1933 – 2014 (January 26) Roger Meril Hanouille was born on June 9, 1933, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Meril Hanouille and Lillian Perrault. He had one brother and three sisters, and was baptized in Saint Anne’s Church, Lawrence, on June 11, 1933. He attended Saint Theresa Parochial School, and Central Catholic High School, […]
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James E. Hannan, O.S.A.
1916 – 2013 (July 27) James E. Hannan was born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, on July 4, 1916, one of two sons of Julia and James Hannan, Sr. In 1926 his family moved to San Francisco, California, where he attended St. Ignatius High School and, for two years, attended the University of San Francisco. A […]
Ralph E. Handran, O.S.A.
1907 – 1972 (December 15) Ralph Ellsworth Handran, son of Herman Handran and Mary Ellsworth Rose, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1907. Following his elementary education, he attended Augustinian Academy as a postulant and was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1929. He professed simple vows on September 10, 1930, and […]
John F. Hammond, O.S.A.
1895 – 1946 (September 4) John Francis Hammond, son of John Sewell Hammond and Eleanor Lee, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 12, 1895. In 1907 he was enrolled at Saint Nicholas Academy for boys on the campus of Villanova College. He entered the novitiate there on June 24, 1914 and professed simple vows […]
Eugene L. Hamilton, O.S.A.
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 […]
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. […]