Chaplain

Dominican Campus Chaplain Prepares for a Turbulent School Year

Fr. John Paul Kern, O.P., is the University of Louisville Catholic chaplain. After converting to Catholicism at Penn State, Fr. John Paul worked as a reactor inspector for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission before joining the Dominicans.

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Francis Hyacinth Maguire, O.P.

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…

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Joseph Bede McGroarty, O.P.

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…

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Patrick Francis Connolly, O.P.

Robert Dennis Riley, O.P.

Robert Dennis Riley, O.P. Born: Jul. 3, 1926 Professed: Aug. 16, 1954 Ordained: Jun. 16, 1960 Died: Dec. 28, 2006 Father Robert Dennis Riley, O.P., died in George Washington Hospital in Washington, DC, at the age of 80, as the result of a fall and severe head injury from which he never regained consciousness. A Read more…

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Richard Mark Heath, O.P.

Richard Mark Heath, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  April 20, 1918 Professed:  August 16, 1941 Ordained:  June 5, 1947 Died: December 4, 2005 Father Richard Mark Heath, O.P., was born on April 20, 1918, in Jamaica Plain, MA, to Leslie John Heath and Genevieve Isabella Stapleton. Educated at St. Joseph’s Grammar and High School in Somerville, MA, Read more…

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James Moneta Moyna, O.P.

John Peter Farrell, O.P.

John Peter Farrell, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  December 30, 1907 Professed:  August 16, 1933 Ordained:  May 17, 1939 Died:  November 25, 2003 Father John Peter Farrell, who was known in the Province as “Pete”, was born on December 10, 1907, in West Warwick, RI, the son of Emma Louise (Walsh) and John Francis Farrell. He had Read more…

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Raymond Martin McCabe, O.P.

Raymond Martin McCabe, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  November 1, 1914 Professed:  August 16, 1941 Ordained:  June 5, 1947 Died:  November 22, 2005 Fr. Raymond Martin McCabe, O.P., died on November 22, 2005, at the Mohun Health Care Center of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs in Columbus, OH. He received the loving care Read more…

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Ernest Francis Kelly, O.P.

Ernest Francis Kelly, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  May 1, 1914 Professed:  August 16, 1937 Ordained:  June 10, 1943 Died:  October 14, 2002 Ernest Francis Kelly, the last of thirteen surviving children of his parents, Patrick A. Kelly and Catherine Moughan, was born in Lowell, MA, and attended St. Michael parochial school and Keith Academy in Lowell, Read more…

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William Pius Conlan, O.P.

William Pius Conlan, O.P. Birth: February 22, 1921 Profession: June 25, 1943 Ordination: July 18, 1946 Died: August 26, 2000 A Tribute (Excerpts from the homily given by Fr. Frederick Hinnebusch, O.P.) For the Dominican the appeal of the active ministry is primary; the Friar Preacher exists to preach; to prepare by prayer and study, Read more…

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Thomas Dominic Rover, O.P.

Thomas Dominic Rover, O.P. Birth: April 4, 1920 Profession: May 29, 1945 Ordination: June 7, 1951 Died: April 7, 1998 Thomas Aloysius Rover was born to Leo and Anna May (Maisak) Rover in Washington, DC. His father was a prominent District Attorney and Judge in that city. He attended St. Aloysius Grammar School (1926-1927) and Read more…

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