Born Lawrence Seybold on April 18, 1896 in Dunkirk, New York, he was the son of Simon and Mary Seybold. In 1914 he entered the Passionist Preparatory Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland. After three years he went to the novitiate at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he professed his vows on September 17, 1918. His religious name was Clement....
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Father Celestine Roddan, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1887-1947)
John Roddan was born on May 12, 1887 in Randolph, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Roddan and Ellen Sullivan. He attended public school. For a time he worked as a clerk in the Brown-Durwell wholesale drygoods house in Boston. At the same time he contemplated religious life under the guidance of Redemptorist Father...
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Father Caspar Conley, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1899-1981)
Born July 22, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended St.. Joseph’s College. He professed his vows on November 3, 1920 and was ordained on December 19, 1925. Assigned to the China missions he had to return by 1930 due to illness. He was a professor at Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk, New York and in 1931...
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Father Caspar Caulfield, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1908-1993)
Born October 17, 1908 in Woburn, Massachusetts, he was attracted to the Passionists by reading The Sign Magazine. He made a retreat at St. Gabriel’s, Brighton, Massachusetts and read the life of St. Gabriel. He decided to join the Passionists. He professed his vows on August 15, 1929 and was ordained on May 30, 1936....
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Father Basil Bauer, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1898-1970)
Born October 11, 1898, he professed his vows on September 17, 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at St. Ann’s Monastery, Scranton, Pennsylvania and after three years was transferred to West Hoboken, New Jersey. He was ordained on October 28, 1923 at St. Benedict’s Abbey, Beatty, Pennsylvania. He was a China missionary for twenty-eight years....
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Father Arthur Benson, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1887-1957)
Born James Benson on July 31, 1887 in Darlington, England, at five years of age his family came to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the South Hills area. His parents died when he was young and he was adopted by the Farrell family. After high school he went to Christian Brothers...
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Father Anthony Maloney, C.P., Holy Cross Province (1900-1982)
Born August 13, 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky, he professed his vows on February 20, 1917 and was ordained on December 22, 1923. He was assigned as a missionary to Hunan, China. In China he was in charge of a seminary, governed the House of Studies, and was assistant procurator. He then was assigned to Hong...
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Father Agatho Purtill, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1894-1941)
Born Arthur Purtill on January 2, 1894 he was a member of St. Michael’s Monastery parish, West Hoboken, New Jersey. He professed his vows on October 23, 1910 and received the religious name Agatho. He was ordained at his home parish in West Hoboken on May 6, 1918 by Bishop O’Connor. For a short time...