1914 – 1981 (April 25) Eugene Leroy Hamilton, son of Eugene Leroy Hamilton and Elizabeth Duff, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 1914. After attending West Catholic High School and La Salle College in Philadelphia, he attended Augustinian Academy in Staten Island, New York, as a post-graduate postulant. He entered the Augustinian novitiate […]
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William J. Griswold, O.S.A.
1928 – 1994 (November 7) William Joseph Griswold was born on June 18. 1928, in San Diego County, California, to Verner Lane Griswold. He was received into the novitiate in September, 1947, and pronounced simple vows on September 10, 1948. He was solemnly professed on the same day in 1952. Following studies, he was ordained […]
Edwin T. Grimes, O.S.A.
1908 – 2005 (April 11) Edwin Thomas Grimes was born on April 14, 1908, to Edwin T. Grimes, Sr., and Elizabeth M. Vipond. He was baptized in the church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1908, and received his early education at St. Aloysius Academy, West Chester, PA. From […]
John P. Griffin, O.S.A.
1906 – 1973 (September 25) John Peter Griffin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1906, the son of Joseph Griffin and Anna Monahan. He was educated in Philadelphia and Conshohocken, and entered the Order at the age of 27 as a post graduate student in November, 1933. He was accepted into the novitiate […]
James H. Griffin, O.S.A.
1891 – 1972 (July 28) James H. Griffin, the son of James Griffin and Margaret O’Connor, was born on December 11, 1891 in the Bronx, New York. He entered the novitiate on June 25, 1909 and was professed on the same day in 1910. In September, 1912, after graduating from Villanova College, he was sent […]
Edward V. Griffin, O.S.A.
1922 – 2014 (January 4) Edward Valentine Griffin was born on January 20, 1922, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, one of two sons of Gerald A. Griffin and Madeline Berry. He was baptized on January 30, 1922, at Holy Spirit Church, Atlantic City, and attended New Jersey parochial schools in both Atlantic City and Ventor. […]
Edward S. Griffin, O.S.A.
1907 – 1982 (January 2) Edward Stephen Griffin was born October 24, 1907 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Edward Griffin and Catherine Courtney. He was baptized November 2, 1907 at Holy Rosary Church, Holyoke, and was confirmed in October, 1924, at the same church. Edward received his education at East Dwight Street School, Holyoke, and at […]
Joseph A. Grifferty, O.S.A.
1906 – 1994 (February 11) Joseph Aloysius Grifferty was born October 6, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Patrick Grifferty and Mary Lamond. He had three brothers and two sisters. He attended Saint Francis Assisi Elementary and High School in Germantown, graduating in 1923. He entered the Order as a postulant at Villanova in September, 1923, […]
Howard A. Grelis, O.S.A.
1892 – 1970 (August 8) Howard A. Grelis was born in Philadelphia on December 24, 1892, to John Grelis and Mary Byrne. He graduated as valedictorian of Roman Catholic High School, Philadelphia in June, 1911, and entered the novitiate on June 20, 1912. He professed simple vows as an Augustinian on June 20, 1913, and […]
Henry E. Greenlee, O.S.A.
1897 – 1990 (November 18) Henry Greenlee was born on December 21, 1897 in Bristol, Connecticut, one of three sons and daughters of Charles Greenlee and Margaret Donnellan. When he was two years old, the family moved to Philadelphia, eventually settling in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where he attended Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish School. […]