Born January 18, 1911, he professed his vows on August 15, 1930 and was ordained on April 28, 1939. He was a preacher on Australia and a military chaplain in World War II where he was decorated for bravery. He was in Jamaica, West Indies and also on the staff of St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish,...
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Father Cajetan Sullivan, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1909-1994)
Born February 3, 1909, he professed his vows on August 15, 1929 and was ordained on May 30, 1936 by Bishop Cuthbert O’Gara, C.P. In March 1941 Father Sullivan volunteered for the U.S. Army as a military chaplain. After Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 he was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division and served...
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Father Brian Murphy, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1901-1967)
Born April 12, 1901 in West Hoboken, New Jersey, he attended St. Michael’s Monastery Parish school. Upon graduation in 1916, he entered the Preparatory Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his vows in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1921. He was ordained on June 2, 1928 by Archbishop Walsh in Newark, New Jersey. He served...
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Father Bede Cameron, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1904-1993)
Born on March 5, 1904, he was professed on August 15, 1927. He was ordained on June 15, 1933. He died on October 1, 1993. Father Cameron had numerous ministries in St. Paul of the Cross Province. First, he had a life long love for St. Gabriel’s Monastery in Brighton, Massachusetts and never missed the...
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Father Austin Busby, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1906-1973)
Born September 7, 1906 he professed his vows on August 15, 1925 and was ordained on February 8, 1931. He was a military chaplain in the Navy during World War II. He was also a professor in the Passionist seminary.
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Father Arthur May, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1904-1989)
Born August 7, 1904, he professed his vows on November 9, 1923 and was ordained on March 15, 1930.
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Father Anthony Feeherry, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1911-1963)
Born May 3, 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts, he received his early education in local schools and the College of the Holy Cross. In 1928 he entered the Passionist Seminary, Dunkirk, New York where after two years of study the entered the novitiate. He pronounced his Passionist vows on September 25, 1931. He was ordained a...
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Father Ambrose McGuire, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1916-1984)
Born Eugene McGuire on June 3, 1916 in the Bronx, New York, he was the son Eugene McGuire and Margaret Graham. He went to Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk, New York and professed his Passionist vows on August 15, 1937 when he received the name Ambrose. On December 19, 1943 he was ordained a priest by...
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Father Adolph Schmitt, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1902-1975)
Adolph Schmitt was born in Kaiserlauten, Bavaria on July 15 1902. He was the son of Adolph Schmitt and Anna Hoche. When he was an infant, the family moved to West Hoboken, New Jersey. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Grammar School. He went to St. Joseph’s Passionist Preparatory Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland and then the...