Daniel J. Leonard, O.S.A.

1859 – 1941 (July 25)

Daniel J. Leonard, son of John Leonard and Helen Walsh, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1859. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania in 1880, and was ordained to the priesthood in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1885 by Archbishop Patrick Ryan. His brothers John and James were members of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova.

Father Leonard served as an assistant at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Schaghticoke, New York, and at Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1901, he was appointed rector and pastor at Cambridge, New York, a position he held until 1918. He was then named prior at Saint Mary's in Lawrence, and later served as prior at the Villanova Monastery, Saint Mary's in Waterford, New York, and at Saint Patrick's in Cambridge.

Father Leonard was 82 when he died at Saint Mary's in Lawrence after a long illness. He is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Lawrence. 

Daniel J. Leonard, O.S.A.

1859 – 1941 (July 25)

Daniel Joseph Leonard, son of John Leonard and Helen Walsh, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1859. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1880, and made profession of simple vows on December 8, 1881. He was solemnly professed on December 9, 1884, and following studies, was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Philadelphia on January 11, 1885, by Archbishop Patrick Ryan. His two younger brothers, John and James, also became friars in our Province.

Father Daniel was assigned as an assistant at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Atlantic City, New Jersey, in July, 1885 and remained there until June, 1889, when he was transferred to Saint Mary’s, Lawrence, and then shortly after to Chestnut Hill. In May, 1890, he was sent to Saint Mary’s, Waterford, N.Y., but two months later moved to Saint Joseph’s Parish, Greenwich. In 1892 he was sent to Saint John’s in Schaghticoke, and put in charge of the mission at Valley Falls in 1893. There followed brief assignments to Saint James, Carthage and Saint Mary’s, Lawrence. In 1902, he was appointed rector and pastor of Saint Patrick’s Parish, Cambridge, New York, a position he held until 1918 when he became prior at Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence. He later served, from 1922 to 1924, as prior at Villanova Monastery, but resigned in 1924. He then became prior and pastor at Saint Mary's Parish, Waterford, New York, and in 1926, rector again at Saint Patrick's in Cambridge.

His final assignment was to Saint Mary’s, Lawrence, where he died at 81 years of age on July 25, 1941, after a long illness. He had been a religious for 60 years and a priest for 56 years. Though older than his two friar-brothers, Father Daniel outlived them both. Following his Requiem Mass celebrated on July 28th at Saint Mary’s by Prior Provincial, John Sheehan, O.S.A., Father Daniel Leonard was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Lawrence.

Father Leonard’s death marked the passing of the last of a family well known in Catholic musical circles over a long period of time. His brother, Thomas Leonard, had been organist for nearly fifty years at Saint Mary’s Church, Lawrence. His sister, Mother Mary Loyola, S.N.D., was head of the Music Department at Trinity College, Washington, D.C., for many years. While at Villanova, Father Leonard was organist and director of the College choir. He wrote original liturgical compositions which became highly popular. It was he who set to music the poem “O Virgin Mother, Lady of Good Counsel,” written by Philadelphia’s poet-laureate, Eleanor Donnelly.
 

John F. Lehane, O.S.A.

1908 – 1977 (May 4)

John Francis Lehane was born July 29, 1908 in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Jeremiah F. Lehane and Helena Donovan. He was baptized August 5, 1908 at St. Patrick Church, Lawrence, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation May 11, 1922 at St. Mary Church, Lawrence. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1928, and professed simple  vows on September 10, 1929, and solemn vows on September 10, 1932. He earned a B. A. in Philosophy from Villanova College, in 1933, and then pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D. C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 1936. He did additional studies at The Temple School, Washington, and at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Father Lehane's first assignment was in 1937 to St. Thomas High School, Rockford, Illinois, as teacher. Assignments to St. Matthew Parish, Flint, Michigan and St. Rita High School, Chicago, Illinois, followed. Father Lehane was on leave from the Order for several years, but returned to the community in 1965. He was assigned to Augustinian Academy, St. Louis, from 1966 to 1968, and then once again to St. Rita High School, Chicago, from 1968 to 1971. He was appointed procurator at Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago, in 1971.

Father Lehane was visiting members of his family when he suffered a stroke, which caused his death on May 4, 1977. He is buried in the Augustinian Plot at St. Mary Cemetery, Lawrence. 

Cornelius R. Lehane, O.S.A.

1912 – 1995 (March 11)

Cornelius Raymond Lehane, son of Jeremiah Lehane and Helena Donovan, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on September 28, 1912. He had four sisters and five brothers, one of whom, John, was also a member of our Order. Conny, as he was known among the Augustinians, was baptized on October 13, 1912 at Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence. He was received into the novitiate on September 11, 1930, professed simple vows on September 12, 1931, and solemn vows on September 12, 1934. He attended Villanova College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in June, 1935, and after completing theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, DC, was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1938 in Washington.

Father Lehane's first assignment was to Saint Rita High School, Chicago, from 1939 to 1946. For the next 20 years, he ministered in the educational apostolate. From 1946 to 1950, he was assigned to Saint Thomas High School, Rockford, IL., and in August 1950 he returned to Saint Rita High School. From August 1959 to 1962, Father Lehane ministered to the students at Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago. 

