This Day in Province History: June 14, 1988
Fr. Edmund Dobbin was elected 31st president of Villanova University, succeeding Fr. John Driscoll, who stepped down after 12 years in office.
This Day in Province History: June 10, 1966
The announcement was made to students and parents of the decision of the Province to close Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, at the end of June, 1969.
This Day in Province History: April 11, 1912
A meeting of the Definitory at Villanova authorized a total appropriation of $34,000 for the building of the new St. Rita’s Hall at Villanova.
This Day in Province History: March 13, 1920
Rudolph Landas de Berghes, former Archbishop of the Old Catholics in the United States, entered the Augustinian Novitiate at Villanova after having made his profession of faith to Cardinal Hayes on December 22, 1919.
This Day in Province History: March 7, 1876
Fr. Thomas Galberry set out on this day from Villanova, “sorrowful, I must say, in appearance, but bent on doing his best” in his new ministry as bishop of Hartford, Connecticut. (Fr. Thomas Middleton)
This Day in Province History: March 4, 1964
Pope Paul VI canonically erected the Prelature of Chulucanas, Peru, six hundred miles north of Lima, with Msgr. John McNabb of the Midwest Province installed as Prelate Nullius the following June.
This Day in Province History: February 20, 1845
Villanova College was forced to close due to the financial crisis caused by the burning of Saint Augustine Church. The college reopened in September, 1846.
This Day in Province History: February 3, 1880
Prior General, Fr. Giovanni Belluomini, wrote to Fr. Pacifico Neno, Prior Provincial of the American Province, informing him that his resignation as Provincial tendered one month earlier, has been denied, owing to the wishes of the friars of the Province.
Today in Province History: January 3, 1899
The Provincial and Council voted to accept on this day the offer of the Archdiocese of New York of a parish on Staten Island to be named Our Lady of Good Counsel.
This Day in Province History: September 29, 1820
Fr. Matthew Carr, the principal leader and first superior of the Augustinians in the United States, died on this day at the age of 64 at St. Augustine’s Friary, Philadelphia. He was interred in the vault of the church there.