Joseph F. Gill, O.S.A.
1926 – 1995 (November 21) Joseph Francis Gill, son of Joseph F. Gill and F. Maude F. Allen, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 9, 1926 and was baptized there on May 30, 1926, in the church of St. Joseph. His early education began in St. Joseph Grammar School, continued at Boston English High […]
Rudolph de Berghes, O.S.A.
1873 – 1920 (November 17)
Rudolph Landas de Berghes was born in Naples, Italy on November 1, 1873 and was of the royal house of the Prince de Rache of the house of de Berghes, a Grandee of Spain, and a member of the royal line of Brittanty. He was, in fact, a blood relative of practically every royal house of Europe. He was reared as a member of the Protestant Low Church of England. In his youth, Rudolph deBerghes received an extensive education at Eton, and the Universities of Cambridge, Paris and Brussels. He successfully completed courses in law, theology and military tactics.
George C. Egan, O.S.A.
1886 – 1957 (November 16)
George Cullin Egan was born in Easton, New York in 1886, the son of Cornelius Egan and Katherine Cullin. His older brother, William, was also a member of our Province. George attended Saint Rita Hall at Villanova in September, 1905 and was accepted into the novitiate there on July 4, 1907. He made his simple profession of vows on July 6, 1908, and received his A.B. degree from the college in June, 1911.
Joseph A. Duffey, O.S.A.
1925 – 2012 (November 16)
Joseph Aloysius Duffey was born on June 16, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Duffey and Anna Callahan Duffey. He had two sisters. He was baptized at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Philadelphia, on June 28, 1925, and attended that parish’s grade school and Saint Thomas More High School. He spent a year as postulant at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, before being received as a novice at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, N.Y., on September 9, 1944. He professed simple vows on September 10, 1945, and attended Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. degree in 1949.
Thomas M. Darragh, O.S.A.
1850 – 1878 (November 16)
Thomas Mark Darragh was born in New York in 1850, the son of Charles Darragh and Catharine McDonald. He was the younger brother of Father James Darragh, also a member of the American Province. Thomas entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1871. In August of that year he left the novitiate for Washington in order to join the secular clergy. He was sent to the American College in Rome, but left after a brief time and returned to the United States.
Mortimer P. Foley, O.S.A.
1912 – 1985 (November 14)
Mortimer Paul Foley was born November 2, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts to Edward Foley and Anna Cronin, and was baptized November 19, 1912 at St. Joseph Church, Roxbury, Mass. Mortimer received his early education at Shaw School, Boston, and was a 1930 graduate of Boston English High School. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1932, and professed simple vows in the Order on September 11, 1933. He was solemnly professed on September 11, 1936.
James T. Deery, O.S.A.
1922 – 2003 (November 14)
James Thomas Deery was an only child, born to James Deery and Marie Gimper on December 5, 1922, in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was baptized in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. After his education at Our Mother of Good Counsel Parochial School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Bryn Mawr Grammar School, he graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1940. From 1940 to 1943 he studied at Villanova College, and then North Carolina State College and Kentucky University. Prior to applying to the Augustinians he had served in the Army Medical Corps.
Charles H. Cullinane, O.S.A.
1866 – 1906 (November 14)
Charles Henry Cullinane was born in Andover, Massachusetts, to Jeremiah Cullinane and Mary Sullivan, on January 14, 1866. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1885, and made his profession of vows on August 29, 1886. He was solemnly professed on August 31, 1889. Following studies at Villanova, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Philadelphia Cathedral by Archbishop Patrick Ryan on March 15, 1890.
Charles R. Flynn, O.S.A.
1915 – 1998 (November 11)
Charles R. Flynn was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, of Charles Flynn and Julia Coghlan on June 13, 1915. He attended Saint Patrick Parish School and then Lincoln Catholic High School, Jersey City. In September 1934, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, and was received into the novitiate on 9 September 1935. He professed simple vows on September 10, 1936 and three years later, solemn vows.
Joseph J. Burns, O.S.A.
1908 – 1973 (November 9)
Joseph John Burns, the son of James Burns and Jennie Meehan, was born in Philadelphia on May 27, 1908. After completing his initial education at St. Coleman Parochial School and West Catholic High School, he entered the Order in 1926, professed his first vows on September 10, 1929, and graduated from Villanova College in 1933. He then studied theology at Augustinian College in Washington, DC, and received his Master’s degree in Education from The Catholic University of America. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 1936, at Washington’s National Shrine by Michael Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore.