Born July 28, 1909, he professed his vows on August 15, 1929 and was ordained May 30, 1936. Known to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania community which he lived in for so many years as Sam, he was consistently smoking a cigar. He was a military chaplain in World War II, a hospital chaplain, and vice-rector.
Service Category: Military Chaplains, WWII
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Father Vincent Durkin, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1909-1958)
Born John Durkin on May 12, 1909, he took his Passionist vows on August 15, 1929 in West Springfield, Massachusetts and received the name Vincent. His Novice-Master was Father Clement Lee, C.P. On May 30, 1936 he was ordained in Union City, New Jersey by Bishop Cuthbert O’Gara. C.P. in the unfinished basement of the...
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Father Timothy McGrath, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1902-1971)
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey on April 6, 1902 he lived in Secaucus, New Jersey and then entered the Passionist Preparatory Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland on September 18, 1918. He professed his Passionist vows on October 22, 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was ordained by Bishop Thomas Walsh in the Newark pro-Cathedral on May 29,...
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Father Thomas Berry, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1914-2009)
Born: November 9, 1914 in Greensboro, North Carolina Parents: William Berry and Elizabeth Vize Professed: August 15, 1935 Ordained: May 30, 1942 Died: June 1, 2009
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Father Thaddeus Purdon, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1904-1988)
Born Bill Purdon on November 11, 1904, he professed his Passionist vows on August 15, 1930 and received the religious name Thaddeus. He was ordained on May 22, 1937. He served as a parish priest at St. Gabriel’s Parish, Brighton, Massachusetts and in the 1960s was pastor of New Bern, North Carolina. He was also...
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Father Terence Brodie, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1907-1966)
Born John Brodie on October 2, 1907 in the Boston, Massachusetts area, he graduated from Boston College High School and entered the Passionist Preparatory Seminary, Dunkirk, New York. He professed his Passionist vows on August 15, 1927 and received the religious name Terence. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1933. In the...
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Father Sylvester Cannon, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1908-1975)
Born Charles L. Gannon on September 13, 1908 in Brighton, Massachusetts, he professed his vows in West Springfield, Massachusetts on August 15, 1931. His religious name was Sylvester. He was ordained on May 30, 1938 by Bishop Francis Spellman of Boston, Massachusetts. He was a preacher and military chaplain. he died suddenly of a heart...
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Father Stephen Paul Kenny, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1905-1997)
Born June 27, 1905. Professed August 15, 1923. Ordained March 15, 1930. Died September 18, 1997. Father Kenny served the province as a military chaplain. He was well-respected as a priest at St. Michael’s Monastery Church in Union City, New Jersey. For many years he lived an worked in Canada at the Passionist Port Burwell...
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Father Sidney Turner, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1899-1971)
Born November 24, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he went to public elementary schools from 1906 until 1913. From 1913 until 1917 he went to Boston College High School in Boston, Massachusetts. On October 9, 1919 he professed his religious vows in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 1919 until 1926 he studied in various monasteries and was ordained...
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Father Romuald Walsh, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1905-1996)
Born John J. Walsh on March 2, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. he was the son of Michael Walsh and Margaret Fortune. He attended Brooklyn Public Grammar School from 1912 to 1918, Brooklyn Public High School from 1919 to 1921, and Cooper Union Engineering College, New York from 1921 to 1925. He then proceeded on...