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1905 – 1988 (June 10) John Bernard Hubbert was born on November 22, 1905 in Philadelphia, PA, to Edward Hubbert and Sarah Gray. He had one brother and two sisters. Baptized in the Church of Saint Joachim, his early education was at the Henry Lawton Public School followed by two years at Frankford High School. […]

1884 – 1945 (January 16) John Andrew Howard, son of John Howard and Nora Casey, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 4, 1884. Received as a novice at Villanova on July 3, 1904, he made simple profession on July 4, 1905, and solemn profession on July 6, 1908. All of his philosophical and theological […]

1892 – 1977 (November 16) Michael Augustine Hopkins, son of Thomas Hopkins and Mary Reilly, was born in Lawrence, MA, on November 15, 1892. He attended Saint Mary’s Parish School and Villanova Prep. He entered the novitiate on June 20, 1912, and made his first profession of vows on the same day in 1913. He […]

1897 – 1961 (April 12) Philip Anthony Holland was born to Philip and Julia Holland, on November 23, 1897, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1921, he entered Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, and received his A.B. degree in June, 1925. On August 15, of that same year, he was received as a member and dean of the […]

1820 – 1852 (June 14) William P. Hogan, a nephew of Father Nicholas O’Donnell, O.S.A. studied at Emmitsburg, Maryland and was ordained to the priesthood in New York by Bishop John Hughes on January 29, 1843. He assisted his uncle at St. Paul’s Church in Brooklyn from 1845 to 1848, and then asked to enter […]

1822 – 1882 (January 24) Richard Hogan, son of Andrew Hogan and Anastasia Butler, was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1822. He arrived at Villanova in 1849 and was vested on December 31st of that same year with the religious name, Brother Sylvester. On October 26, 1852, he, together with Brothers Lawrence and Kieran […]

1862 – 1941 (July 16) John Augustine Hogan, son of Michael Hogan and Margaret Croake, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, on July 19, 1862, and came to the United States at the age of 20. Two years later, on August 28, 1884, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, and made his profession of vows […]

1936 – 1998 (January 11) Robert Paul Hickey was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, on November 18, 1936, one of two sons and one daughter of Francis Hickey and Hannah Sullivan. He was baptized on December 6, 1936 in Saint Denis Church, Havertown, Pa. and received his early education at Saint Denis Grammar School. After graduating […]

1883 – 1955 (July 9) Joseph A. Hickey, son of James Hickey and Margaret Dawson, was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 30, 1883. He attended Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania in 1898, and entered the novitiate there on March 17, 1902. He made his simple profession of vows on March 18, 1903, and solemn profession […]

1874 – 1942 (July 27) Daniel Aloysius Herron was born at Buck Mountain, Pennsylvania on October 22, 1874, to John Herron and Nancy Burke. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and made his first profession of vows on September 20, 1896. He was solemnly professed on September 21, 1899, was ordained to […]