Born January 4, 1904 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, he graduated from Cathedral High School, Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended St. Anslem’s College, Manchester, New Hampshire for two years and decided to join the Passionists. In 1925 he went to Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk, New York and proceeded quite quickly on to the Pittsburgh novitiate. He professed his vows on August 15, 1926 and was ordained on May 22, 1932 at St. Michael’s Monastery, Union City, New Jersey. After a year of sacred eloquence he was assigned in 1933 to Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk as a professor of history. From 1937 until 1939 he went to The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. where he obtained his masters in history and then returned to Holy Cross. In 1947 he went to Union City, but before his death he was back again at Holy Cross, Dunkirk.
Birth Date:
January 4, 1904
Profession Date:
August 15, 1926
Ordination Date:
May 22, 1932
Death Date:
March 4, 1970
Religious Name:
Columban of the Cross Aston