Father John Mark Aleckna, C.P., St Paul of the Cross Province (1904-1999)

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Born October 11, 1904. Professed August 15, 1934. Ordained May 1, 1941. Assigned to Brighton, Massachusetts, North Palm Beach, Florida, West Springfield, Massachusetts, West Hartford, Connecticut, Father Aleckna was considered a forthright and unique personality who loved to work on the monastery grounds were he lived. In his position as Vicar he often defined the notion of lived poverty in that particular religious house.