Providence College
William Terence O’Shaughnessy, O.P.
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…
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John Camillus Rubba, O.P.
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…
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James Richard McAvey, O.P.
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…
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Eric Robert Bond, O.P.
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…
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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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Alfred Augustine Gately, O.P.
Alfred Augustine Gately, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: April 6, 1913 Profession: August 16, 1935 Ordination: June 5, 1941 Died: April 7, 2000 Alfred Peter Gately was born in New York City to Bernard and Elizabeth (Cregan) Gately. He was educated at St. John the Evangelist Grammar School in that city (1921-28). As an aspirant to the Read more…
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Pierre Hyacinth Conway, O.P.
Pierre Hyacinth Conway, O.P. Jubilarian Born: October 23, 1915 Professed: October 9, 1935 Ordained: June 5, 1941 Died: January 23, 2006 Pierre Conway combined a brilliant and penetrating mind in his dedication to the search for truth and in his capacity to understand and explain the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, with a Read more…
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William Bertrand Ryan, O.P.
William Bertrand Ryan, O.P. Born: April 8, 1918 Professed: August 16, 1941 Ordained: June 5, 1947 Died: January 10, 2004 Father William Bertrand Ryan, O.P., a Dominican priest of the Province of St. Joseph, died in the morning of Saturday, January 10, 2004, at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY, where he was being cared Read more…
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Thomas Bernard Smith, O.P.
Thomas Bernard Smith, O.P. Born: Jul. 11, 1929 Professed: Aug. 26, 1952 Ordained: Jun. 5, 1958 Died: Jan. 7, 2007 A native of Springfield, KY, where the first foundation of our Province was established at St. Rose in 1806, Father Thomas Bernard Smith, O.P., received his early education there. After attending Providence College in Providence, Read more…
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Daniel Edward Mary Casey, O.P.
Daniel Edward Mary Casey, O.P. Jubilarian Birth: September 25, 1912 Profession: August 16, 1932 Ordination: June 16, 1938 Died: January 3, 2000 Daniel Edward Casey was born in Chicago, IL to Robert and Eva (Healy) Casey. He attended St. Philip Neri Grammar School (1918-25) and Quigley Preparatory Seminary (1925-30) in Chicago. From 1930-31 he attended Read more…
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