In 1962 Father Lehane served in the missionary apostolate, as Mission Superior to the Augustinians working in the Japanese Missions from 1962 to 1963. With the founding of the Midwest Mission apostolate in Peru, he was sent there as the Mission Superior from 1963 to 1965. Father Lehane returned to Saint Rita High School during the middle of the 1965 academic year. In 1967, he entered into parochial ministry, serving as associate pastor of Saint Clare Parish, Chicago until 1971. He then took up residence at Saint Rita Monastery, Chicago while serving as Province Counselor from 1971 to 1974. In August, 1973, he was transferred to Tolentine Center where he served the community as prior from 1975 to 1983.

He served as Personnel Director from 1971 to 1979. From 1979 to 1985, he was Director of Internal Ministry. On September 11 1985 the senior members of the Province elected Father Lehane to be the Chairman of the Senior Status Commission. He resided in retirement at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Monastery until he suffered a stroke in February, 1995. Father Lehane died on March 11, 1995 following a period of suffering and debilitation. He was a sincere and sympathetic person by nature and was willing to extend himself to the needs not only of his fellow Augustinians but also their parents and families. His enthusiasm and concern for others are the hallmarks of his ministry.

Father Lehane is buried in the Augustinian plot at Saint Mary's parish, Lawrence, MA. 

Bernard A. Lazor, O.S.A.

1925 – 2007 (January 14)

Bernard Aloysius Lazor, O.S.A., was born on February 5, 1925, in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, the son of John A. Lazor and Anna Marcini. He had two sisters and a brother. He was baptized at Saint Mary Slovak Church in Mahanoy City, and received his education at Saint Mary's Parochial School, and Mahanoy City Public High School. In 1942 he became a postulant at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, NY. He was received, on September 9, 1943, into Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, NY, and professed simple vows on September 10, 1944. He received a BA in Philosophy from Villanova College in 1948 and professed solemn vows on September 10th of the same year. He began theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, DC, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John McNamara on June 5, 1951 at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. Father Lazor was sent to complete his studies in Rome in 1951. There he received the Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University, and then studied at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, beginning in 1952. He received the Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in 1956. 
 
Father Lazor was assigned to Augustinian College in 1957 and remained there until 1971, during which time he served as sub-master of professed students from 1957 to 1958, as master from 1958 to 1968, moderator of provincial higher studies from 1965 to 1968, and prior from 1968 to 1971. Throughout these 14 years, he taught Sacred Scripture to the theological students at Augustinian College, and then to students of the religious communities who founded the Washington Theological Coalition in 1968.

In 1971, Father Lazor was assigned to Saint Thomas Monastery and Villanova University, where he lived for the rest of his life. At the university he taught Sacred Scripture as associate professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department, until his retirement in 2006. He was chaplain of the university's basketball and football teams and an ardent fan of all of the university's sports teams. He ministered on weekends throughout his priesthood, serving in parishes in Mahony City, PA and Phoenixville, PA.

Father Lazor was an example of dedication to prayer, the liturgy and religious life. He preached many retreats and days of recollection, and never turned down the opportunity to share with others his love for the Word of God. He was inspired by St. Jerome's dictum: "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." He saw his ministry as a means to bring others closer to the Lord that he knew and served.

Father Lazor passed away on January 14, 2007, at Haverford Rehabilitation Center in Havertown, PA. A Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated January 18 at Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, after which he was buried at Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, PA.

Paul W. Layng, O.S.A.

1915 – 1940 (February 9)

Paul Wright Layng, son of Frank H. Layng and Frances Wright, was born in Carthage, New York on January 2, 1915. He was a graduate of Carthage’s Augustinian Academy in 1933 and entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, N.Y. as a post-graduate postulant. He entered the novitiate at New Hamburg, N.Y. in 1935, and was professed the following year. He pursued studies at Villanova College and was solemnly professed in September, 1939. He was to have graduated from Villanova in June, 1940.

Paul died in Misericordia Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, on Friday, February 9, 1940 at the age of 25, with his parents at his bedside. He had been ill with an intestinal ailment, complicated by peritonitis and bronchial pneumonia. He underwent a major operation from which he failed to rally.

His funeral was held on Monday, February 12, in Saint Thomas of Villanova Church. Burial followed in the Community Cemetery at Villanova. In addition to his parents, he was survived by a sister and a brother.

Robert V. Lawrence, O.S.A.

1909 – 1994 (November 21)

Robert Vincent Lawrence was born July 19, 1909 in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania to Francis J. and Mary Lawrence. He entered the novitiate on September 9, 1928 at New Hamburg, New York, and professed simple vows in the Order on September 10, 1929. After studies at Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, and at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C., he was ordained a to the priesthood on June 9, 1936 in Washington.

