Edward Martin Dwyer, son of James Dwyer and Katherine Curry was born on March 6, 1906 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. He attended Our Mother of Consolation Parish Elementary School, after which he entered Villanova Prep. He was accepted into the novitiate at Villanova on June 25, 1924 and pronounced simple vows on June 26, 1925, and solemn vows on June 26, 1928.
John Francis Casey was born on October 15, 1912 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, to John Casey and Mary Gibbons. He attended Saint Thomas of Villanova Parochial School from 1919 to 1926, and West Catholic High School from 1927 to 1930. On September 12, 1931 he was received into the novitiate, and on September 13, 1932, he professed simple vows. Three years later, on the same day, he made his solemn profession. After graduation from Villanova College in 1936 with a B.A. degree in philosophy, he pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1939, in Washington, D.C., by Michael Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Joseph C. Bartley, son of James Bartley and Helen Golden, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1893. He entered Saint Rita’s Hall, the House of Postulants, at Villanova, Pennsylvania in 1909, after spending one year at Lawrence High School. He was received into the novitiate on June 20, 1912, and professed simple vows on June 20, 1913. He made his solemn professeion on June 23, 1916, and received his A.B, degree that same month. After completing theological studies at Villanova, he was ordained to the priesthood in Saint Charles’ Seminary in Overbrook, Pa. by Archbishop Denis Dougherty on June 18, 1919. He received his M.A. from Villanova that same year.
William Leo Egan was born in Easton, New York, on September 27, 1881, the son of Cornelius Egan and Katherine Cullin. His younger brother, George, was also a member of our Province. William attended local public schools and Mechanicville High School, before entering the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania in 1901. He professed simple vows on July 2, 1902, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edmond Prendergast at the Overbrook Seminary on May 24, 1906.
Daniel Webster Driscoll, son of John Driscoll and Ellen Crowley, was born on November 18, 1886 in Lawrence, Massachusetts and attended local schools there. His father was a building contractor whose works included the construction of Holy Rosary School and St. Mary’s convent in Lawrence. Daniel entered Saint Rita’s Hall at Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1906, and began his novitiate there in 1908. He professed simple vows on July 7, 1909, and solemn vows on July 8, 1912.
Richard Philip Daley, the son of Daniel Daley and Ellen Sheridan, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 19, 1906. He attended Saint Rita High School, Chicago, and then entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. He was received as a novice on September 8, 1927, and spent his novitiate year at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York. He professed first vows on September 9, 1928, and solemn vows on September 9, 1931. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy at Villanova College in 1932.
Robert Thomas Drummond, one of four children of Charles Drummond and Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. on November 27, 1935. He attended St. Bernard School in Fitchburg, and Immaculate Conception Grammar School in Lowell. In 1950, he entered Keith Academy in Lowell, and graduated in June 1954. From 1954 to 1956 he attended Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass, but interrupted his college career by entering the active army on November 30, 1956. When he separated from the armed service on September 4, 1958, he continued his studies at Merrimack. In 1961, he graduated from the Massachusetts Military Academy with the rank of second lieutenant, and that same year became a post graduate postulant at the Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. On September 8, 1962, he was received into the novitiate, professed first vows on September 10, 1963, and made solemn profession three years later.
James Timothy Collins was born in Salem, New York, on April 20, 1865, one of ten children of Michael Collins and Mary Dundon, and was baptized and confirmed in Holy Cross Church in that city. As a lay student at Villanova College, he made application in December, 1886, to the Province, entered the novitiate there on August 28, 1887, and professed vows on September 2, 1888. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Philadelphia Cathedral on June 11, 1892 by Archbishop Patrick Ryan, and celebrated his first Mass at Holy Cross Church in Salem on June 19, 1892.
1866 – 1934 (August 31) William Gillespie was born in County Donegal, Ireland, about the year 1866. He was 28 years old when he was vested at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1894. In religious life he was known as Brother John. Brother John served at Villanova until 1897 when he was transferred to Lawrence, […]
Michael Duffy, son of Michael Duffy and Catherine Munroe, was born in Baliboro, Knockbridge, County Cavan, Ireland, on September 29, the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the year 1825. He became a postulant at Villanova on November 26, 1849, taking the name Brother Stanislaus, and entered the novitiate there on November 13, 1850. He was simply professed the following year, and was solemnly professed on March 14, 1857.