necrology

Francis Hyacinth Maguire, O.P. Born:  August 19, 1930 Professed:  September 18, 1951 Ordained:  June 11, 1957 Died: April 19, 2006 Father Hyacinth Maguire, O.P., was born in East Orange, NJ, to Francis Charles M Maguire and Eleanor Cecilia McGrath.  He attended St. Mary’s Grammar School and St. Mary’s High School in Rutherford, NJ, and St. Read more…

John Pius Sullivan, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: October 27, 1913 Profession: August 16, 1935 Ordination: June 5, 1941 Died: April 17, 1998 John Joseph Sullivan was born in New York City the son of John Sullivan and Margaret Mary Ryan. He attended Sacred Heart Grammar School, Jersey City, NJ (1920-1928), Regis High School, New York City Read more…

Frederick Michael Jelly, O.P. Birth: June 20, 1927 Profession: September 18, 1950 Ordination: June 8, 1956 Died: April 14, 2000 Frederick William Jelly was born in Bayonne, NJ to Frederick and Margaret (Orrico) Jelly. He attended St. Paul’s Grammar School, Jersey City, Seton Hall Preparatory School, South Orange, NJ, and Seton Hall University, graduating with Read more…

Francis Leibold, O.P. Jubilarian Cooperator Brother Born: Oct. 8, 1921 Professed: Mar. 27, 1948 Died: Apr. 5, 2007 On the evening of April 5, 2007, our beloved Cooperator Brother Francis Leibold died quietly at Mohun Hall at St. Mary of the Springs in Columbus, OH, where in his declining years he had received loving care Read more…

Joseph Bede McGroarty, O.P. Jubilarian Born: May 14, 1917 Professed: Aug. 6, 1940 Ordained: Jun. 6, 1946 Died: Apr. 3, 2007 On the morning of April 3, 2007, Father Joseph Bede McGroarty, O.P., died peacefully in the Lord at the age of 90. His long and fruitful life began on May 14, 1917 in Quincy, Read more…

John James Sullivan, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: June 5, 1911 Profession: August 16, 1933 Ordination: May 17, 1939 Died: March 28, 2001 John Joseph Sullivan was born in New York City, the son of Patrick and Margaret (Ryan) Sullivan. He attended St. Veronica Grammar School (1918-1925) and Regis High School (1925-1926) in that city. This was Read more…

Michael Leo Novacki, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: September 26, 1907 Profession: August 16, 1929 Ordination: June 13, 1935 Died: March 25, 2000 Michael Francis Novacki was born in Mahanoy City, PA to Anthony and Catherine (Popera) Novacki.  He attended public grammar school in Brockton, PA (1914-22), was a pre-ecclesiastical student at Aquinas College High School in Read more…

Francis Charles Duffy, O.P. Born:  June 21, 1931 Professed:  August 16, 1954 Ordained:  June 16, 1960 Died:   March 21, 2006 Charlie Duffy began his Dominican life in the Novitiate in 1953, was ordained in 1960, and following one more year of studies, taught at Aquinas High School in Columbus, OH for three years. Then Read more…

John Peter Gerhard, O.P. Jubilarian Born: February 22, 1923 Professed: October 6, 1947 Ordained: June 5, 1953 Died: March 18, 2005 A native of Providence, RI, John Peter Gerhard was born on February 22, 1923, and following his elementary and high school education, entered Providence College in 1940. He served in the military in Europe Read more…

Patrick Francis Connolly, O.P. Jubilarian Born: Jun. 17, 1922 Professed: Aug. 5, 1946 Ordained: Jun. 12, 1952 Died: Mar. 13, 2007 Father Pat Connolly was a native of the Bronx, NY, and received his early education from the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt at St. Pius V grade school before moving on to public high schools Read more…

William Brendan Tarrier, O.P. Born: April 1, 1920 Professed: Sept. 29, l944 Ordained: June 5, l947 Died: February 13, 2005 Although most of Fr. Brendan Tarrier’s priestly ministry was parochial, his very first assignment was as a professor at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was much beloved by his students. The beginning Read more…

John Fabian Butler, O.P. Cooperator Brother, Jubilarian Born:  January 20, 1913 Professed:  April 29, 1941 Died:  February 9, 2003 A Cooperator brother, John Fabian Butler was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 20, 1913.  He attended elementary school, St. Anthony’s in Philadelphia from 1920-1927 and high school at St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, PA, from 1933-1938. Read more…