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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]