Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Francis P. DeMasi, MM

Father Francis P. DeMasi was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on July 19, 1922. He received his early education in Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn. He was graduated from Cathedral College High School and took a two-year course at...

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Father Francis M. Cahill, MM

Francis M. Cahill was born in Newark, N.J. on September 16, 1918. After four years at St. Benedict’s Prep. in Newark he entered the Venard in September of 1936 and was ordained on June 10, 1945. He was first assigned to...

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Father Francis J. Connors, MM

Father Francis J. Connors was born on May 11, 1900 in Peabody, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College and on the advice of a priest friend, he decided to enter Maryknoll. He was ordained June 19, 1927 and assigned to...

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Father Francis J. Caffrey, MM

Father Francis Joseph Caffrey died on Friday morning, December 14, 1979. Having mentioned that he was about to die that morning, and having received the Last Anointing from Father Tom McDermott and then his final Communion from...

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Father Francis J. Assenmacher, MM

We are proud of our personnel who have lived ordinary lives and yet have been rather extraordinary in their missionary dedication to God. There was nothing unusual about Frank Assenmacher. He was one of seven children. He was a...

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