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John Joseph Ryan, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: February 24, 1916 Profession: August 16, 1936 Ordination: May 21, 1942 Died: July 19, 1998 John Francis Ryan was born in New York City the son of William and Nora (O’Halloran) Ryan. He attended St. Paul’s Grammar School and Cathedral Boys High School before attending Providence College, Providence, RI. Read more…

James Dominic Keating, O.P. Born:  March 8, 1925 Professed:  August 16, 1949 Ordained:   June 6, 1956 Died:  July 11, 2005 Father James Dominic Keating, O.P., was born in Saranac Lake, NY, on March 8, 1925.  Having graduated from Chaminade High School on Long Island, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served on Read more…

Nicholas Francis Halligan, O.P., S.T.M. Birth: December 3, 1917 Profession: August 16, 1937 Ordination: June 10, 1943 Died: June 29, 1997 Francis Joseph Halligan was born in Fall River, MA, the eldest son of Frank and Anna (Connors) Halligan. He attended both grammar and high schools in that city before entering Providence College, Providence, RI. After two Read more…

William Terence O’Shaughnessy, O.P. Birth: February 21, 1922 Profession: August 16, 1943 Ordination: June 9, 1949 Died: June 27, 1998 William O’Shaughnessy, the son of Jeremiah A. and Ellen R. (Fahy) O’Shaughnessy, was born in Columbus, OH where he attended St. Francis of Assisi Grammar School and Aquinas High School. He attended Providence College (1940-42) Read more…

John Camillus Rubba, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: October 30, 1903 Profession: September 9, 1926 Ordination: May 20, 1932 Died: June l7, 2000 John Rubba was born in Hammonton, NJ the son of Matthew and Mary (Angelo) Rubba. He attended Hammonton public grammar (1912-18) and high school (1918-22) before attending Providence College (1923-25). In 1925 he entered Read more…

John Ferrer Arnold, O.P. Born:  December 18, 1925 Professed:  September 15, 1950 Ordained:  June 8, 1956 Died:  June 3, 2003 Born in Washington, DC, on December 18, 1925, he entered Novitiate at St. Rose Priory in August, 1949 and made Simple Profession September 15, 1950. After Ordination he did Mission work in the South with Read more…

James Richard McAvey, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: February 8, 1913 Profession: August 16, 1933 Ordination: May 17, 1939 Died: May 7, 2001 James Patrick McAvey was born in New York City, the son of James and Beatrice (Drury) McAvey.  He attended St. Vincent Ferrer Gram-mar School (1918-1926) and St. Agnes High School (1926-1930), both in that Read more…

Eric Robert Bond, O.P. Born:  June 29, 1927 Professed:  August 16, 1949 Ordained:  June 9, 1955 Died:  May 3, 2004 A native of Mt. Kisco (June 29, 1927), near New York City, Fr. Bond made Simple Profession on August 16, 1949 and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 9, 1955. Fr. Bond spent his Read more…

Paul Arthur Bernardin, O.P. Birth: December 29, 1925 Profession: August 16, 1955 Ordination: June 9, 1961 Died: April 29, 2002 Paul Emile Bernardin was born in Lawrence, MA to Emile and Lucille (Moison) Bernardin. He was educated at St. Theresa Grammar School (1932-40) in Methuen, MA and Lawrence Central Catholic High School (1940-1944) in his Read more…

Harold Regis Barron, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: June 21, 1911 Profession: August 16, 1937 Ordination: June 10, 1943 Died: April 23, 2000 Harold Barron was born in New York City to Joseph and Agnes (Reilly) Barron. He attended St. Vincent Ferrer Grammar School (1917-25) and Regis High School (1925-29) in that city. From 1934-36 he studied Read more…

Robert Louis Every, O.P. Birth: January 24, 1927 Profession: August 16, 1949 Ordination: June 9, 1955 Died: April 8, 2000 Robert Louis Every, professed and ordained for the province of St Joseph, transfiliated to the new province of St. Martin de Porres in 1979. His years in our province were quite varied: Beirut, Lebanon, 1956-58; Read more…

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…