Edward John Burns was born on October 10, 1915, in Torrington, Connecticut, to Edward Burns and Judith Palm, and was baptized at St. Francis Church in the same town. He received his early education at St. Francis Parochial School and Torrington High School. In September 1932, he enrolled in the Commerce and Finance Department at Villanova College, as a candidate for the BA Degree in Economics which he received in June 1937.
Timothy Donovan, son of Michael Donovan and Mary Leary, was born in Skibbereen, Ireland, in 1838. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on January 5, 1866, and made his simple profession on January 19, 1867. He professed final vows on January 20, 1870. After pursuing his philosophical and theological studies he was ordained to the priesthood at Old Saint Augustine Church, Philadelphia, by Bishop Becker of Wilmington, Delaware, on January 30, 1870.
Walter Augustine Coar, son of Robert B. Coar and Catherine Hickey, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on January 5, 1868. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on September 2, 1888, and pronounced simple vows on September 3, 1889. After completing his philosophical and theological studies at Villanova and making his solemn profession on September 4, 1892, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia by Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan on May 27, 1895.
Joseph Gelasius Bugeia, son of Paul Bugeia and Mary Chircop, was born in Rabat, Malta, on February 1, 1884. He was baptized in the Cathedral of Saint Paul, and it was on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul that he died. On June 23, 1901, Joseph entered the novitiate of the Maltese Province at Saint Mark Monastery in Rabat, and made his simple profession on June 24, 1902. Following theological studies, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Gozo, Malta, on June 5, 1909.
Charles Aloysius Beckerman, son of George Beckerman and Karoline Klein-Akernau, was born in Veen, Prussia, on September 28, 1890. His primary education was obtained at Saint Alphonsus and at Saint Vincent schools, Philadelphia. From Saint Vincent Orphanage, Tacony, Pennsylvania, he entered the Augustinian Preparatory Scholasticate, Saint Rita Hall, Villanova. He was received as a novice on July 4, 1907, and made profession of vows on July 6, 1908.
1910 – 1973 (January 25) John Lawrence Gilman was born May 15, 1910 in the Bronx, New York, to Sylvester Gilman and Mary Karney. He was baptized on June 12, 1910, at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, the Bronx, and was confirmed on April 3, 1922 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, […]
Bernard Edward Daly was born in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, on October 4, 1871, the son of James Daly and Mary Kiernan. After immigrating to the United States, he studied public scools in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he was confirmed at Saint Mary’s Church by Archbishop Williams. Bernard entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on May 4, 1897, and made profession of vows on May 4, 1898. He was professed solemnly on May 29, 1901. He was ordained by Bishop Prendergast at the Philadelphia Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, on Wednesday, February 5, 1902.
Leo Patrick Cavanaugh, son of Matthew and Annie Cavanaugh, was born in Medford, Massachusetts on August 10, 1912. After attending Boston College High School and Boston College, he entered the Order on September 13, 1938. He professed simple vows on October 31, 1939, and solemn vows on October 31, 1942. He studied theology at Augustinian College, Washington DC, and was ordained to the priesthood at Trinity College, Washington DC, on May 29, 1943.
James Joseph Blake was born in Clonaslee, Ireland, on February 28, 1850, the son of James Blake and Anna Doolan. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1871, made his first profession on January 22, 1872, and his solemn profession of January 24, 1875. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Stephen Ryan, C.M. of Buffalo, New York, at the church of the Vincentians in Germantown on July 19, 1875.
Henry Anthony Caffrey, son of William A. Caffrey and Catherin Fleming, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, November 12, 1892. His early education was obtained in his native city at the Bruce Grammar School and Lawrence High School where he was editor of the class monthly magazine in his senior year, acted in the class play, played varsity football for two years and was valedictorian when he graduated in 1910. For the next four years he worked as a payroll clerk in the Wood Worsted Mills. At the age of 21, in 1914, he enrolled as a postulant at the Augustinian Preparatory Scholasticate, Saint Rita Hall, Villanova, September.