Providence College

Robert Justin Hennessey, O.P.

Robert Justin Hennessey, O.P. Born:  May 22, 1929 Professed:  September 15, 1950 Ordained:  June 8, 1956 Died:  December 7, 2003 Father Robert Justin Hennessey, O.P., a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph, died from complications of Parkinson’s disease in the evening of December 7, 2003, at Mohun Health Care Center, under the care Read more…

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John Fabian Cunningham, O.P.

John Fabian Cunningham, O.P. Jubilarian Born: Aug. 7, 1928 Professed: Sep. 11, 1947 Ordained: Jun. 4, 1953 Died: Dec. 4, 2006 Father John Fabian Cunningham, O.P., the Tenth President of Providence College and Faculty member there for almost fifty years, died on December 4, 2006. Soon after his ordination to the priesthood, Father Cunningham was 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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John Peter Farrell, O.P.

Alan Augustine Evans, O.P.

Alan Augustine Evans, O.P. Birth: October 10, 1933 Profession: August 16, 1955 Ordination: June 9, 1961 Died: November 17, 1999 Alan Carl Evans was born in Pittsburgh, PA, to William and Helen (Dominick) Evans. He attended St. George Grammar School (1939-47) and High School (1947-51) in that city. After graduation he worked for the Duquesne Read more…

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Thomas Reginald Peterson, O.P.

Thomas Reginald Peterson, O.P. Birth: June 17, 1929 Profession: September 15, 1950 Ordination: June 8, 1956 Died: October 22, 2000 Thomas Francis Peterson was born in Newark, NJ to William and Mathilda (Collins) Peterson. He was educated at St. Antoninus Grammar School (1936-43) and St. Benedict’s Preparatory School (1943-47) both in that city, before entering Read more…

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Anthony Antoninus Jurgelaitis, O.P.

Charles Sebastian Jorn, O.P.

Charles Sebastian Jorn, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  October 24, 1906 Professed:  August 16, 1934 Ordained:  May 31, 1940 Died:  September 25, 2002 Charles Jorn was the son of Charles and Anna Kelly Jorn. He attended public grammar schools and Evander Childs High School in New York City.  After attending Providence College, Providence, RI (1932), Charles entered Read more…

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Matthew Vincent Reilly, O.P.

Matthew Vincent Reilly, O.P. Birth: January 27, 1919 Profession: August 5, 1947 Ordination: June 4, 1953 Died: September 1, 1999 Matthew Patrick Reilly was born in New York City, the son of Daniel and Jane Teresa (Rowley) Reilly. He attended St. Vincent Ferrer Grammar School (1925-33) and Regis High School (1933-37) both in that city. Read more…

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John Jerome Conroy, O.P.

John Jerome Conroy, O.P. Jubilarian Born:  December 19, 1921 Professed:  August 16, 1943 Ordained:  June 9, 1949 Died:  July 30, 2005 Father John Jerome Conroy, O.P., died on July 30, 2005, at the Mohun Health Care Center of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. Born in Wheeling, WV, on December 21, 1921, Read more…

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Stephen John Dominic Skalko, O.P.

Stephen John Dominic Skalko, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: August 8, 1913 Profession: August 16, 1933 Ordination: May 17, 1939 Died: July 25, 2000 Stephen Skalko was born in Central Falls, RI to John and Mary (Lewandowska) Skalko. Educated at Sacred Heart parochial grammar school and St. Raphael’s Academy, Pawtucket, RI, he attended Providence College (1930-32). He Read more…

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James Dominic Keating, O.P.

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…

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