Vincent J. McGarvey, O.S.A.

1917 – 1994 (February 2)

Vincent McGarvey was born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, in 1917, and attended Saint Francis de Sales Parochial School in Philadelphia, He graduated from Augustinian Academy in Staten Island, New York, and entered Good Counsel Novitiate in New Hamburg, N.Y. Following profession of vows, he matriculated at Villanova College, and studied theology at Augustinian College in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1935 and completed a Masters Degree in education at Catholic University.

He was assigned briefly as assistant novice master in New Hamburg, N.Y., but was soon named associate pastor of Saint Patrick's Church, San Diego where he became a mainstay of the parish for the next thirteen years. In 1956 he returned east to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, the Bronx to be near his ailing mother. After her death he returned to California and was assigned to Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, Hollywood. He eventually became pastor when his predecessor was forced to step down due to health reasons in 1961.

He was appointed Vice Provincial while remaining pastor for the next six years. During the years of the Second Vatican Council, Father McGarvey oversaw a great deal of expansion in the Vice Province, including the sending of friars to the Peruvian missions, encouraging post-graduate studies, and taking on an additional high school in Modesto, CA. When his term as Vice Provincial ended he returned to Saint Patrick as pastor. In 1980, Father McGarvey was named pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church in Castro Valley, CA when the California Augustinians expanded into the Bay Area. He then moved to Central Point, Oregon where he served as pastor, and subsequently to Shady Grove, OR as pastor of another parish.

Eventually Father McGarvey retired to Saint Thomas Aquinas Church in Ojai. While there he traveled to San Diego to visit his doctor. During that visit he suffered a stroke resulting in his death on February 2, 1994. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, CA.
 

Charles J. McFadden, O.S.A.

1909 – 1990 (June 27)

Charles Joseph McFadden was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 30, 1909, one of three sons and one daughter of Charles McFadden and Hannah Callahan. He was baptized at Saint Gregory Church, Philadelphia. The family moved to Bryn Mawr, PA, where he attended Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish School. In 1923, at the age of fourteen, he began his secondary education at Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, from which he graduated as a postulant in 1927. The following year he entered Our Mother of Good Counsel Novitiate, New Hamburg, N.Y., and professed simple vows on September 9, 1928. He began his college education at Villanova College, PA., and professed solemn vows on September 19, 1931. The following year he graduated from Villanova with an A.B. in philosophy and went on to begin his theological studies at Augustinian College in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood there by Bishop McNamara on June 11, 1935 in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. While pursuing his collegiate and theology studies from 1929-1934, he took summer courses at Villanova and Catholic University in philosophy, psychology, English, and education.The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen, then professor at Catholic University, directed Father McFadden’s graduate studies. In 1936 he received his master's degree from Catholic University. Concerning his dissertation "The Powers of Morality and Religion in Henri Bergson," Professor Sheen wrote on the inside cover, "The best master's dissertation I have ever read." In 1938 Father McFadden was awarded his doctoral degree from Catholic University. His dissertation "The Metaphysical Foundations of Dialectical Communism" became the basis of his later books on communism. In 1948 he was awarded an S.T.L. from the Augustinian College of Rome, Italy.

Father McFadden was assigned to Villanova University in 1938, although he had been teaching philosophy during the summer sessions from 1935 to 1937. For the next forty years until 1979 when he retired, he taught philosophy as well as other specialized courses at Villanova. From 1940 to 1956 he also taught at nearby Rosemont College. In 1940, he began giving courses on medical ethics to student nurses at Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital, Darby, PA. From these courses evolved his highly successful text Medical Ethics for Nurses, published in 1946. Despite his teaching schedule, he contributed many articles published in various periodicals. In 1939 he wrote Philosophy of Communism with a preface by Fulton J. Sheen stating that it was "without doubt the best book in any language" on the subject. In 1949, probably his most successful work, Medical Ethics, was published and later translated into Spanish. In 1976, he published Dignity of Life: Moral Values in a Changing Society, which was later translated into Chinese. In 1978 Challenge to Morality was published. In 1982 he published Christianity Confronts Communism, a basic text for the average reader.

