Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Francis T. Donnelly, MM

Francis T. Donnelly was born on December 26, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Our Mother of Sorrows parochial school and West Philadelphia Catholic High School graduating from the latter in 1921. He entered...

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Brother Luke de la Motte, MM

William Warner de la Motte was born in Newington, Connecticut on November 23, 1874. His father was an Episcopalian Minister and he provided a healthy religious atmosphere for the raising of his children. While still a young man,...

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Father Thomas R. Donovan, MM

Thomas R. Donovan was one of three brothers whom God called to Maryknoll from a large family in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Thomas was born on November 2, 1897. He entered the Society in September, 1921 and was ordained to the...

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Father Thomas J. Cronin, MM

Fr. Thomas Cronin died at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 1994 in Phelps Memorial Hospital. North Tarrytown, New York. He was 71 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 44 years. Fr. Cronin was born in Brooklyn, New York, on...

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Father Thomas J. Carey, MM

Father Thomas J. Carey, a missioner both in Korea and in South America, was born in Newark, N.J. March 25, 1910. He studied two years at Seton Hall College before his entrance into Maryknoll in 1930. He was ordained in 1937 on...

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