Father Lawrence earned a Master's Degree in History from Catholic University of America, Washington, in 1937, and did advanced studies at DePaul University, Chicago. From 1937 to 1962, Father Lawrence was assigned to St. Thomas High School, Rockford, Illinois. When the new Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel was formed in 1941, he became a member of that Province. While stationed in Rockford, Father Lawrence traveled to St. Adrian Church, Chicago Illinois, each week-end to minister there. He was a teacher at St. Rita High School, Chicago, from 1962 to 1968, and served there first as sub-prior and then as prior.

He returned to Rockford in 1968, serving as associate pastor and then pastor of his beloved St. Mary Parish. In 1992, because of failing health, he was transferred to St. Nicholas of Tolentine Monastery, Olympia Fields, Illinois, where he resided in retirement.
Father Lawrence died in his sleep November 21, 1994 while recuperating from an illness at Mercy Rehabilitation Center, Chicago Heights, Illinois.

He is remembered most fondly for his rosary makers, a group of devoted people in Rockford who made more than 300,000 rosaries beginning in 1983. He had a great devotion to the Blessed Mother and the daily praying of the Rosary. He was a kind and mild-mannered individual and wanted everybody to have a happy heart.

Father Lawrence is buried in the Augustinian plot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.
 

Rev. Francis X. Lawlor, O.S.A.

1917 – 2013 (November 5)

Francis Xavier Lawlor was born November 21, 1917 in Bronx, New York, to Martin T. Lawlor and Margaret Lawlor, and was baptized on December 25, 1917 at St. Luke Church, Bronx. He received the Sacrament of Confirmation and his elementary education at St. Rita Church, Staten Island, New York, after which he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, which granted him a diploma in 1935. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1937, and professed simple vows on September 10, 1938, and solemn vows on September 10, 1941. He earned a B. A. In Philosophy from Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1942, and then pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D. C.  He was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1942.

Father Lawlor taught at Saint Rita High School, Chicago, Illinois, from 1946 to 1968.  From 1950 to 1968 he also served as citywide Moderator of Chicago Inter-Student Catholic Action, an organization of students from the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago. During these years he was active with the Christian Family Movement, the Knights of Columbus and several block clubs in the vicinity of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church, Chicago. He was actively involved with Citizens for Decent Literature, and was a leader in the fight against pornography.

After a brief assignment at Cascia Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Father Lawlor  was on a leave of absence from the Order. He was a delegate to the 1968 Illinois State Constitutional Convention, where he was a member of the Bill of Rights Committee. He served from 1971 to 1975 as a Chicago Alderman, representing the 15th Ward in the City Council. In 1975 Father Lawlor returned to community life and was assigned to St. Mary Parish, Rockford, Illinois.  He was Director of the Pro-Life Committee of the Diocese of Rockford from 1976 to 1984.  In 1984 he became director of Moral Decency in Media in Rockford. He retired from that position in 1992, maintaining his community at St. Mary Parish, Rockford, and continued his involvement in pro-life and anti-pornography activities as a volunteer.

In 1994 he was assigned to Immaculate Conception/St. Henry Parish, St. Louis, Missouri, where he provided sacramental ministry as his age and health permitted. When the Archdiocese of St. Louis closed this parish in 2005, Father Lawlor moved to Tolentine Monastery, Olympia Fields, Illinois. In 2010 he was assigned to the newly formed Blessed Stephen Bellesini Friary, located at Franciscan Village, a senior housing and health care community in Lemont, Illinois.

Father Lawlor is remembered as an intense man, totally committed to any campaign to which he dedicated his time and energy in the cause of truth, justice, and life. died November 5, 2013 following a long gradual decline in health.  He was 95

His Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Rita of Cascia High School Shrine Chapel, Chicago, on Saturday, November 9, 2013, with burial in the Augustinian Plot, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL.

Joseph F. Laverty, O.S.A.

1920 – 2006 (September 30)

Joseph Francis Laverty was born on October 2, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Laverty and Beatrice Kelly. He was baptized on October 17, 1920, at Saint Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia, and attended St. Francis de Sales Parish Elementary School, St. Athanasius Parish School, and Northeast Catholic High School In 1939, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island as a postulant, and was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1940. After completion of a year at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York, he professed simple vows on September 10, 1941, and began studies at Villanova College, graduating with an AB degree in 1945. He professed solemn vows on September 10, 1944, pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the priesthood on June 8, 1948 by Bishop John M. McNamara at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

Father Laverty was assigned as assistant pastor at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, Los Angeles, California in 1949. In 1951 he was transferred to Villanova University, where he taught biology and lived in one of the school's student residences. From 1953 to 1963, he taught biology and religion at Msgr. Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. From 1963 to 1973, he was assistant pastor at several parishes: Saint Mary Church, Waterford, Saint James Church, Carthage, Saint John Church, Schaghticoke, all in New York, and Assumption Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1973, he was assigned to Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova, Pennsylvania. He then served at Saint Rita Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1976, and at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1977 to 1978. In 1978 he was transferred to Saint Thomas of Villanova Monastery. 

Throughout his life, Father Laverty was troubled with poor physical health. He underwent a number of eye operations, which never appreciably improved his sight. His person health difficulties, however, made him a kind and compassionate visitor to the sick and hospitalized. In all of the parishes where he was assigned, as well as during his time at Saint Thomas Monastery, he ministered to the sick.

