This Day in Province History: June 29, 1922
Fr. Nicholas Vasey with his Council approved the plan to purchase a 145 acre property at Malvern, Pennsylvania, to establish there a high school, the successor of Villanova College’s ‘Academy’.
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.”
Augustine For Today
JUNE 27 – SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
“You will light my lamp, Lord my God. I stand in the darkness of my sins, but my shadows will be dispelled by the beam of your wisdom and your face will shine upon me.”
On Psalm 66, 4
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.
Augustine For Today
JUNE 26 – SAINT RODOLFO
“As a lamp is not lighted by itself, so the human soul does not give light to itself but calls out to God: ‘You indeed, O Lord, give light to my lamp.’”
On Psalm 110, 2
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.
Augustine For Today
JUNE 25 – SAINT WILLIAM
“Love is the only sign that distinguishes the children of God from the children of the devil.”
Sermon on 1 John 5,7
Augustine For Today
JUNE 24 – BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
“Do not suppose that any human is the teacher of another. We can admonish by the sound of our voice; but unless there is One who teaches on the inside, the sound we make is futile.”
Sermon on 1 John 3,12
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.
Augustine For Today
JUNE 23 – SAINT LANFRANC
“God will give more to those who use for others that which they have received. He will fill up and pile to the brim what he first gave.”
On Christian Doctrine 1, 1
