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1891 – 1932 (August 30) Louis William Tierney, son of William Tierney and Ella Burns, was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on April 9, 1891. He was baptized in the parish church of the Immaculate Conception there, and attended St. Mary’s Academy. Louis was accepted for the Order, was vested on June 25, 1910, […]

1902 – 1995 (September 26) Aloysius John Tierney was born March 10, 1902 in McKinley, Pennsylvania to Edward Tierney and Nora Sullivan, and was one of five brothers and three sisters. He was baptized on March 23, 1902 at Immaculate Conception Church, Jenkintown, PA. He was received into the novitiate on June 21, 1923, and […]

1913 – 1977 (January 13) William Anthony Thomas was born June 25, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Thomas and Julia Bushnell. He was baptized on July 13, 1913, at Our Mother of Sorrows Church, Philadelphia, and was confirmed on June 4, 1922 at the same church. He entered the novitiate September 9, 1932, professed […]

1918 – 1994 (June 24) Paul Camille Thabault was born in Winsooki, Vermont on February 6, 1918 to Joseph Thabault and Beatrice Carpentier. He had three brothers and seven sisters. Paul was baptized in Saint Francis Xavier Church in Winsooski and his early education was at Saint Louis Convent School in Winsooski. In 1936 he […]

1919 – 1999 (December 9) Henry Bronislaw Syvinski (Czerwinski) was born on July 10, 1919, to Bronislaw Czerwinski and Antonina Zachara, in Amesbury, Massachusetts. He was baptized in the church of St. Joseph, Amesbury, on July 16, 1919, and received his early education at St. Joseph Parish School and St. James High School, Haverhill, MA. […]

1907 – 1974 (July 2) Luke J. Sweeney, son of James Sweeney and Isabel Gallagher, was born in Plains, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1907, and was baptized nine days later at Sacred Heart Church there. He attended Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, as a postulant, and was received into the novitiate on August 15, 1926. He […]

1911 – 1984 (September 7) Edward John Sweeney was born January 28, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles Sweeney and Mary Murray. He was baptized February 5, 1911 at Visitation Church, was confirmed November 7, 1922 at St. Rita Church, Chicago. He received his elementary education at St. Rita School, and graduated in 1929 from […]

1926 – 1999 (August 29) William H, Sullivan was born on February 10, 1926. He entered the Order as a Novice in New Hamburg, New York in 1943 after graduating from Saint Augustine High School in San Diego, California. After his formation and theological studies he returned to his alma mater to teach English. He […]

1908 – 1972 (October 11) Robert Martin Sullivan, the son of Joseph Sullivan and Anna Reilly, was born in Germantown, Philadelphia on May 18, 1908. He graduated from Augustinian Academy in 1925, was admitted to the novitiate on August 15, 1925, and professed simple vows on August 16, 1926. He graduated from Villanova with a […]

1887 – 1949 (July 13) Mortimer Augustine Sullivan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1887, one of six children of Cornelius Sullivan and Mary Leary. He was baptized and received his primary education in the parish of Saint Mary, in the same city, and in 1900 attended Villanova Prep, Villanova, PA as a […]