Fr. Laverty passed over to the Lord early on Saturday morning, September 30, 2006, just a few days short of his 86th birthday. His Funeral Liturgy was celebrated on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 in the Saint Thomas Monastery Chapel, with burial in the Augustinian section of Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
 

Teodoro Olazaran Larrinaga, O.S.A.

1902 - 1955 (February 14)

Teodoro Olazaran Larrinaga was born in Durango, Spain, on April 28, 1902, one of two sons and three daughters of Juan Olazaran and Maria de Larrinaga. He was received into the novitiate on September 16, 1917 and professed simple vows on September 18, 1918 for the Province of Castille. He made solemn profession on October 14, 1923, and was ordained to the priesthood on August 21, 1926, in Leon, Spain.

Father Teodoro served as musical director and organist in various communities in Spain. In September 1931 he departed for missionary work in Puerto Rico, and in December 1931, was assigned as an assistant at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, South Philadelphia. In May 1933, he was designated an assistant at the mission church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Philadelphia, and in January 1935, was transferred to Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Dobbs Ferry, New York. Among his labors in each of the parishes where he ministered, was his service as an accomplished musician and choir director. 

On February 11, 1955, he was assigned to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Philadelphia. Three days later he died suddenly from a fall from the roof of the friary, which doctors at Saint Agnes Hospital judged was the result of a heart attack. 

Father Teodoro was buried on February 17, 1955, in the community cemetery at Villanova according to the wishes of the then Commissary Provincial, Father Henry Greenlee, O.S.A.

Stephen J. La Rosa, O.S.A.

1933 – 2006 (October 12)

Stephen Joseph La Rosa was born on May 23, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of two sons and one daughter of Stephen LaRosa and Louise DiSanto. He was baptized on October 10, 1933 at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Philadelphia, and attended the city’s public elementary and high schools, graduating in 1951. He then served in the military as a member of the Armed Ordnance Corps and left the service in 1955 to attend St. Joseph's College, where he obtained a BS in Psychology in 1959. He entered the Vice Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel as a novice in September, 1959, at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York, and professed simple vows on September 10, 1960. He professed solemn vows on September 10, 1963. He then went to Villanova University for course work in Philosophy, and then, in 1961, to Augustinian College, Washington, DC, for his theological studies. He was ordained to the priesthood on January 30, 1965 at Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

Father LaRosa’s first assignment was to Saint Augustine Preparatory School as teacher. In 1967 he was appointed the school's headmaster and he held that office until 1982. During that time the school grew from 90 to 230 students, added a sports complex, chapel and more classrooms and expanded academic courses and sports programs. In 1982, Father Steve was elected Vice Provincial of the Vice Province, and continued his work at the school. In 1990, he once again assumed the office of Prior Provincial, when Richard DeFulgentiis, OSA, his successor had died. He held that office until 1995 when the Vice Province was merged with the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova. Father Steve then returned to full-time work at the school as its President until 1998, when he became President Emeritus and Director of the Alumni Association, offices which he held until the time of his death. During his many years at the Prep he worked to create an academic environment that encouraged study and intellectual challenge, as well as a Christian environment in which young men learned the impact of Gospel values on career and life decisions.

Father Steve also served the Diocese of Camden for many years as a consultant, as a member of the Diocesan Priests' Council and as the Vicar for Religious Men. He was well known throughout the six counties of southern New Jersey that make up the Diocese of Camden.

Father Steve was known for his exuberant spirit, his outgoing and friendly graciousness, his dedication to the Gospel and to the ideals of Christian education. He worked to draw people together into a community of service and love.

Father Steve moved to Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova, after a diagnosis of cancer and deterioration of health that warranted greater monitoring of his health. On October 12th, the day that he entered into Hospice Care at the monastery he passed over to the Lord, with family members, friars, hospice and nursing staff present. He was 73 years old.

Philip Lariscy, O.S.A.

1782 – 1824 (April 6)

Philip Lariscy, was born in 1782, in Callan, Kilkenny, Ireland, entered the novitiate at Grantstown in 1807, and professed vows on May 20, 1808. He studied at St. John's College in Waterford, where he was ordained to the priesthood. At the close of the War of 1812, he and Timothy Brown left the friary in county Cork, having been delegated as missionaries to Irish Catholics in Canadian Provinces. Father Lariscy spent three years in Newfoundland, where he was stationed at Harbour Grace, a mission established by the Augustinians in 1770. In 1816, he became an assistant to Bishop Thomas Scallan, at St. John's and Prince Edward Island, followed by a year in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Then, after a trip to Ireland, he arrived in the United States, where he continued ministry in New England states and other locations along the Atlantic coast, including Manhattan, Long Island and Staten Island. He was the first priest to offer Mass in Patterson, New Jersey, and in Brooklyn, New York. 

