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John T. Denny, O.S.A.

1957 – 2016 (June 20)

John Thomas Denny was born on October 19, 1957, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was one of seven sons and one daughter of Joseph G. Denny and Mary K. Schubert. John was baptized at Saint Laurence Church, Upper Darby, Pa., on November 3, 1957, and attended Saint Laurence Parish School from 1963 to 1971. He then entered Monsignor Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1975. From 1975 to 1979, he attended Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where he received a BA in History. He entered the Order at Good Counsel Novitiate, Lawrence, Massachusetts, in August, 1980, but withdrew the following March.

George P. Lawless, O.S.A.

1930 – 2016 (March 9) George Patrick Lawless was born on September 26, 1930, in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of George P. Lawless and Margaret J. McGinley, and one of five brothers and three sisters. He was baptized on October 5, 1930, at Our Mother of Consolation Church, Chestnut Hill, and attended the […]

Neil J. McGettigan, O.S.A.

1927 – 2015 (November 18) Neil Joseph McGettigan was born on June 21, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph McGettigan and Mary Quigley. He had five brothers and two sisters. Neil was baptized on July 10, 1927, at Saint Gabriel Church, Norwood, PA, and attended Saint Francis de Sales Parish School and West […]

Joseph A. Jordan, O.S.A.

1930 – 2015 (August 20) Joseph Andrew Jordan was born on September 28, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of two sons and one daughter of John Jordan and Cecilia McGuigan. He was baptized on October 12, 1930, at Saint Monica Church, Philadelphia, and attended Saint Monica Parochial School. From there he attended West Catholic High […]

Robert E. Steinman, O.S.A.

1923 – 2015 (June 15) Robert Edward Steinman, was born on January 3, 1923, in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of two sons of Otto M. Steinman and Anne Gibney, and was baptized in the same city on January 14, 1923, at Saint Margaret Church. He attended Saint Gabriel’s Parish School, Norwood, Pennsylvania, from 1928 to 1934, […]

William T. Garland, O.S.A.

1935 – 2015 (June 12) William Townley Garland was born on November 3, 1935, in Arlington, Massachusetts, the son of William T. Garland and Mary C. Caldwell. He had one sister who pre-deceased him. Bill was baptized on November 24, 1935, at Saint Agnes Catholic Church, Arlington, Massachusetts. He attended Brackett School from 1941 to […]

Edward E. Doran, O.S.A.

1928 – 2015 (May 10)

Edward Edmund Doran was born on July 7, 1928, in Pittston, Pennsylvania, one of two children of Edmund C. Doran and Alice Whalen. His one sibling became a member of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Scranton and was known as Sister Mary Peter. Edward was baptized on July 15, 1928, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Pittston, and attended both the parish elementary and high school from 1934 to 1946. In 1950 he was admitted to Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York as a postulant, and was received as a novice of the Order on September 8, 1951.

James L. Nolan, O.S.A.

1920 – 2015 (May 5) James Lawrence Nolan was born on August 10, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the only son among five daughters, of Michael Nolan and Margaret Concannon. James was baptized at Our Mother of Consolation Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, on August 15, 1920. He attended Our Mother of Consolation Parish School from 1926 […]

Joseph Anthony Spinelli, O.S.A.

1929 – 2015 (March 10) Joseph Anthony Spinelli was born on February 2, 1929, in Vineland, New Jersey, the son of Anthony J. Spinelli and Jennie Rita DiLuisi. He was baptized on May 7, 1936, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Vineland, and attended Sacred Heart Parish School and Sacred Heart High School, from 1934 to […]

Augustine For Today

November 30 – SAINT ANDREW
“A good man deposits in the heavenly bank all the works of mercy he does for the people he helps, and he knows that the one who keeps his deposit safe is the faithful and reliable guardian. He doesn’t see it, but he is certain of his account, because nothing can be pilfered from it by a thief, or seized by an invading enemy, or taken away from him as though he were being evicted by a rival or bully or strong man, but it will always be waiting for him because it is being kept for him by the mightiest lord of all.”
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