May 1 FR. CLARENCE BECKLEY was born on February 8, 1939, in Springville, Iowa. He graduated from Holy Rosary High School in La Motte, Iowa and went to St. Columban’s College, Milton, Massachusetts, USA where he was ordained on December 21, 1966. Assigned to the Philippines he worked in the parishes of Sapang Dalaga, Aurora, and …
May 11 FR. PETER STEEN was born in 1925 at Navan, County Meath, Ireland. He died in the Dalgan Nursing Home on May 11, 2009. Educated at De La Salle and at St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, Father Peter then studied dentistry for two years at University College, Dublin. Then in 1946 he entered Dalgan and …
May 21 FR. MARTIN FORDE was from Kilchreest, County Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1912. He died on May 21, 1976. He was a brother of Columban Father Bernard Forde. Fr. Martin was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe [1925-30] before coming to Dalgan in1930 where he was ordained priest in1936. In 1937, …
May 24 FR. TIMOTHY J. DONNELLY was born in 1918 at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. He died in Dalgan on May 24, 1996. When Father Tim completed his secondary education at Presentation College, Cobh in 1936 he entered Dalgan seminary where he was ordained priest on December 21, 1942. Due to World War II, he …