In 1818, John Lefevre de Cheverus, the first bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, discovered Father Lariscy, whom later he valued as a possible vicar-general. In 1819, with financial assistance from the people in Newfoundland, Father Lariscy built St. Augustine Chapel in Dorchester Heights, South Boston, which is still used today for special occasions. The chapel is recognized as "the oldest standing Catholic church building in the Archdiocese." During the four years he spent in the Boston area, Father Lariscy served the people in Salem, Lynn, Lowell and New Bedford, Ma. On June 25, 1890, John Gilmary Shea, editor for the New York The Catholic News, wrote, "probably the first priest to preach and hear confessions in Irish in Boston was Father Philip Lariscy, O.S.A., who built St. Augustine's church." On July 2, 1890, John G. Shea wrote in his column, "This hardworking priest built also a little church at New Bedford, which was the only shrine of Catholicity there for many years. After serving in New England he labored on Staten Island, in New Jersey and up the North River. He is one of the pioneer priests of Patterson. He finally retired to the house of his Order in Philadelphia and died there in the prime of life."

Bishop Cheverus wrote of him, "He is strong and robust and pious. He has already brought back some hardened sinners. He preaches in Irish every Sunday at the first Mass…. He is a humble man and asks for nothing except work."

In 1821, Father Lariscy left Boston for New York. He became a member of the community at St. Augustine Parish in Philadelphia, Pa., where he had performed sixty-four baptisms from December 27, 1822, to February 15, 1824.

Father Lariscy died on April 6, 1824 at the age of 42. He is buried in the vault at St. Augustine's in Philadelphia.

Stephen F. Lanen, O.S.A.

1902 – 1968 (November 7)

Stephen Frederick Lanen was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 16, 1902, to Frederick Lanen and Mary Garrity. He received his primary education there at Saint Mary Parochial School, and his secondary education at Saint John's Preparatory School in Danvers. In 1920 he began studies at Villanova, but by February, 1921, he had decided to enter the Augustinian Order. He was received into the novitiate in February, 1921 and made his simple profession of vows on February 19, 1922. He was solemnly professed on the same day in 1925. Stephen finished his collegiate studies in June 1924 and went onto study theology. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on June 11, 1927 by the most Reverend Michael J. Crane, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia. He celebrated his first Solemn Mass the following day in Saint Mary's Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Father Lanen was assigned to Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1928. After several years there, he was transferred in 1936 to Augustinian Academy on Staten Island. In 1937 he was assigned to Villanova where he was a member of the English Department. In 1938 he was assigned to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Jamaica, New York, and in August, 1945, was to the Province Mission Band. He became its rector in 1951, and in 1953 he continued in this post while also serving as a definitor of the Province. 

Father Lanen received a temporary assignment to Saint Augustine Parish, Troy, N.Y., in December, 1958, and the following November returned for another three years of teaching at Villanova. In January 1962 he was assigned to Merrimack College, in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he taught until failing health forced him to stop.

Death came following a serious operation for cancer of the throat in New England Baptist Hospital on Thursday, November 7, 1968. The Funeral Mass was celebrated at Merrimack’s Chapel of Christ the Teacher on November 11. Burial was in the Augustinian plot of Saint Mary's cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
 

John J. Lamond, O.S.A.

1909 – 1993 (October 13)

John Joseph Lamond was born on July 20, 1909, in Lawrence, Massachusetts to John J. Lamond and Margaret I. Hennelly. Two of his brothers, Bernard and Augustine, also became members of the province. Baptized on July 25 at Saint Mary's Church, Lawrence, John attended the parish school, and graduated in 1922. He entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a postulant, and graduated in 1926. He then was admitted to the novitiate and professed simple vows on August 16, 1927. Three years later he professed solemn vows at the collegiate seminary at Villanova College, Villanova, Pa. After graduation in 1931 with an A.B. degree, he began the study of theology at Augustinian College in Washington, DC. During the summer months he took courses in religious education at the nearby Catholic University of America, and on June 13, 1943, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop McNamara in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Father Lamond's first assignment in 1935 was to the University of Saint Augustine, Iloilo City, the Philippine Islands, where he taught English and public speaking. In 1939 he returned to the United States and was assigned to Saint Mary's Church in Rockford, Illinois, where he served as an assistant and taught religion at the nearby Muldoon High School. In 1941 he served in Cuba as an assistant at San Agustin Church, Marianao, Havana, while also conducting adult education courses in Catholic Action. Returning to the States in 1944, he was assigned to Saint Laurence O'Toole Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts as assistant and hospital chaplain. The following year he was moved to Saint Mary's Church and placed in charge of the Portuguese Catholic Community at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. In 1956 Father Lamond was appointed pastor of Olde Saint Augustine's Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two years later he was assigned to the church of the Immaculate Conception in Hoosick Falls, New York as pastor and prior. In addition, as pastor he also served as principal of Saint Mary's Academy, the parish high school. In 1962 Father Lamond returned to Lawrence and the Hispanic apostolate, which was to occupy so much of his efforts, first at Saint Augustine's Church and in 1966, at Saint Mary's, where he directed the Spanish Center. Upon his retirement in 1979 he was assigned to Our Mother of Good Counsel Monastery on the campus of Merrimack College, North Andover; however he continued his ministry to the Hispanic population of the Merrimack Valley.

In 1976 Father Lamond was honored with the Immigrant City Award citing his more than three decades of service to the Spanish and Portuguese communities. A member of Saint Mary's parish remembered Father Lamond as a "great friend whom we could always count on, he not only spoke our language, but he knew our culture and understood us." In addition to his work with the Hispanic community, Father Lamond worked to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life. He was a regular contributor to Contact, the vocational magazine of the Archdiocese of Boston and co-authored a book Why I Became a Priest.

Father Lamond died suddenly on October 13, 1993 at Holy Family Hospital, Methuen. Massachusetts, at the age of 84. His brother, Father Augustine Lamond predeceased him in death by two years; his brother, Father Bernard, followed Father John in death one month later.

A Mass of Christian Burial, presided over by Bishop John R. McNamara, was celebrated October 17 at the Collegiate Church of Christ the Teacher on the campus of Merrimack College, North Andover. Interment was in the Augustinian plot of Saint Mary's cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts. 
 

Bernard J. Lamond, O.S.A.

1922 – 1993 (November 20)

Bernard James Lamond was born August 15, 1922 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to John J. Lamond and Margaret Hennelly. Baptized in Saint Mary's Church, August 18, he attended the parish school and in 1939 graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence. In that same year, at the age of 17, he was accepted as a postulant at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. He entered Our Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York, in 1940, and professed simple vows on September 10, 1941. Three years later he took solemn vows at Saint Mary's Hall, Villanova, Pennsylvania. Graduating from Villanova with an A.B. degree in 1945, he studied theology at Augustinian College in Washington, DC. During the summer months he took graduate courses in education at the Catholic University of America. On February 11, 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood in his home parish of Saint Mary, Lawrence.

Father Lamond’s first assignment was as instructor at Saint Augustine High School, San Diego, California. In 1952 he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy. During his first tour of duty he served in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Atsugi, Japan and Bainbridge, Maryland. Released from active duty, he was assigned to Monsignor Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, where he taught until 1961. Responding to a shortage of chaplains, the Province permitted Father Lamond to return to active duty in the Navy. Until illness forced his retirement in 1973, he served on the USS Essex and the USS Saratoga; as chaplain for the United States Naval Forces in the Philippine Islands; at the Naval Hospital and the school command at Newport, Rhode Island, and at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. In 1975, when his illness was discovered to be cancer, he was permitted to take up residence at Gaithersburg, Maryland, in order to take advantage of the medical treatment at Bethesda. During those years he assisted at various parishes in the suburbs of Maryland. In 1991 he was transferred to the Augustinian health care program at Our Mother of Good Counsel
Monastery on the campus of Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts. As his condition grew worse, he was moved to the health care unit at Saint Thomas Monastery on the campus of Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was there he died peacefully in his room on November 20, 1993.

Father Bernard's life can be summed up in a brief report he made while a chaplain: "Perhaps the most important result of my life as a religious priest and chaplain has been a small but important understanding of people from all walks of life." Father had a sister who was a religious of Notre Dame and two older brothers who were Augustinians, Father Augustine Lamond, who died in 1991, and Father John Lamond who died less than a month before Father Bernard in October, 1993.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated November 24, 1992 at Saint Mary's Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Interment followed in the Augustinian plot of Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lawrence.
 

Augustine B. Lamond, O.S.A.

1914 – 1989 (December 7)

Augustine Benedict Lamond was born on December 12, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to John Lamond and Margaret Hennelly. He was one of five children, four of whom entered religious life. His older brother, John, and his younger brother, Bernard, both were members of our Province, and one of his sisters, Margaret, entered the Sisters of Notre Dame. Augustine was baptized at Saint Mary's Church, Lawrence on December 16, 1914. His primary and three years of his secondary   education were at the parish schools of Saint Rita and Saint Mary and Lawrence Public School. At the end of his junior year Augustine entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a postulant. He graduated in June of 1932 and that September entered Our Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York, where he professed simple vows on September 11, 1933. The young Augustinian did his college studies at Saint Mary's Hall, Villanova, Pennsylvania, and received his A.B. degree in philosophy in June 1937. On September 11 of that same year, he professed solemn vows. He studied theology at Augustinian College, Washington, DC, where he was ordained to the priesthood  on June 10, 1940, by Bishop Corrigan. While pursuing theological studies, he took summer courses in education and library science at the Catholic University in Washington, DC.

Father Lamond's first assignments were to high schools in the midwest; Saint Rita in Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Thomas High School in Rockford, Illinois. During those years he successfully studied for a B.S. in library science which he received from Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois, in 1944. His next assignments were in Cuba, first at the Universidad de Villanueva in Marianao from 1948 to 1950, and later from 1951 to 1953 at Colegio San Agustin in Havana. Between these two assignments he served as parochial assistant at Our Mother of Consolation in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.