Father McFadden traveled extensively in Europe and in the Far East, spending lengthy periods in Russia and other Eastern European countries behind the “Iron Curtain”. He remained always a member of Saint Thomas Monastery, Villanova, where his wit and observations were widely appreciated. Father McFadden died on June 27, 1990.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on March 30 at Saint Denis Church, Havertown, PA. by Prior Provincial, John Hagen, O.S.A. Father Francis X. McGuire, O.S.A., a classmate, preached the homily. Father McFadden is buried in the Augustinian plot at Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
 

Charles J.A. McFadden, O.S.A.

1863 – 1914 (June 22)

Charles Joseph Aloysius McFadden was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the son of John McFadden and Margaret Mullin, on January 3, 1863. He was baptized the following day in Saint Vincent Church in that city. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on February 2, 1881, and made his profession of simple vows on February 2, 1882, and his solemn profession on February 3, 1885. Charles was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Ryan in the Philadelphia Cathedral on March 20, 1886.

After ordination, Father McFadden taught at Villanova College until July, 1896, when he was assigned to Saint Denis Parish, Havertown. In December, 1898, he returned to Villanova and then, in September, 1899, was transferred to Augustinian Academy on Staten Island, New York. He was again stationed at Villanova from 1902 until 1906, when he was assigned as pastor to Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in Atlantic City, New Jersey. During the years 1899 until 1910, he served as a member of Villanova College’s Board of Trustees.

Father McFadden was 51 when he died on June 22, 1914 at his mother’s home in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. He is buried in the Community Cemetery at Villanova.
 

Christopher A. McEvoy, O.S.A.

1840 – 1914 (December 14)

Christopher Augustine McEvoy was born in Queens County, Ireland, on Decembeer 20, 1840. In 1849 he arrived with his family at Waterbury, Connecticut, and in 1864 entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels at Niagara, New York. Two years later he arrived at Villanova, and in January 1868, he entered the novitiate there. He made his simple profession on January 8, 1868, and was ordained to the priesthood, with a dispensation by Bishop Wood in the Philadelphia Cathedral on April 3, 1871. He celebrated his first mass on Easter Sunday in Saint Augustine Church, Philadelphia. He was solemnly professed on January 22, 1872.

After ordination, Father McEvoy was assigned to Our Mother of Consolation in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and after only a few months at the failing health of the pastor, he assumed charge. In 1881 he opened the first parochial school there in the basement of the church which he had also enlarged. In 1882 he was elected Prior Provincial and, when the acts of the next Chapter of 1886 were ruled invalid by the Prior General, Father McEvoy was appointed to continue in office. In 1889 he resigned while attending the General Chapter that elected the successor to Prior General, Father Pacifico Neno. As provincial, Father McEvoy attended the Third Plenary Council in Baltimore, Maryland in 1884.
 
The Provincial Chapter of July 1890, elected Father McEvoy president, prior, and pastor of Villanova. In 1894, he was appointed rector at Saint Denis' in Ardmore, Pa.; in 1899 rector of Saint Augustine's, Philadelphia, and in 1902 again at Our Mother of Consolation, Chestnut Hill. IN 1908 he was assigned to at Saint Mary's in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In September 1913, Father McEvoy left for Villanova, where he died on December 14, 1914, at the age of 74.

The Funeral Mass was offered by Prior Provincial, Father Nicholas Murphy, O.S.A. at Villanova on December 17. The eulogy was given by Father McShane, O.S.A. Archbishop Prendergast gave the final absolution. He was buried in the Community Cemetery at Villanova.

Father McEvoy was a champion of two great causes of his time: that of total abstinence and the promotion of devotion to Our Mother of Good Counsel. As a preacher he was eloquent, as an advocate of Augustinian devotion to Mary under the title of Genazzano he was vigorous.
 

John A. McErlain, O.S.A.

1868 – 1935 (September 6)

John Augustine McErlain, son of John McErlain and Ellen Madden, was born in Belfast, Ireland on June 19, 1868. He came to the United States with his family and entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1889. He professed simple vows on February 6, 1890 and solemn vows on February 11, 1893. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Ryan in the Philadelphia Cathedral on May 27, 1893.

After ordination, Father McErlain was stationed at Bryn Mawr and Villanova, PA. In 1902, he went with Father O’Mahony to the Philippine Islands where he served for three years. In 1905 he was assigned to Saint Laurence Parish, Lawrence. MA., and then at Saint Mary, Waterford, New York. In 1912, he returned to the Philippines where he served for the next 10 years, undertaking significant initiatives for the education of the young. His attempts to procure addition friars to minister in the Philippines unfortuantely did not meet with success. In 1922, Father McErlain was appointed prior of Malvern Preparatory School. As prior, he built the first school building at Malvern.Father McErlain also served at Saint Paul’s, Mechanicville, N.Y. He was rector of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and later at Saint Augustine's in Philadelphia, Pa.; prior  at Holy Rosary in Lawrence and rector of Saint Augustine's in Andover, Massachusetts.

He died in Lowell, MA., on September 7, 1935 at the age of 67. A Requiem Mass was celebrated at Saint Augustine, Andover of September 9th by Prior Provincial, Mortimer Sullivan. The Funeral Mass was celebrated the following day at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, Bryn Mawr, by Assistant General Joseph Hickey. Father McErlain is buried in the Community Cemetery at Villanova.
 

Thomas F. McDonnell, O.S.A.

1816 – 1849 (May 19)

Francis McDonnell was born about the year 1816 in Ireland. After immigrating to the United States he sought entrance into the Order and was vested together with Brother John Gallagher at Villanova, Pennsylvania, on November 9, 1843, taking the name Brother Thomas. He served at both Villanova and Saint Augustine's in Philadelphia. Brother Thomas worked on the building of the first chapel at Villanova in 1844 and saw it to completion. 

He was later sent to Saint Augustine Church in Philadelphia and there he died, suddenly, of epilepsy, on Saturday, May 19, 1849 at the age of 33. He is buried in the vault at Saint Augustine's in Philadelphia, though his name was never inscribed on the large stone covering the vault. 

Francis R. McDonnell, O.S.A.

1913 – 2004 (February 23)

Francis Raymond McDonnell was born October 11, 1913 in Centralia, Pennsylvania to Thomas McDonnell and Mary Cray. His primary education took place at St. Ignatius School, Centralia and, for three years, at St. Ignatius High School, and Conyngham Township High School, Aristes, Pennsylvania, because St. Ignatius did not offer a fourth year curriculum. He studied at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933 and 1934, and then entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a post graduate postulant. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1935, professed simple vows on September 10, 1936, and solemn vows on September 10, 1939. Frank studied at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, earning a B. A. in Philosophy in 1939, and did his theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. from 1939 to 1943. He also studied at Catholic University of America, Washington, earning an M. A. in Education in 1943. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 28, 1942.

Father McDonnell's first assignment was in 1943 to St. Rita High School, Chicago, Illinois, where he was a teacher, Assistant Chaplain and Vocations Director. He was named Assistant Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Rockford, Illinois, in 1949. In 1953, he was assigned to Austin Catholic High School, Detroit, Michigan, and served as teacher, Chairperson of the Religion Department, and Director of Athletics. He returned to St. Rita High School in 1961, as teacher and Chairperson of the Religion Department. 

Father McDonnell was assigned to St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, in 1971, where he was associate pastor for two years, and was named pastor in 1973. In 1979 he was named Mission Procurator and moved to Tolentine Center, Olympia Fields, Illinois, where he was responsible for raising funds to support work of the Augustinian Missions in northern Peru. In 1982 Father McDonnell returned to St. Clare of Montefalco Parish, Grosse Pointe Park, where as associate pastor. He assumed similar duties at St. Joseph Parish, Pekin, Il., in 1989. He was again assigned to St. Clare of Montefalco in 1994 and served as associate pastor there until his retirement in 1995. 

He continued to live in the Augustinian Community at St. Clare until 2001, when he was assigned to Our Lady of Grace Community, Homer Glen, Il. He died at the age of 90 on February 23, 2004 at Mother Theresa Home, Lemont, Il., shortly after his release from the hospital for congestive heart failure and pneumonia.

Father McDonnell was a lover of community, approachable, with a gentle way of discussing topics with respect for those who held differing views. He was insightful, a person of common sense, a voracious reader and an avid sports fan. His Funeral Mass was celebrated February 27, 2004 at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, Homer Glen, Illinois. Father McDonnell is buried in the Augustinian plot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois. 

Matthew F. McDonald, O.S.A.

1899 – 1951 (March 1)

Matthew Francis McDonald, son of Matthew McDonald and Bridget Shannon, was born on July 1, 1899, in the Bronx, New York, and was baptized in the Church of the Sacred Heart. In 1914, after he received his early education at Saint Anselm Parochial School, New York, he began his postulancy at Villanova Preparatory School, Villanova, Pa. Matthew entered the novitiate on June 15, 1918, professed simple vows on August 27, 1919, and solemn vows three years later. He pursued studies of philosophy and theology at Villanova College, and was ordained to the priesthood on August 2, 1925, in Corr Hall, Villanova, by Thomas J. Walsh, bishop of Trenton, New Jersey.

Father McDonald's first assignment was to Corr Hall, the house of formation, where he taught Moral Theology and Canon Law to the professed clerics from the Fall of 1926 to December 30, 1930. He was then appointed Master of Professed Students in Washington, D.C. where he continued teaching Moral Theology and Canon Law. From 1935 to 1937, Father McDonald served as an assistant in the parish of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, N.Y. On January 25, 1937, he was appointed sub-prior at the Parish of Saint Rita, Chicago, Illinois. On September 8, 1938, he returned to the east coast and was assigned to Saint Augustine Parish, Andover, Mass., where he founded the "Andover Catholic Club." He remained at Saint Augustine Parish until his death thirteen years later. At the Provincial Chapter of 1947, and again at the Chapter of 1950, he was elected a councilor of the Province. On March 8, 1947, he was selected to serve on the first Board of Trustees of Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass. 

Father McDonald died at the Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen, Mass., on March 1, 1951, at the age of fifty-two. A solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated at Saint Augustine Church, Andover, at which scores of priest, religious and lay people participated. Father Vincent McQuade, president of Merrimack College, delivered the eulogy, saying. "Father McDonald was a religious priest who was zealous and kindly in his sacerdotal duties, deeply learned in Sacred Sciences and intensely loyal to his calling."

Father McDonald was buried in the Augustinian plot at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Lawrence, Massachusetts. 

James A. McDonald, O.S.A.

1877 – 1941 (January 13)

James Aloysius McDonald, son of James McDonald and Catherin Neilon, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on February 8, 1877. His primary education was received in his native town after which he entered Villanova College where he distinguished himself academically and played fullback on the varsity football team. At the completion of his college courses he entered the novitiate on February 2, 1897, professed simple vows on February 3, 1898 and solemn vows on May 29, 1901. He studied theology at Villanova and also took courses at the University of Pennsylvania in Botany, Physiology, Zoology, and Chemistry from 1898 to 190. He was ordained to the priesthood by our Archbishop Sebastian Martinelli, O.S.A. at the Apostolic Delegation in Washington, D.C., on September 29, 1901.

Father McDonald was first assigned to the faculty of Villanova College. From 1903 until 1906, he assisted in building up Colegio San Agustin in Havana, Cuba. Returning to the States he served as assistant pastor at Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Bryn Mawr from 1906 until 1910, and then as sub-prior at Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence. Here he had charge of the Saint Rita district, was spiritual director of the Holy Name Society which he brought to a membership of over one thousand, and in 1912 instituted the Saint Mary's Cadets. 

Father McDonald was transferred to Immaculate Conception Parish, Hoosick Falls, NY, in 1916, from which station he enlisted for service in the army as chaplain and held a captain's rank. During this period, he also was also a member of the Province Mission Band, preaching missions from New York to California, between 1916 and 1920.

In 1920, he was sent to Detroit, MI, to establish a new parish, Saint Augustine, where he built a church, a school, and a residence. In 1926 he was asked to organize a new parish at Grosse Pointe Park, MI, Saint Clare of Montefalco, where he built a church, school, friary and convent. From 1929-1935 he was prior and pastor of Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence. Having himself labored at the age of 13 in the mills of that city, he utilized his practical knowledge and considerable conciliatory skills to help iron out the difficulties in connection with the 1931 textile troubles. From 1935 to 1941 he was prior and pastor at Saint Laurence O'Toole Parish in the same city.

His kindly disposition and affable manner, aided by a robust constitution, enabled Father McDonald to accomplish a tremendous amount of good during his apostolate. His influence extended beyond the parish to municipal and civic affairs as well. Stricken suddenly, he died in Lawrence on January 13, 1941, and was buried with full military honors in the Augustinian plot at Saint Mary's Cemetery Lawrence, MA.

William F. McDermott, O.S.A.

1911 – 1967 (November 30)

William Francis McDermott was born in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1911. He received his primary education there, and his secondary education at Saint John's High School. He entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, as a postulant in September 1932 and was received into the novitiate at New Hamburg, New York, on September 9, 1933. He made profession of simple vows on September 10, 1934. After graduating from Villanova in June 1938, he did theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, DC, and was ordained to the priesthood at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on June 10, 1941. He received his M.A. from Catholic University of America in June 1942.

Father McDermott was assigned to Saint Augustine High School, San Diego, California, in June 1942, where he taught and was Athletic Director for the next five years. In September 1947, he was assigned to the Mission Band, and for the next 17 years went about the country preaching retreats, novenas, days of recollection, and various other spiritual exercises. He became a very popular preacher and spoke in many church and religious houses in the eastern part of the United States.

In poor health and suffering from diabetes, he was assigned to the Villanova Monastery in 1964, where he remained until September 1967 - except for a brief period as an assistant in the parish of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Bryn Mawr, PA. On September 18, 1967, Father McDermott was assigned to the faculty of Monsignor Bonner High School, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, where he taught religion and economics.

Father McDermott died suddenly on Thursday evening, November 30, 1967 after a brief illness. His death was diagnosed as the result of a diabetic coma at Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Father McDermott was buried from Saint Mary's Hall Collegiate Seminary. Internment took place at the community cemetery at Villanova.
 

James J. McCusker, O.S.A.

1905 – 1979 (July 22)

James Joseph McCusker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1905 to Thomas McCusker and Bridget Maller, and was baptized at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church on May 7, 1905. He attended high school as a postulant at Augustinian Academy on Staten Island, New York, and was received into the novitiate at New Hamburg, N.Y. on September 10, 1929. He made his first profession of vows on September 11, 1930, and his solemn profession on September 11, 1933. After completing his undergraduate education at Villanova in June, 1934, he undertook his theological studies at Augustinian College in Washington, DC. On June 15, 1937 he was ordained to the priesthood at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception by Bishop John M. McNamara.

In 1938 Father McCusker spent his first year of priestly ministry in Havana, Cuba. In 1939 he was assigned as pastoral assistant to Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Bryn Mawr, PA. In 1945 he was transferred to Saint Paul's parish, Mechanicville, N.Y., and the following year to Saint Mary's parish, Lawrence, MA, where he remained until 1970.

After these long and dedicated years of service in parochial ministry, Father McCusker retired to the Merrimack Monastery in December, 1970. When his failing health required professional nursing care in April, 1978, Father McCusker was transferred to Villa of Divine Providence Nursing Home. He died on July 22, 1979, and is buried at Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, PA.
 

Francis A. McCranor, O.S.A.

1853 – 1914 (March 3)

Francis Augustine McCranor, son of Smith McCranor and Catharine Rooney, was born on April 18, 1853, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and was baptized in Saint Mary's Church there. On January 26, 1877, he entered the novitiate at Villanova, Pennsylvania, professed first vows on March 8, 1878, and final vows on March 10, 1881. Francis was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1881, by Bishop Jeremiah F. Shanahan, D.D. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Germantown, Pa.

In July, 1881, he received his first assignment to Saint Mary's Parish, Lawrence, as administrator of the Immaculate Conception Church. Three months later he began serving in Augustinian parishes in New York State, first as assistant at Saint John the Baptist Parish, Schaghticoke, then, in 1883, at Saint Patrick Parish, Cambridge. In 1886 he was assigned to Saint Paul Parish, Mechanicville. In May of that year he celebrated the funeral mass for his younger brother, Father Arthur P. McCranor, O.S.A., who died at 30 years of age.

Father Francis' next assignment was to Saint James Parish, Carthage, New York. For the year 1891, Father McCranor served under the first bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese, John Loughlin, D.D. In 1892, he returned to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to assist his mother. A year later he was assigned to Saint Mary's Parish there and became administrator of Saint Monica Church, Methuen, a mission of Saint Mary. In 1902, Father McCranor returned to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hoosick Falls, New York, where, on March 3, 1914, he died at sixty-one years of age. The funeral mass was celebrated at Saint Mary's Church in Lawrence, Mass., followed by burial in Saint Mary’s cemetery.
 

Arthur P. McCranor, O.S.A.

1856 – 1886 (May 15)

Arthur Peter McCranor, son of Smith McCranor and Catharine Rooney, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on June 7, 1856. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA on January 12, 1873, and was ordained to the priesthood in the Philadelphia Cathedral by Archbishop Wood on December 21, 1878. Father McCranor's brother, Francis, was also a member of our Province.

After ordination, Father McCranor assisted in our parish of Saint Paul's in Mechanicville, New York. He died there on May 15, 1886, at the age of 30. Following a Requiem Mass celebrated by his brother, he was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Lawrence, MA.

Daniel McCort, O.S.A.

1923 – 1954 (May 22)

Daniel McCort was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1923 to Thomas and Mary McCort. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by the Sisters of Charity in St. Vincent’s Home, Drexel Hill, Pa. He later received his education at Saint John's Orphanage in Philadelphia, and at the Saint Francis Vocational School in Eddington, PA. He requested admittance to the lay brotherhood in April, 1940, and was received as an oblate on October 27, 1940 by Assistant General, Father Joseph Hickey, O.S.A. He entered the novitiate of Our Mother of Good Counsel in New Hamburg, N.Y. on June 24, 1943 and professed simple vows on June 25, 1944. Solemn Profession followed on July 5, 1949. 

Brother Daniel was assigned to the community of Saint Mary's at Villanova until 1949, when he was assigned to the Villanova Monastery as assistant to the sacristan. He died at the age of 21 on Saturday, May 22, 1954, of liver cancer after a brief illness, in Philadelphia's Misericordia Hospital. A Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered in Saint Thomas of Villanova Church on Tuesday, May 25th by Prior Provincial Joseph Dougherty, O.S.A. Father William Deacy, O.S.A. preached the homily. Brother Daniel is buried in the Community Cemetery at Villanova. 

William J. McCormick, O.S.A.

1884 – 1935 (May 9)

William Joseph McCormick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1884. He was one of five sons and three daughters of William McCormick, a fireman, and Ann Fitzgerald. William attended public elementary schools, Roman Catholic High School and Villanova Prep, before entering the novitiate at Villanova on July 4, 1907. He was professed the following year, and with eleven classmates was sent to Rome to complete his studies. He was ordained to the priesthood there on July 25, 1913 at the Church of Saint Apollinaris, and the following day celebrated his First Mass at the Shrine of Saint Nicholas in Tolentino, Italy.

Father McCormick returned to the United States in August, 1914 and served at Saint James Parish in Carthage, New York, and Saint Mary’s Parish in Waterford, New York; in Massachusetts at Saint Mary’s Parish in Lawrence and Saint Augustine Parish, Andover, as well as in Detroit, Michigan. For a time, he was also procurator at Villanova. Later, he was appointed prior of Holy Rosary Church in Lawrence, MA. He resigned from this position in May, 1933, after which he was appointed Rector of Saint Augustine's in Philadelphia. 

Father McCormick died in Philadelphia's Misericordia Hospital on May 9, 1935 at the age of 51. He is buried in the Community Cemetery at Villanova. 

Bernard T. McConville, O.S.A.

1904 – 1970 (October 24)

Bernard Thomas McConville was born in Germantown, PA. on August 11, 1904, to Peter J. McConville and Margaret Conlon. He was baptized on August 28, 1904, at Immaculate Conception Church, Philadelphia, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 20, 1915 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Following graduation from Our Mother of Consolation Parochial School, Bernard enrolled in the Augustinian Preparatory Scholasticate at Villanova, where he earned his high school diploma. He was received into the novitiate on June 21, 1923, and professed simple vows on June 22, 1924, and solemn vows on June 22, 1927. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Villanova College, Villanova, in 1927, and then pursued theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 1930 in Washington, and also did graduate studies at Villanova College and received a Master’s degree in biology in 1931.

His first assignment was teaching at Villanova from 1931 to 1937. He was then named assistant at Saint Clare's parish in Grosse Pointe, MI and from that time on remained in the Chicago Province. In 1941 he was assigned to Saint Thomas High School in Rockford and served as Principal there from 1943 to 1944. He was then stationed at Saint Rita High School in Chicago. From 1953 to 1956 he served as prior and associate pastor of Saint Clare of Montefalco Parish in Chicago. After this he was stationed at Mendel Catholic Preparatory School in Chicago, where he served as teacher and disciplinarian for several years. He remained at Mendel until the time of his death.

Father McConville died on October 24, 1970 from cancer, which had been diagnosed the previous year. The funeral Mass was held at the chapel of Mendel, after which he was buried at Saint Denis Cemetery, Havertown, PA.
 

John H. McCloskey, O.S.A.

1886 – 1950 (May 19)

John Henry McCloskey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1886 to John H. McCloskey and Margaret Hinchey. He was received into the novitiate at Villanova on June 22, 1911, professed simple vows on June 22, 1912, and that same year was sent to Rome to study at the International College of Saint Monica. He made his solemn profession on June 25, 1915. Following the outbreak of war, he returned to the United States in 1915, and two years later was ordained to the priesthood on May 6, 1917 in the Cathedral at Philadelphia by Archbishop Prendergast. 

Father McCloskey was assigned in 1917 to Saint Lawrence Parish in Lawrence, MA and in 1921 to Saint Mary's Parish in the same city. In 1922 he served at Saint Rita's in Philadelphia, and in 1925 returned to Saint Mary’s in Lawrence. For many years he was a member of the Province Mission Band, with residence at Saint Rita’s, Philadelphia and at Our Mother of Good Counsel on Staten Island, NY. From 1941 to 1944, Father McCloskey was prior of Holy Rosary Church in Lawrence. At the time of his death, he was stationed at Saint John's in Schaghticoke, NY. He died in Saint Mary's Hospital in Troy, NY as a result of a heart attack, on May 19, 1950 at the age of 64.

Father Robert Russell, O.S.A. was celebrant of a Mass offered at Saint John’s. The Funeral Mass was offered at Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, Villanova by Prior Provincial John Sheehan, O.S.A. with Father Edward Quinn, O.S.A. as homilist.

Father McCloskey is buried at Villanova in the Community Cemetery. 

James J. McCloskey, O.S.A.

1919 – 1980 (December 18)

James Joseph McCloskey was born April 17, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to James J. and Sara McCloskey. He was baptized April 27, 1919 at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Philadelphia. James graduated from Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, in 1938. He was received into the novitiate on September 9, 1938. He professed simple (temporary) vows in the Order of St. Augustine September 10, 1939 and solemn (permanent) vows September 10, 1942. He earned a B. A. in Philosophy from Villanova College, Villanova, Pennsylvania, in 1943. He pursued theological studies from 1943 to 1947 at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. He was ordained a Priest June 11, 1946.

Father McCloskey was assigned in 1947 to St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, Jamaica, New York, as assistant pastor. In 1949 he was affiliated to the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, and was assigned to teach at Saint Rita High School, Chicago, Illinois. He was transferred in 1952 to teach at Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago. In 1959 Father McCloskey was sent to Austin Catholic High School, Detroit, Michigan. He returned in 1965 to Saint Rita High School, where he taught until the time of his death. He died of a heart attack December 18, 1980.

Father McCloskey was known as an understanding and patient friar who always extended a helping hand to those in need of comfort and love. He is buried in the Augustinian plot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.
 

Leo J. McCarthy, O.S.A.

1906 – 1975 (January 8)

Leo James McCarthy, son of Dennis G. McCarthy and Catherine E. Collins, was born in Belmont, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1906. After attending Belmont Public High School and Boston College High School, he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, as a post-graduate postulant. Received as a novice on September 12, 1931, he pronounced simple vows on September 13, 1932 and solemn vows on September 13, 1935. Following graduation from Villanova College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936, he pursued his theological studies at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the priesthood at the National Shrine on May 30, 1939. He also attended classes at a business college in Washington.

Father McCarthy's first assignment was to Colegio San Agustin, Iloilo, Philippine Islands, along with Fathers J. V. Casey, Alfred Monte, and Henry Carr. It was here that he was captured by the invading Japanese force and interned in a prisoner of war camp for the duration of the war until liberated by the returning American army. He was at the point of death when rescued by the Americans and was provided prompt medical attention. Father remained for a time in the Philippines, aiding the local bishop in the postwar period. However, recurrence of medical problems arising from his imprisonment years forced him to return to the States.

In 1945 he was named assistant pastor at Saint Laurence O'Toole parish, Lawrence, MA. He then served at Immaculate Conception parish, Hoosick Falls, NY from 1950 to 1957, Saint James, Carthage, NY from 1957 until 1962, Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Atlantic City, NJ, 1962 to 1965, Saint Laurence O'Toole, 1965 to 1969, and Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Bryn Mawr from 1969 until 1971. In 1971 he was appointed prior and assistant pastor of Saint Rita Parish in South Philadelphia.

A genial priest, Father McCarthy's broad smile and hearty greeting endeared him to many. He died suddenly on January 8, 1975 while visiting his ailing twin sister in Belmont, MA.

Father McCarthy is buried in the Augustinian plot in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Lawrence, MA.
 

John F. McCarthy, O.S.A.

1899 – 1949 (November 13)

John Francis McCarthy was born on September 16, 1899, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Michael McCarthy and Anne Daly. He spent two years at Saint John Prep in Danvers, MA., before entering Villanova Prep, Villanova, PA. He was accepted into the novitiate at Villanova on June 23, 1916, and professed simple vows on June 24, 1917. He was solemnly professed on November 26, 1920 and was ordained to the priesthood at Villanova by Bishop Michael Crane on September 22, 1923. 

From 1924 to 1935, Father McCarthy was stationed at Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai, California. He was prior and rector of the school from 1932 to 1935. That latter year he was transferred as an assistant to St. Mary's, Lawrence, and in 1936 to St. Augustine's in Troy, New York. Later, he served briefly at St. Augustine's, and at St. Rita's, both in Philadelphia. From 1943 to 1946, he was a chaplain in the United States Navy. He was commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant, second grade, and saw action in many places including Galapagos, Guadacanal, New Guinea and Saipan. After the war, he returned to St. Rita's in Philadelphia.

Father McCarthy died at St. Agnes' Hospital in Philadelphia on November 13, 1949 at the age of 50, of internal hemorrhages, the result of wounds incurred during the battle. His Funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Rita on November 17th by Rector Provincial, John Sheehan, O.S.A. Father McCarthy was buried in the community cemetery at Villanova.