Henry F. Scanlan, O.S.A.
1908 – 1972 (July 9) Henry F. Scanlan was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, on February 1908, the youngest of nine children of Thomas Scanlan and Mary Watson. He grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia, and graduated from LaSalle College in 1931. After college Henry entered the Trappist Monastery at Gethsemane, Kentucky, as a postulant but discovered […]
Daniele A. Scalabrella, O.S.A.
1877 – 1918 (October 15) Daniele Antonio Scalabrella, the son of Sante Scalabrella, was born at Onani in the diocese of Aquapendente, Italy, on September 27, 1876. He entered the Order on July 15, 1894 as a member of the Roman Province and was ordained on December 21, 1901. The following year he was sent […]
Jude Sanelli, O.S.A.
1927 – 2001 (February 18) Eugenio John Sanelli, son of Eugenio Sanelli and Rosalia Schiavo, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., on May 31, 1927, and was baptized on December 3, 1927, in the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia. He applied to the Philadelphia Vice-Province as a lay-brother, choosing the name Jude, and fulfilled […]
Augustus C. Sandmann, O.S.A.
1921 – 2013 (November 17) Augustus Christopher Sandmann was born on August 20, 1921, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the son of Augustus Sandmann and Marie Shannon. He had one brother, John, who preceded him in death. He was baptized at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Atlantic City, on September 9, 1927, and attended St. […]
Michael A. Ryan, O.S.A.
1871 – 1924 (January 25) Michael Aloysius Ryan, son of James Ryan and Mary Kinsella, was born in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, on April 29, 1871. He entered Villanova College in 1888 and was received into the novitiate at Villanova on September 3, 1891. He made his profession of simple vows on September 4, 1892, and […]
John R. Ryan, O.S.A.
1931 – 1987 (June 8) John Russell Ryan was born in Philadelphia, PA, to John Ryan and Mary Brenner on October 21, 1931. He had two sisters. John received his grammar school education at Waldron Academy, Merion, PA, and then entered Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern, PA, from which he graduated in 1950. Impressed by his […]
John J. Ryan, O.S.A.
1858 – 1895 (August 25) John Joseph Ryan, son of James Ryan and Mary Kinsella, was born at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania on March 7, 1858, and was baptized there in the Church of Our Mother of Consolation. He was the older brother of Michael Ryan, who also became a member of the American Province. John […]
Jeremiah J. Ryan, O.S.A.
1848 – 1898 (November 19) Jeremiah Joseph Ryan was born in Fedamore, Ireland, in 1848, the son of William Ryan and Catherine McNamara. After his family immigrated to the United States, he studied at Villanova and entered the novitiate there on January 21, 1871, and was professed on January 22, 1872. He made solemn profession […]
Frederick I. Ryan, O.S.A.
1906 – 1996 (August 24) Frederick Ignatius Ryan, son of Edward Ryan and Emma Schwartz, was born in Schaghticoke, New York, on August 13, 1906, and baptized in St. John’s Church on August 26, 1906. He attended St. Augustine Academy and Troy High School in Troy, New York. In 1922, he was admitted as a […]
David H. Ryan, O.S.A.
1910 – 1991 (April 5) David H. Ryan was born May 15, 1910. He was a graduate of St. Augustine High School in 1926 and the first Augustinian alumnus of the school to be ordained to the priesthood. He was ordained in 1936 together with Father Robert McGrath, O.S.A. Father Ryan served in many of […]