1907 – 1975 (September 1) Charles H. Pickar was born in Pottstown, PA, on May 18, 1907, to Bernard Pickar and Rose Adams. He was a member of the first novice class at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, NY, which began on August 15, 1925. He pronounced simple vows on August 16, 1926, and solemn […]
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George J. Phillips, O.S.A.
1908 – 1999 (March 31) George Joseph Phillips, son of Dennis P. Phillips and Elizabeth Ahn, was born on October 16, 1908, in Philadelphia, PA., and was baptized on November 15, 1908, in the Church of Saint Gregory. After he received his grammar school education in Philadelphia, he cared for his mother and worked in […]
George J. Phelps, O.S.A.
1923 – 1942 (July 10) George Kraus Phelps was born on June 19, 1923 in Rockford, Illinois to Schley Scott Phelps and Ethel Kraus. He was baptized on July 15, 1923 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Rockford, and received the first six years of his elementary education in the parochial school there. He completed grades […]
Kieran T. Phelan, O.S.A.
1827 – 1915 (June 12) Thomas Phelan, son of Patrick Phelan and Eleanor Eagan, was born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, in 1827. In 1848 he traveled to the United States, where, on February 9, 1849, he was vested at Villanova, and took the name Brother Kieran. Two of his sisters entered the Sisters of St. […]
Joseph K. Perry, O.S.A.
1909 – 1973 (March 17) Joseph Kenneth Perry was born on August 17, 1909 in Fountain, Minnesota to John Perry and Mary Murphy Perry. He was baptized on September 19, 1909 at Saint Laurence O’Toole Catholic Church, Fountain. After receiving his elementary education in Filmore County public schools in Fountain, he studied for one year […]
John P. Pejza, O.S.A.
1934 – 2009 (December 12) John Philip Pejza was born in Neshkoro, Wisconsin, on August 5, 1934. In 1947, he and his parents Philip and Regina Pejza and his sister Mary Jean, who became a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange, moved to San Diego when Jack was almost a teenager. He attended St. Didacus […]
John F. Payne, O.S.A.
1961 – 2014 (October 9) John Francis Thornton Payne was born on June 27, 1961 in Washington, D.C., the son of Ellis Augustine Payne and Gloria Bernice Thornton, and the youngest of their five children. He was educated at Abram Simon Elementary School, Assumption School and, in 1979, graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School. […]
Peter J. Paul, O.S.A.
1902 – 1964 (July 30) Peter Joseph Paul was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York on February 5, 1902, the son of Joseph Paul and Rose Hofman. He received his early education at Cathedral College in New York. In September 1922, he entered Saint Rita’s Hall in Villanova, Pennsylvania, as a postulant to begin […]
Joseph M. Paquette, O.S.A.
1895 – 1968 (April 29) Joseph M. Paquette was born in Hyde Park, MA, on July 19, 1895 to Daniel Paquette and Mary Ann White. He received his primary education at Saint Raphael School in Hyde Park. After the family moved to Prince Edward Island, Canada, he entered Souris High School and Saint Dunstan’s College […]
Filippo Pambianco, O.S.A.
1879 – 1952 (December 30) Francesco Pambianco was born on July 2, 1879, in Costacciari, Perugia, Italy. He was received into the Order on November 6, 1894, followed soon after by his brother, and professed his vows as a member of the Province of Umbria on November 7, 1895, taking the name Filippo. He did […]