This Day in Province History: June 28, 1926
A cablegram from Rome communicated the Prior General’s decision “that it will be permissible to employ the garage at New Hamburg to take care of the overflow of novices.”
This Day in Province History: June 27, 1898
This date marks the opening of the 6th Provincial Chapter at Villanova with Sebastiano Martinelli, Prior General and Apostolic Delegate presiding. Elected was Fr. John Fedigan as Prior Provincial.
This Day in Province History: June 26, 1919
The Province Definitory authorized the sale of St. Paul’s Church, Mechanicville for use as a church for the Italians of the area, renamed The Assumption.
This Day in Province History: June 24, 1985
This date marks the opening of the Province’s First Convocation in 200 years at Villanova, gathering 267 friars, representing 84% of Province membership at the time.
This Day in Province History: June 23, 1901
Prior Provincial John Fedigan blessed the new monastery at Villanova, whose construction had been a matter of controversy, dubbed Fedigan’s Folly.
This Day in Province History: June 22, 1920
The Definitory approved drafting a resolution of congratulations to the newly elected Prior General, Tommaso Giachetti, and of appreciation of his nomination of Charles Mary Driscoll as Assistant General.
This Day in Province History: June 21, 1796
Fr. Matthew Carr wrote to the Prior General requesting the formal establishment of the Order in the United States, with permission to receive novices and to admit candidates to religious profession.
This Day in Province History: June 20, 1994
Possibly the largest Provincial Chapter in the history of the Order, and the first to gather all friars with active voice, convened at Villanova with 240 friars in attendance.
This Day in Province History: June 19, 1878
Fr. Pacifico Antonio Neno was elected Prior Provincial on this day in 1878, to succeed Thomas Galberry who had been named bishop of Hartford, Connecticut.
This Day in Province History: June 18, 1910
President William H. Taft was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence by Villanova College during the presidency of Fr. Laurence Delurey. He was a guest in the Monastery Dining Room together with Archbishop Patrick Ryan, Bishop Da Silva of Portugal, Governor Edwin Stuart of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Mayor Rayburn.