On his return from Cuba, from 1953 to 1956, he was assigned to Saint Augustine Parish, Troy, New York, where he taught part-time at Central Catholic High School. He also taught at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and was the first librarian at Austin Preparatory School, Reading. Mass., from 1963 to 1966. He also served as assistant at Saint James the Apostle, Carthage, N. Y.; Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, in Bronx, N. Y.; and Saint Laurence O'Toole and Holy Rosary, both in Lawrence, Mass. In 1967 he was transferred to Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he served as reference librarian until 1971 when he retired at the monatery there.Although retired,Father Lamond continued to carry out research  work on a subject that had held his interest all his life - tracing. He also became active and well known for his work with Alcoholics Anonymous in the greater Lawrence area, compiling data on the origin of the organization and the possible connection with the ancient "Serenity Prayer" of Boethius. Following a lengthy illness he died on December 7, 1989 at Holy Family Hospital in Meuthen, Massachusetts.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on December 9 at the monastery chapel of Our Mother of Good Counsel. The prior of the community, Father John Driscoll, O.S.A., was the celebrant with Fathers John and Bernard Lamond, O.S.A., concelebrating, and Sister Teresa Lamond, S.N.D., as reader. Father Lamond is buried in the Augustinian plot at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
 

Alfred J. Lafleur, O.S.A.

1918 – 2003 (December 15)

Alfred Joseph LaFleur was born June 28, 1918 in Aurora, Illinois to Alfred J. LaFleur and Theresa May, and was baptized on July 7th at Holy Angels Church there. Alfred's primary education took place at Good Counsel School, and St. Mary School, both in Aurora. He attended Fox Valley Catholic High School, which became Marmion Academy after his Sophomore Year. Upon graduation in 1935, he spent a post-graduate year at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, and entered Good Counsel Novitiate on September 9, 1936. He professed simple vows on September 10, 1937, and studied at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, earning a B.A. in Philosophy in 1941. He made his solemn profession on September 10, 1940, and pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1945 He was ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1944. He undertook additional studies at Catholic University of America, Washington; Tulsa University, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana; Stanford University, Stanford, California, and the Nuclear Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He obtained an M.S. in Physics from Villanova.

Father LaFleur was assigned to teach at Saint Rita High School, Chicago, Illinois in 1945. He then spent six months in 1946 as associate pastor of Saint Mary Parish, Rockford, Il. He taught Physics, Chemistry, Math and History at Cascia Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1946 to 1959, and was also Director of Student Activities. When Tolentine College, Olympia Fields, Illinois, was established in 1959, Father LaFleur joined the faculty there, teaching Science and Math. He was President of Tolentine College from 1962 to 1966. He was one of the friars to suggest that Tolentine be transformed from a college exclusively for seminarians to an institution of higher learning that served lay students as well as those preparing for priestly ordination in the Order.

Father LaFleur was assigned as pastor in 1966 to Saint Anthony Parish, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was pastor of Saint Augustine Parish, Detroit, Michigan, from 1982 to 1988. In 1988 he was assigned to the Augustinian Center House Community in Abbott, Texas, and was named pastor of nearby Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Hillsboro, Texas. He served in that capacity until August 2003.

At that time, he moved to the Augustinian Community of St. Mary Parish, Gainesville, Texas, where he was residing at the time of his death on died December 15, 2003 after a short illness. He is buried in the Augustinian plot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.
 
Father LaFleur will be remembered as an excellent teacher with a wealth of knowledge. He was bright, cheerful and hard-working. His intellect worked so quickly that his voice could not always keep up, sometimes resulting in sentences that were missing a few syllables. As pastor, he was involved in all aspects of the life of his parish, even into his 80's. Parishioners found him to be kind, caring and creative in his ministry to them.
 

Charles P. Laferty, O.S.A.

1926 – 2012 (October 19)

Charles Patrick Laferty was born on July 13, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of two sons and a daughter of John M. Laferty, M.D. and Laura Shea. Charles was baptized on July 25, 1926, at Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Philadelphia, and attended St. Joan of Arc Parochial School, St. William Parochial School, (1936-1940), and LaSalle High School. Upon graduation in 1944, he enrolled at Villanova College, and following one year’s studies, spent a year of service with the U.S. Army. He returned to Villanova in 1946, and on September 9, 1948 was received as a novice at Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, New York. He professed simple vows on September 10, 1949, and returned to Villanova where he received a BA in Chemistry in June 1950. He then went to Augustinian College, Washington, DC for theological studies, and at the same time pursued an MA in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He professed solemn vows on September 10, 1952, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1953, at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, by Bishop John McNamara. He pursued further graduate studies in Education at the Catholic University of America.

Father Laferty was assigned to Saint John Parish, Schaghticoke, New York, during the summer of 1954, and then to Saint Joseph Friary at Msgr. Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching duties, he served as Director of Activities, Assistant Athletic Director, and Moderator of Dramatics. He also taught part time at Villanova University from 1954-1961. From 1961 to 1968 he was assigned to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine High School, Bronx, New York, where he taught, and from 1964-1968 served as Principal. From 1968 to 1971, Father Laferty was Master of Professed Students at Augustinian College, Washington, DC, and Regent of Studies. From 1971 to 1975, he was assigned to Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova, Pennsylvania, while serving as the Province Regent of Studies and Province Director of Formation and President of the Augustinian Educational Association. From 1975 to 1979 he was assigned to Casa San Lorenzo as prior of the Community and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Biscayne College. From 1979 to 1980, while pursuing graduate studies, he completed a federal government grant, while a member of the community of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Staten Island, New York.

