August 17 FR. AUGUSTINE ROWE was born in 1923 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He died on August 17, 1991 at Dalgan. Father Gus, as he was fondly called, received his secondary education at St. Mary’s Christian Brothers School, Tralee, Ireland before entering Dalgan seminary in 1941 where he was ordained priest in 1947. Assigned to …
August 24 FR. RUDOLPH HOZA was born in the parish of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1918. He died on August 24, 2001 in Rose Hawthorne Hospice Home, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Having studied at Silver Creek, Bristol and Nebraska, Father Rudy was ordained priest in December 1942. It was wartime, so his first appointment was to …
July 1 FR. JOHN DENNEHY was born in 1933 at Headford, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. He died at St. Anne’s Hospital, Cahirciveen, County Kerry on July 1, 2009. Educated at Rathmore N.S. and at St. Brendan’s College, Killarney, Father Jack, as he was called, came to Dalgan Park in 1952 where he was ordained in December …
July 19 FR. JAMES COLLINS was born at Swatragh, County Derry, Ireland in 1906. He died at Candelaria, Philippines on July 19, 1959. He was an uncle of Columban Neil Collins. After studying at St. Malachy’s College, Belfast, and at Queen’s University, Belfast, both in Ireland, where he completed his philosophy course, he came to Dalgan …
July 24 BISHOP HENRY BYRNE was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland in 1913. He died in a Manila hospital on July 24, 1983. After his secondary studies at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe, Father Henry went to Dalgan seminary in 1931. He was ordained priest in 1937 and went to Rome for post-graduate studies. After receiving …
June 1 FR. PATRICK J. McMAHON was born at Woodford, County Galway, Ireland in 1921. He died in a Manila hospital on June 1, 1962. Father P.J., as he was called, came to Dalgan seminary in 1941 after studying at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe. He was ordained priest in 1947 and appointed to the Philippines where …
June 9 FR. FRANCIS M. AWBURN was born in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, in 1928. He died suddenly on June 9, 1993 in his parish of Matain, Zambales, Philippines. Having completed his secondary education at St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, Australia, Father Frank entered St. Columban’s, Nth. Essendon in 1946 where he studied philosophy and then went to …
June 18 FR. JAMES J. FLYNN was born in the parish of Moore, County Roscommon, Ireland in 1925. He died at Manila Doctors Hospital on June 18, 2001, less than three months from being taken ill. Having completed his secondary education at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, Father Jim came to Dalgan seminary in …
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 …
