Martin Lawrence Smith, O.S.A.
1945 – 2024 (January 19) Martin Lawrence Smith, O.S.A., was born on July 6, 1945, in New York City, New York, the son of James A. and Agnes R. (Kollenz) Smith. He had one brother. He was baptized on July 22, 1945, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bronx, New York. He attended Sacred Heart Parish School from […]
Documents in Father Atkinson’s cause presented in ceremony
Archbishop Nelson Perez and officials working on the cause for sainthood of Father Bill Atkinson, the Augustinian who was the first quadriplegic priest in the world to be ordained, affixed signatures and seals for more than 3,000 pages of documentation on the late priest to the Vatican for further review. (Photos by Sarah Webb) View Slideshow […]
William Howard McGraw, O.S.A.
1931 – 2023 (September 15) William Howard (Howie) McGraw, O.S.A., was born on March 19, 1931, in Watertown, New York, the son of Lawrence H. and Melina M. (St. Louis) McGraw. He had two sisters. He was baptized on June 28, 1931, at Saint James Minor Catholic Church, Carthage, New York. He attended Carthage Elementary […]
Edward John Dixey, O.S.A.
1929 – 2023 (August 31) Edward John Dixey, O.S.A., was born on May 31, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph N. and Mary A. (Walsh) Dixey. He had two brothers and one sister. He was baptized on June 15, 1929, at Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended St. Barnabas Parish School (1935-1940), […]
Prayer Service Celebrates Golden Anniversary of Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A.’s Dispensation
Story by Karen Knight of the Cape May County Herald.Read the full story and see more photos on their website. Family and friends gathered in Ocean City, NJ on August 1 for a 50th anniversary prayer service commemorating the date of the telegram from Pope Paul VI granting dispensation for the ordination of the world’s […]
Michael Patrick Sullivan, O.S.A.
1940 – 2023 (August 3) Michael Patrick Sullivan, O.S.A., was born on March 11, 1940, in New York, New York, the son of Thomas and Margaret (Connaire) Sullivan. He had one brother and one sister. He was baptized on May 31, 1940, at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Church, Bronx, New York. He attended elementary […]
This Day in Province History: July 1, 1839
Bishop John Dubois of New York invited the Augustinians to take over the parish of Saint Paul in Brooklyn. Within a few weeks, Fathers Nicholas and James O’Donnell moved to Brooklyn from Philadelphia.
Augustine For Today
JUNE 30 – MARTYRS OF ROME
“It is not by harshness or by severity, or by overbearing methods, that social evils are removed. It is by education rather than by formal commands, by persuasion rather than by threats.”
Letter 22, 5
This Day in Province History: June 30, 1999
On this date in, 1999, the Province, after over 140 years of service, relinquished administration of Our Mother of Consolation Parish, Chestnut Hill, to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Augustine For Today
JUNE 29 – SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
“If you praise the works of God, then you will also have to praise yourself, for you too are a work of God. Here is how you can praise yourself yet not be proud. Praise not yourself but God in you.”
On Psalm 144, 7
