1927 – 2018 (September 20) Robert Martin Burke was born on April 18, 1927, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the son of Thomas A. Burke and Violet Marshall, and was baptized on February 25, 1934 in Saint James Church, Ventnor, New Jersey. He had one brother and two sisters. He attended Saint James Parochial School, […]
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Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A.
1937 – 2018 (August 26) Michael Joseph Scanlon was born on August 1, 1937, in New York, New York, one of three sons and one daughter of Michael J Scanlon and Christine Costello. He was baptized on August 22, 1937 at Saint Anthony Church, Bronx, New York, and attended Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parochial School […]
Jerome Bevilacqua, O.S.A.
1937 – (December 11) It is with no small blend of sadness mixed with gratitude and joy that the Augustinian Province of St. Augustine in California announces the death of our brother, Rev. Jerome Bevilacqua O.SA. He died December 11th from the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. Fr. Jerry was born in McKees […]
William J. Wynne, O.S.A.
1917 – 2005 (February 2) William Joseph Wynne, was born to William Wynne and Elizabeth Donovan, on December 31, 1917, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was baptized on January 20, 1918 at the Church of The Sacred Heart and received his early education at Our Lady of Hope Elementary School and Saint Michael Cathedral High School. […]
Thomas Wright, O.S.A.
1866 – 1938 (July 30) Thomas Wright was born on May 10, 1866, in Kilcommon, County Mayo, Ireland, the son of Martin Wright and Mary Henry. He was vested at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 1892, and, with a special dispensation granted by Pope Leo XIII, made his novitiate at St. Augustine Church in Philadelphia. […]
Edson J. Wood, O.S.A.
1945 – 2014 (April 9) Edson Jerome Wood was born on September 17, 1946, in Ilion, New York, one of three sons of Edson J. Wood and Marion K. Young. He was baptized on September 28, 1946, at the Church of the Annunciation, Ilion, and attended the parish school there from 1951 to 1956, and […]
Frederick J. Winn, O.S.A.
1906 – 1962 (April 24) Frederick John Winn was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on March 18, 1906, to Peter Winn and Emma Grandpre. He received his early education at Saint Mary’s Grammar School, and then at Lawrence High School, after which he entered Augustinian Academy on Staten Island, New York, as a postulant. In 1929, […]
William G. Wingert, O.S.A.
1904 – 1935 (April 17) William George Wingert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 1904, the son of Oliver Wingert, a painter, and Catharine Strassner. He was a student at Saint Bonaventure Parochial School in Philadelphia, and at Villanova Prep. For a time he was employed as a clerk. William entered the novitiate […]
John F. Wilson, O.S.A.
1905 – 1989 (March 27) John Francis Wilson was born on August 24, 1905, in Troy, New York, to Guy H. Wilson and Ellen Mackrell. He had four brothers and a sister. Baptized in Saint Augustine Church, Troy, he attended the parish grammar school and for three years Central Catholic High School, also in Troy. […]
Henry A. Wierman, O.S.A.
1903 – 1981 (January 13) Henry Aloysius Wierman, son of Thaddeus K. Wierman and Rose McMaster, was born in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1903. After attending Villanova Preparatory School, he entered the novitiate at Villanova on June 21, 1923. He professed simple vows on June 22, 1924, and solemn vows on June 22, 1927. […]