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1923 – 1954 (May 22) Daniel McCort was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1923 to Thomas and Mary McCort. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by the Sisters of Charity in St. Vincent’s Home, Drexel Hill, Pa. He later received his education at Saint John’s Orphanage in Philadelphia, and at the […]

1884 – 1935 (May 9) William Joseph McCormick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1884. He was one of five sons and three daughters of William McCormick, a fireman, and Ann Fitzgerald. William attended public elementary schools, Roman Catholic High School and Villanova Prep, before entering the novitiate at Villanova on July 4, […]

1904 – 1970 (October 24) Bernard Thomas McConville was born in Germantown, PA. on August 11, 1904, to Peter J. McConville and Margaret Conlon. He was baptized on August 28, 1904, at Immaculate Conception Church, Philadelphia, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 20, 1915 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. […]

1886 – 1950 (May 19) John Henry McCloskey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1886 to John H. McCloskey and Margaret Hinchey. He was received into the novitiate at Villanova on June 22, 1911, professed simple vows on June 22, 1912, and that same year was sent to Rome to study at the […]

1919 – 1980 (December 18) James Joseph McCloskey was born April 17, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to James J. and Sara McCloskey. He was baptized April 27, 1919 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Philadelphia. James graduated from Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, in 1938. He was received into the novitiate on September […]

1906 – 1975 (January 8) Leo James McCarthy, son of Dennis G. McCarthy and Catherine E. Collins, was born in Belmont, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1906. After attending Belmont Public High School and Boston College High School, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, as a post-graduate postulant. Received as a novice on September 12, 1931, […]

1899 – 1949 (November 13) John Francis McCarthy was born on September 16, 1899, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Michael McCarthy and Anne Daly. He spent two years at Saint John Prep in Danvers, MA., before entering Villanova Prep, Villanova, PA. He was accepted into the novitiate at Villanova on June 23, 1916, and professed simple […]

1873 – 1931 (August 20) James Joseph McCarthy, son of Timothy McCarthy and Mary Burns, was born in Rutland, New York on June 6, 1873. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1895, and professed vows on September 19, 1896. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Ryan in the Cathedral […]

1912 – 1996 (April 8) Edward James McCarthy, son of Edward McCarthy and Katherine Grimley, was born on April 1, 1912, in Troy, New York. He was baptized there on April 14, 1912, in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Following his early education in public schools, Edward entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, N.Y., […]

1909 – 1976 (November 11) Daniel Joseph McCarthy, son of John McCarthy and Margaret Hart, was born in Andover, MA, on October 25, 1909, and was baptized there in the Church of Saint Augustine. He received his early education in Andover and entered the novitiate on the feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1926. Upon […]