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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, […]

1942 – 2006 (October 13) Terrance William Hyland was born on May 23, 1942, in Hoosick Falls, New York, the son of Thomas W. Hyland and Rita Fordham, and was baptized on June 7, 1942 at Immaculate Conception Church there. He had a twin brother, Thomas, and two sisters, Noreen and Ann Marie. Following his […]

1780 – 1837 (May 14) Michael Hurley was born in 1780, most probably in Ireland, and was the first aspirant for the new American Province. In 1797, he was sent to Rome by Father Matthew Carr for his religious and priestly training, and was ordained there in 1802. When he returned to the United States […]

1897 – 1987 (December 1) James Michael Hurley was born on February 1, 1897 in New York City to Michael Hurley and Mary O’Neill, the family, consisting of his older sister, Catherine, and two brothers, James and Neil. James was baptized at Saint John the Evangelist, Bronx, N.Y., and was confirmed at Saint Nicholas of […]

1893 – 1920 (October 6) John Hughes, son of Stephen Hughes, a mill operative, and Mary Ellen Herron, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1893. He was baptized two days later at St. Mary’s Church in that city, by Father Alfred Valiquette, O.S.A. After completing studies at local schools, John attended Villanova College’s […]

1860 – 1883 (September 8) Francis Patrick Hughes was born in Thompsonville, Enfield, Connecticut, on September 30, 1860, the son of James Hughes and Mary Dowling. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA, on December 8, 1880, and made his first profession of vows on December 8, 1881. In April, 1883, he was permitted to […]

1892 – 1969 (January 28) Peter Columbus Hufnagel, son of Peter and Catherine Hufnagel, was born in McSherrystown in the Dutch country of Pennsylvania on August 3, 1892. His early education was obtained in Locust Grove Public School and McSherrystown Parochial School. He entered high school at the Augustinian Preparatory Scholasticate, Saint Rita Hall, Villanova, […]