Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Brother Brendan McGillicuddy, MM

James P. McGillicuddy was born in Sneen, Co. Kerry, Ireland on February 27, 1887. He came to America in 1910 and lived in St. Mary’s Parish, Newport, Rhode Island. At the outbreak of World War I he joined the American Army...

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Father Benedict A. Zweber, MM

Father Benedict Zweber died in the afternoon of March 26, 2001 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 69 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 41 years. Ben was born in New Market, Minnesota on January 7, 1932, the fifth of ten...

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Father Stanislaus T. Ziemba, MM  

Any missionary who wishes for martyrdom runs the risk of being misunderstood. A desire to walk in the paths of the heroic missionary martyrs brings either physical or mental wounds that are either terminal or temporary scars...

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Brother Joseph J. Ziegler, MM

Brother Joseph Ziegler died on August 24, 2008 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 82 years old and a Maryknoller Brother for 54 years. Joseph John Ziegler was born on December 10, 1925 in the Bronx, New...

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Father Leo V. Zemalkowski, MM

Father Leo V. Zemalkowski  died on April 1st at St. Teresa’s Residence, after a short illness. His last days were well-ordered and peaceful. His friend of many years, Fr. James Sheridan, administered the last anointing....

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