Category Father & Brother: A-B

Father Arthur J. Briggs, MM

“I consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing as compared to the glory to be revealed in us.” Rom. 8:18 Father Arthur Briggs had a strong desire to be a foreign missioner. In God’s Providence, he...

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Father William A. Bergan, MM

Father William Bergan died at Maryknoll Residence, Los Altos, California, in the evening of Thursday, December 7, 1995. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 53 years. Father Bergan was born on October 27, 1914 in New...

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Father William R. Booth, MM

William R. Booth was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on November 30, 1898. He went to St. Rose of Lima Parochial School and was graduated from Brooklyn Prep in 1916. He received a B.A. degree from Holy Cross College in 1920. Entering...

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Father Wilbur J. Borer, MM

On June 24, 1974 Father Borer wrote these words to Father Raymond Hill: “The French missioners of former days said that the ideal of a missioner is to die a martyr at 80. Since the Lord has given me very good health, I...

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Father Thomas A. Barry, MM

Thomas A. Barry was born in Roxbury, Mass, on November 4, 1909. He received his early education in Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Roxbury and Boston College High School. He entered the Venard in 1924 and was ordained on...

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