Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Eugene A. Thalman, MM

Father Eugene Thalman died in St. Paul’s Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong on June 25, 2005. Father Thalman was 71 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 45 years. Eugene Andrew Thalman, the only son of Andrew and Regina Noesen...

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Father Thomas P. Tennissen, MM 

In commenting on the Maryknoll spirit, Bishop James E. Walsh wrote: “Charity must grow. It must expand in all its heights and depths, until it fills every heart. It must flood out and sweep away the small and selfish,...

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Father Mark A. Tennien, MM

In these first days of the New Year I bring you the sad news of the death of Father Mark Tennien on January 2nd. Father Mark, the eleventh of twelve children, was born in Pittsford, Vermont on May 19, 1900, to James Tennien and...

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Father Joseph Pulaski, MM

Father Joseph S. Pulaski died on November 8, 2013 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 94 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 66 years. Joseph Stanley Pulaski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, on October 11, 1919. He was the...

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Father James S. Stefaniak, MM

Father James S. Stefaniak died on December 13, 2012 at St. Teresa’s residence.  He was 89 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 62 years. James Stanislaus Stefaniak, one of nine children of Peter and Mary Schlaikowski...

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