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1925 – 2007 (June 15)

Francis Augustine Eigo was born on December 10, 1925, in Smithville, New Jersey, the son of James J. Eigo and Cherry Applegate. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters, and was baptized on January 3, 1926, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mount Holly, N.J. He attended Smithville Grade School, Holy Name Parish School, Camden, N.J., Camden Catholic High School, Camden, N.J., and LaSalle College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanua, where he obtained his BA degree. He taught Modern Languages, French and Spanish, at Camden Catholic High School from 1947 to 1958.

1904 – 1969 (June 15)

William Francis Doyle was born September 22, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, to James Doyle and Leonora Quill. He was baptized on September 25, 1904 in Holy Family Catholic Church, Chicago. Following graduation from St. Rita High School, Chicago, William was received into the novitiate on June 25, 1924. He professed simple vows on June 26. 1925 and solemn vows June 26, 1928., and earned a B. A. in Philosophy from Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1928.

1891 – 1960 (June 14)

William J. Deacy, son of John Deacy and Mary Daisey, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 8, 1891. He studied at Lawrence High School, Boston College, and the Harvard Medical School, were he completed one year. In 1917, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, and made his profession of simple vows on July 23, 1918. He was solemnly professed early, with a dispensation, on November 25, 1920.

1866 – 1927 (June 12)

Francis Albright, the son of Henry Albrecht and Mary Gallagher, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2, 1866. He was vested at Villanova, Pa. on September 19, 1895.

1917 – 1987 (June 12) Joseph Richard Gattinella was born on October 20, 1917, in Smith Mill, Pennsylvania, one of two sons and three daughters of Samuel Gattinella and Dora Leone. He attended Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish School, Philadelphia, PA, and Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. Following his novitiate year at New Hamburg, […]

1916 – 1988 (June 11) Francis Bernard Gilligan was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1916, to Thomas A. Gilligan and Ellen Fanning. He had four brothers and fours sisters. Thomas, his older brother, became a member of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova, and two of his sisters […]

1885 – 1925 (June 9)

James Benedict Bolton was born in Danville, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1885, the son of Edward J. Bolton, a laborer, and Honora Bolton. James studied at Saint James Parochial School in Steelton, Pa., and worked as a barber.

1911 – 1978 (June 8)

Albert A. Durant was born on October 23, 1911 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Albert Durant and Mary Kirby, and was baptized there in the Church of Saint Patrick on November 5, 1911. After graduation from Lawrence High School, he attended Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York as a post-graduate student. He was received into the novitiate in September, 1928, and professed simple vows in the Order on September 10, 1929.

1904 – 1973 (June 5)

James Bernard Gallagher was born on October 17, 1904, to Martin Gallagher and Catherine Carroll, and was baptized on October 23, 1904 in the church of Saints Peter and Paul, in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He received his early education at St. Agnes Grammar School and St. Agnes High School, and in 1921, entered the preparatory seminary as a freshman postulant on the campus of Villanova College. On June 23, 1922, he was received as a novice in Corr Hall, at Villanova and on June 24, 1923, he professed first vows.

1915 – 1984 (June 5)

Charles J. Danaher, son of Charles Danaher and Catherine Wilmoth, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1915. He attended grammar school at Waldron Academy in Merion. In 1937 he joined the minor seminary of the Augustinians, at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1938, and professed first vows on September 10, 1939, and three years later solemn vows.