In 1980, he returned to Saint Thomas Monastery and Villanova University, where he worked in a number of capacities: from 1980 to 1986 as Assistant to the President and teacher; from 1986-1990 as Province Director of Development, Director of the Augustinian Seminary Guild, and Director of Augustinian Missions. From 1990 to 2008, he taught at Villanova. Father Laferty taught either full time or part time, every year since his ordination. Though teaching was his passion, he was also known by his monastery community to be a good poker player and a person with a good sense of humor.

Father Laferty died on the evening of October 19, 2012 at St. Thomas Monastery. His Funeral Mass was held on the evening of October 22, 2012 at St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the campus of Villanova University. The Prior Provincial, Father Anthony M. Genovese, O.S.A., presided and the homilist was Father John J. Byrnes, O.S.A. Father Laferty is buried in the Augustinian Plot at Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
 

Thomas Kyle, O.S.A.

1798 – 1869 (October 23)

James Kyle was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland in 1797, the uncle of Patrick A. Stanton, who also became a member of the American Mission. James began his studies in the Irish house of Callan in 1823, and was received into the novitiate there on September 22, 1828. At his profession the following year, he took the religious name Thomas, by which he thereafter was known. and was a member of the Galway Augustinian Community. Before he left for the United States in 1838, he had been stationed in Callan, Ross, Drogheda and Galway. He arrived in Philadelphia on September 2, and on the following Sunday preached his first sermon in Saint Augustine Church. For a short period in 1839 he ministered at Saint Paul’s in Brookly, N.Y.  It was Father Kyle who, in 1841, purchased the Belle Air Estate for $18,000, against the will of Fathers Moriarty and O’Dwyer. He served as temporary superior of Saint Augustine's when it was burned by the "Know Nothings" in 1844. He later worked with Father Moriarty in Europe in collecting funds to rebuild Saint Augustine's.

Father Kyle served on the missions under the Bishop of Albany for some years. From 1855 to 1859, he was stationed at Villanova. Later he had charge of the missions at Saint Thomas the Apostle in Ivy Mills and at Saint Aloysius in Pottstown, PA.

Father Kyle was 71 when he died in Philadelphia on October 23, 1869. He is buried at Saint Augustine's.
 

William J. Krupa, O.S.A.

1918 – 2001 (September 15)

William Joseph Krupa, son of George Krupa and Elsie Johns, was born on July 30, 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attended the parochial schools of Sacred Heart, Lancaster; Saint Mary's, Harrisbug; Saint Michael, Wheeling, WV, and then Central High School in Wheeling for one year, and Central Catholic High School in Lancaster for three years. He entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, N.Y., in 1935. On September 9, 1936 he entered the novitiate at New Hamburg, N.Y., where he professed first vows on September 10, 1937. He made his solemn profession on September 10, 1940. He then studied philosophy at Villanova and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1941. He pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C., from 1941 to 1945, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop McNamara at Trinity College Chapter, Washington, on May 18, 1944. After ordination he pursued graduate studies in speech and drama at the Catholic University of America and obtained the master's degree in 1945.

Father Krupa was assigned in June, 1945, to Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova, PA, but a month later was transferred to Saint Mary's Hall, Villanova, as procurator and sacristan, and in 1950, became sub-master of professed students there. In 1956 he was assigned to Saint Laurence O'Toole, Lawrence, MA, as associate pastor. Three years later, he was transferred again to Saint Mary's Hall, and appointed master of professed students. In 1962 he was appointed master of novices at Our Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, NY. He was elected a councilor of the province in 1968 and once more assigned to Saint Mary's Hall, Villanova. From 1969 to 1972 he was pastor of Saint Genevieve Parish, Flourtown, PA, and from 1972 to 1978, pastor of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Bronx, NY. In 1979 he was appointed prior and pastor of Saint Thomas of Villanova parish, Rosemont, PA, and in 1986, prior and associate pastor of Saint Augustine Parish, Philadelphia. Father Krupa was appointed to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Atlantic City, NJ, as prior and associate pastor in 1990, and in 1994, was assigned as prior of Saint Augustine Parish, Philadelphia. Due to declining health he was transferred on August 28, 2001, to Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova. He died there on September 15, 2001

Father Krupa was at his best in teaching literature, especially Shakespeare, and directing theater. He was always sensitive to the needs of people and endeared himself to many by his pleasant and warm personality. He exemplified well the ideals of Augustinian life through devotion to prayer and appreciation of nature and the beauty of creation.
 
His Funeral Mass took place on September 18, 2001, at Saint Thomas Church, Villanova. He is buried in the Augustinian plot at Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, PA. His brother, Father George Krupa, O.S.A., was also a member of our Province.