This Day in Province History: October 25, 1927
Cardinal Patrick Hayes blessed the Augustinian Academy School building and dedicated its chapel named in honor of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine.
This Day in Province History: October 24, 1898
Emanuel Santander y Frutos, Bishop of Havana, Cuba, notified the American Provincial, John Fedigan, of his welcome of American friars in his diocese. Within a month the Prior Provincial had agreed to the offer.
This Day in Province History: October 22, 1922
Fr. Arthur Ennis was born on this day in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in many significant positions in the Province and the Order and was the first director of the Augustinian Historical Institute at Villanova University. He published a comprehensive history of the Province’s first decades No Easy Road: The Early Years of the Augustinians in the United States, 1796-1874.
October 12, 2019 — Augustinian eNews
Augustinian eNews Keeping you up-to-date Augustinian eNews The Shrine is in the News Fr. Michael Sullivan gave four nights of talks and prayers October 6th through 9th at the National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia. The retreat was focused on acknowledging God’s grace, understanding one’s search for meaning and forgiving oneself for missteps. Read […]
This Day in Province History: October 21, 1977
The body of Bishop Jones was exhumed from the community cemetery of Villanova and returned to Puerto Rico the following day by request of the then successor of Jones, Luis Cardinal Aponte.
This Day in Province History: October 20, 1812
Fr. John Rossiter, early Augustinian pioneer in the United States and co-founder of the original convent of Saint Augustine in Philadelphia, died at the Jesuit plantation of St. Thomas Manor in Maryland.
This Day in Province History: October 19, 1933
The cornerstone of the new Villanova Monastery was laid by Assistant General, Fr. Joseph Hickey, assisted by Prior Provincial Mortimer Sullivan, and Prior John Farrell.
This Day in Province History: October 18, 1918
Fr. Daniel Fogarty died today, the last of the 5 friars who were victims of the influenza epidemic and who succumbed within a week’s time.
This Day in Province History: October 17, 1907
Bishop William A. Jones of San Juan, Puerto Rico, consecrated the church on the Villanova College campus.Bishop William A. Jones of San Juan, Puerto Rico, consecrated the church on the Villanova College campus.
This Day in Province History: October 15, 1906
On this day Fr. William Jones received official notice from Cuba’s Apostolic Delegate Giuseppe Aversa that Pope Pius X had chosen him as bishop of Puerto Rico.