This Day in Province History: September 20, 1942
This date marked the opening of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Villanova College, including a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Denis Dougherty with 8 bishops and several hundred priests, religious sisters and 2,000 faithful in attendance.
Augustine For Today
SEPTEMBER 19 – SAINT ALONZO DE OROZCO, O.S.A.
“The entire life of a good Christian is a holy desire. What you desire, however, you don’t yet see. But by desiring you are made large enough, so that, when there comes what you should see, you may be filled.”
On the First Letter of John, 4
This Day in Province History: September 17, 1843
Friar John Possidius O’Dwyer celebrated Mass in the parlor of the Old Rudolph Farm House and blessed the house at what is now known as Villanova. Studies and classes began the following day. The student body numbered 17 young men.
George Francis Riley, O.S.A.
1935 – 2022 (September 16) George Francis Riley, was born on November 2, 1935, at Winchester, Massachusetts, the son of George E. and Teresa (Barry) Riley. He had one brother and one sister. He was baptized on November 15, 1935, at St. Laurence O’Toole Catholic Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. He attended St. Laurence O’Toole Parochial School, […]
This Day in Province History: September 16, 1901
The Colegio San Agustin in Cuba was founded on this day in 1901. It was originally attached to the chapel of San Agustin, and had as its original President and Vice-President, Frs. Edward Moynihan, OSA and Thomas Healy, OSA, respectively.
This Day in Province History: September 15, 1907
Archbishop John Farley dedicated the Church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, the Bronx, with Bishop William Jones, O.S.A. of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as celebrant of the Solemn Pontifical Mass.
This Day in Province History: September 14, 1957
The Province Definitory voted permission for the Vice Province of California to build a novitiate, pending permission from Rome to do so.
This Day in Province History: September 13, 1899
Augustinian Academy opened its doors to 13 boys, the first enrollments of the new school established at Austin Place, Staten Island, in the building that had formerly belong to the Visitation Nuns.
Francis Anthony Sirolli, O.S.A.
1939 – 2022 (September 9) Francis Anthony Sirolli, was born on December 9, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Nicholas A. and Marrianne (Cermele) Sirolli. He had one brother and one sister. He was baptized on July 28, 1940 at Saint Monica Catholic Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Sacred Heart Parish School, Riverside, New […]
This Day in Province History: September 10, 1899
Apostolic Delegate Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A. presided at the blessing and opening of the chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Staten Island, a new foundation for the province in the Archdiocese of New York.