John Michael Fleming, son of Patrick Fleming and Mary O’Hara, was born near Dundas, Ontario, Canada on September 23, 1862. Following studies at the College of Saint Jerome in Berlin, Ontario, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania in 1885, and made his simple profession of vows on May 4, 1886. He was solemnly professed on May 4, 1889, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 15th of the same year by Archbishop Patrick Ryan in the Philadelphia Cathedral.
Louis M. Diorio was born on April 6, 1907, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Louis Diorio and Philomena Ciancia. He was educated in St. Rita and St. Colman’s Catholic schools and graduated from Villanova College in 1933. He professed first vows on September 11, 1930, and, after theological studies in Tolentino, Italy, was ordained to the priesthood there on July 12, 1936. After ordination, he continued graduate studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Philip Leo Colgan was born on April 10, 1886, in Conewago, Pennsylvana, to Francis Colgan and Elizabeth Dougherty. He was received into the novitiate at Villanova on June 25, 1910, and made his first profession on June 25, 1911. He was solemnly professed on the same day in 1914. After receivng his B.A. from Villanova College he continued on there for theological studies, and was ordained to the priesthood on May 27, 1916.
William Gregory Gallimore was born to William Gallimore and Anna Cunningham on October 31, 1927 in Moorestown, New Jersey. He had two brothers and three sisters. His early education was in the parochial schools of Saint Cecilia in Pennsauken and Saint Peter in Merchantville, N.J., where his family resided. He attended Camden Catholic High School, graduating in 1945 and received a scholarship to Saint Joseph College in Philadelphia. His college education was interrupted by his enlistment in the Army in September 1946.
James Owen Barry, the son of Joseph Barry and Louis Cunningham, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on February 12, 1907, and was baptized at Saint Laurence O’Toole Church there five days later. He received his initial education at the Daniel Saunders and the Emily G. Whetherbee Schools, Lawrence High School, and Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. He entered the novitiate in 1930, was simply professed on September 12, 1931, made solemn profession of September 12, 1934, and received his A.B. degree from Villanova College in 1935.
Thomas Francis Calpin, son of James Calpin and Mary Esther Cannon, was born in Philadelphia, on June 21, 1911. He attended Steele Public School and Saint Francis Assisi Parochial School. After three years at Cahill Catholic High School, he entered Augustinian Academy as a postulant in 1929, where, at graduation, he was awarded the German medal and the New York Times Essay Contest Award. During these years he also worked as a concrete layer. He entered the novitiate at New Hamburg, New York, on September 10, 1930 and professed his first vows of September 11, 1931.
Francis J. Casey was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on March 13, 1894, to Francis Casey and Susan Riley, and was baptized at St. Mary’s Church by Father Valiquette, O.S.A. He attended St. Mary’s Parish School and St. John High School in Danvers, and then entered St. Rita’s Hall, Villanova, in September, 1914. He was accepted into the novitiate at Villanova, in June, 1915, and professed simple vows on June 25, 1916. He made his solemn profession on the same day in 1919. He obtained his AB degree from Villanova in June, 1918, and pursued theological studies. Francis was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Dougherty in the Cathedral of Philadelphia on June 10, 1922.
John J. Anderson, son of John J. Anderson and Kathryn Kennedy, was born in the neighborhood of Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1903. His family moved to Haddon Heights, New Jersey, where John received his early education in local schools. He entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a postulant in 1924, and was received into the novitiate of Our Mother of Good Counsel on August 15, 1926. He made his first profession on August 16, 1927, and received his B.A. from Villanova College in 1931.
John Joseph Elliott was born in Carrigallen, County Leitrim, Ireland, on December 31,1903, to John Elliott and Catherine McLoughlin, and received his elementary education in the local village school. When an economic depression in Ireland led his brothers and sisters to seek greater opportunity in the United States, John remained at home to take care of his widowed mother and the family farm. After his mother’s death, he sold the farm and immigrated to the United States in 1947.
Henry Charles Carr was born in Aldan, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1908, to Charles Carr, a fireman, and Frances Dougherty. He made his first profession of vows in the Augustinian Order in 1931, graduated from Villanova College in 1935 and pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1938 in Washington, DC.