, 1908, was accepted into the novitiate there. He made his profession of simple […]
Thomas J. Kelly, O.S.A.
1906 – 1987 (May 20) Thomas Joseph Kelly was born on November 15, 1906 in Philadelphia, PA, one of three sons and one daughter of John Kelly and Margaret McElliott. He was baptized at Our Mother of Sorrows Church, Philadelphia, where he attended the parochial grammar school and West Catholic High School. Upon graduating in […]
Lawrence W. Kelly, O.S.A.
1814 – 1908 (June 7) William Kelly, the son of Patrick Kelly and Margarent Brien, was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, about the year 1814. As a young man he was very active in the Catholic emancipation movement in Ireland. After immigrating to the United States. he applied to the Order and was vested at […]
John Kelly, O.S.A.
1842 – 1873 (March 12) John Kelly, son of John Kelly and Mary Kennehan, was born on December 13, 1842, in Templetuohy, Ireland. Before immigrating to the United States he had been a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary. On January 20, 1870, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, and professed simple vows on […]
John J. Kelly, O.S.A.
1915 – 2006 (August 25) John Joseph Kelly was born on November 26, 1915, in DuBois, Pennsylvania, the son of Dennis Kelly and Mary Reilly. He was baptized on December 5, 1915 at St. Catherine’s Parish, DuBois, and attended elementary school at Jenks Hill Public School and St. Catherine’s Grade School. He continued his education […]
James M. Kelly, O.S.A.
1885 – 1947 (June 29) James Michael Kelly was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, on April 29, 1885 to Patrick Kelly and Hannah Hurley. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 1917, and professed simple vows on the same date in 1918. By virtue of a dispensation from the Congregation of Religious, he […]
Francis X. Kelly, O.S.A.
1922 – 1994 (April 19) Francis Xavier Kelly was born on December 19, 1922, to Charles B. Kelly and Nellie G McDonough. He was baptized on December 27, 1922, in St. Mary’s Church in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, where he attended the parish school. In 1941, he graduated from Phoenixville Public High School, and became a post […]
G. Martin Keller, O.S.A.
1940 – 1992 (November 28) George Martin Keller was born on June 21, 1940 to George Keller and Helen Wolf in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was baptized there on July 14 in the church of Saint Francis of Assisi. He received his grammar school education in the parish schools of Saint Anne, Wildwood, New […]