1867 – 1936 (November 3) James Francis Green was born in Chestnut Hill, PA on March 1, 1867, the eldest of eight children of Hugh Green and Anna Reilly, and was baptized five days later at Our Mother of Consolation Church by Father William Harnett, O.S.A. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA in August, […]
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Joseph A. Graham, O.S.A.
1916 – 1980 (May 23) Joseph Aloysius Graham was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1916 to Joseph A. Graham and Mary McKeon. He was baptized on September 24, 1916, at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, Bryn Mawr, and was confirmed in 1925 at Saint Thomas of Villanova Chapel, Rosemont, PA. Following […]
Charles A. Grady, O.S.A.
1901 – 1981 (December 21) Charles Augustus Grady was born May 4, 1901 in Waterford, New York, to Charles A. Grady and Agnes Morton. He was baptized on May 12, 1901 at Saint Mary’s Church, Waterford. After attending Waterford Public School No. 1 for seven years, Charles enrolled in St. Bernard Academy, Cohoes, N.Y., which […]
Edward G. Grace, O.S.A.
1915 – 2004 (July 31) Edward George Grace was born February 22, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, one of three sons and two daughters of James Grace and Maria Josephine Judge. He was baptized March 14, 1915 at Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Chicago. He attended parish elementary schools at Visitation and St. Rita, both in […]
William J. Gordon, O.S.A.
1915 – 1953 (July 20) William Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 1, 1915, one of two sons and two daughters of John Gordon and Ellen Fitzsimons. After receiving his early education at Holy Cross Parochial School and Flatbush High School in New York, he entered Augustinian Academy on Staten Island in […]
Agustin Gonzalez Garcia, O.S.A.
1908 – 1963 (July 2) Agustin Gonzalez Garcia, son of Quirino Gonzalez and Epifania Garcia, was born on April 14, 1908 at Orones, Leon, Spain. He was baptized two days later in the Parish of Santa Eugenia, and confirmed on September 20, 1911, in the Parish of Santa Marina de Vegamian. He was vested with […]
Ambrose J. Godsil, O.S.A.
1910 – 1989 (August 4) Ambrose J. Godsil was born May 22, 1910 in Aurora, Illinois, to James Godsil and Ella McCarthy, and was baptized June 5, 1910, at St. Mary Church, Aurora. He received the Sacrament of Confirmation in October, 1924, at St. Rita Church, Chicago, Illinois. Following graduation in 1925 from St. Rita […]
John J.X. Glynn, O.S.A.
1907 – 1966 (March 3) John Joseph Xavier Glynn was born on December 17, 1907, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Martin Glynn and Katherine McDonaugh. He was baptized on December 22, 1907 at Saint Mary’s Church, and attended the parish school and then Saint John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. He transferred to Augustinian Academy, […]
John J. A. Glynn, O.S.A.
1904 – 1981 (April 26) John Joseph Augustine Glynn, the son of John Glynn and Katherine Walsh, was born on the feast Saint Augustine, 1904, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. There he received his early education at Saint Mary’s Grammar School and at Lawrence High School. Following graduation, John entered Villanova in 1920, was received as a […]
John F. Glynn, O.S.A.
1913 – 2006 (September 23) John F. Glynn was born February 26, 1913, in Lawrence Massachusetts, one of three sons and one daughter of Michael and Margaret Glynn, both from Ireland. John attended public schools in Lawrence and then began his preparation for religious life at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. He spent a […]