Appendix I
This section contains brief biographies of all the members of the Province who have died since the Ninth Provincial Chapter in 1973.
| AREND, Benjamin Aquinas | December 31, 1976 |
| BERNIER, Joseph Stanislaus | February 1, 1977 |
| BRADY, Philip Dennis | June 27, 1973 |
| CONNOLLY, Richard Brendan | April 1, 1977 |
| HALL, Harry Arthur | April 1, 1974 |
| KAVANAUGH, Michael Andrew | July 14, 1974 |
| KELLY, Pascal Francis | February 7, 1975 |
| LANE, Gabriel Robert | June 10, 1974 |
| REGAN, James Joseph | January 3, 1976 |
| SCHNEIDER, Francis Luke | January 21, 1976 |
| TREACY, Jerome Timothy | November 2, 1973 |
| WALTER, Gordon Frederick | January 10, 1976 |
| ZELAYA-SANCHEZ, Eduardo Ponciano | December 14, 1976 |
PHILIP DENNIS BRADY
Father Philip Dennis Brady died suddenly on June 27, 1973, while visiting with his
family in Lynn, Massachusetts. Following services at St. Mary Church in Lynn, at St.
Anthony of Padua in New Orleans, and at Holy Ghost in Hammond, he was buried on
July 2 in the Rosaryville Cemetery in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Father Brady was born on December 9, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven children. After attending local public and parochial grade schools, he graduated from St. Mary High School in Lynn and then studied at Boston College where he earned his bachelor's degree in education in 1938. He entered the Dominican Order in Springfield, Kentucky, and made his first profession there on October 13, 1939. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he was ordained to the priesthood on March 23, 1945.
His first assignment was to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1950, he was sent to Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, where he served both as associate pastor and as an instructor of philosophy and theology for the Dominican Sisters in Rosaryville. He spent a total of fourteen years in Hammond as pastor and superior, as Vicar Forane for the Hammond Deanery, and as Director of the Newman Association at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also supervized the construction of St. Albert's Catholic Student Center.
In 1964, Father Brady served for a year as an associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1965, he was named Director of the Newman Center at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, while he also worked to complete requirements for a master's degree in philosophy from the Aquinas Institute in River Forest, Illinois.
In 1966, Father Brady moved to St. Margaret Church in Boyce, Louisiana, as pastor and superior until 1969 when he devoted a year to specialized studies in counselling at Andover-Newton Theological Center. Upon completion of these studies, he was assigned as chaplain and student counsellor to St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served until the time of his death.
JEROME TIMOTHY TREACY
Father Jerome Timothy Treacy was born on October 8, 1884, in De Smet, South
Dakota, where he attended primary and secondary public schools. After studying at
South Dakota Teachers College and the University of South Dakota, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in 1909, he entered the Dominican Order and made first
profession at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, on January 1, 1911. Basic
philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in
Washington, D.C., where he was ordained to the priesthood on May 17, 1916.
Father Treacy's first assignment in 1917 was to St. Mary's Parish in New Haven, Connecticut. From 1918 he served as a missionary preacher in St. Joseph's Province until 1938 when he was stationed at St. Patrick's Parish in Columbus, Ohio, while chaplain at the Ohio State Penitentiary.
In the fall of 1941, Father Treacy joined the new Province of St. Albert the Great and was assigned to St. Pius V Community in Chicago where he continued his preaching work with the newly formed Mission Band. On August 2, 1952, he was named a Preacher General by the Master General, Father Emmanuel Suarez.
In 1956. Father Treacy was assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer Rectory in River Forest, Illinois, where he remained in retirement until the time of his death on November 2, 1973. Following services at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, he was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
HARRY ARTHUR HALL
Father Harry Arthur Hall was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 1904, and received
his early education at Holy Angels and St. Thomas the Apostle parochial schools in
Chicago. He attended Chicago's Quigley Preparatory Seminary for five years and
completed additional preparatory studies for the Dominican Order at Providence
College in Providence, Rhode Island.
After entering the novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, he made first profession there on August 16, 1928. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and the first year of theological studies at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio. The final years of his formation for the priesthood were spent at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained on June 13, 1935.
Father Hall spent his entire priestly life in parish ministry. These were his principal assignments: Blessed Sacrament, Madison, Wisconsin, associate pastor from 1936 to 1944 ; St. Dominic, New Orleans, Louisiana, associate pastor from 1944 to 1945, pastor and superior from 1945 to 1951; St. Vincent Ferrer, River Forest, Illinois, associate pastor from 1951 to 1954 ; St. Albert the Great, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pastor and superior from 1954 until 1960. In 1960, he was again assigned to Blessed Sacrament in Madison as an associate. In 1966, he returned to St. Dominic Priory in New Orleans where he served as associate, superior, and procurator until poor health forced him to curtail his activities.
Father Hall died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 1, 1974. Following services at St. Dominic Church, he was buried in the Rosaryville Cemetery in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
GABRIEL ROBERT LANE
Father Gabriel Robert Lane was born August 29, 1906, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he received his early education at public grade schools and Lincoln High School. After graduation from Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, he completed preparatory studies for the Dominican Order at Providence College and entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky. He made first profession on August 16, 1928, and then pursued studies in philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and in theology at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he was ordained a priest on June 14, 1934.
Father Lane's first assignment was to St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado, where he served as an associate pastor until 1940 when he was transferred to Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1950 until 1956, he was both prior and pastor at Holy Rosary. Upon completing his second term as prior, he returned to Denver until 1961. From 1961 to 1963, he was chaplain at the Rosary Hill Convalescent Home in Justice, Illinois. In 1963, he was assigned to the staff of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in River Forest, Illinois, and in 1965, to Holy Name Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. From 1966 until 1968, he was chaplain and instructor at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Paola, Kansas. His last assignment was to St. Dominic's in Denver.
Father Lane experienced great difficulty in accepting post-Vatican II changes in the Church and the Order and spent his last years living in quiet seclusion in San Francisco, California, where he died of cancer on June 10, 1974. Following private services at Holy Rosary Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was buried there in the community cemetery.
MICHAEL ANDREW KAVANAUGH
Michael James Andrew Kavanaugh was born on February 8, 1906, in Wausau,
Wisconsin. He attended Wausau Grammar School for four years and then completed
his elementary education at Holy Rosary Grade School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
After a year at South High School in Minneapolis, he transferred to Aquinas High
School in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in 1925. Following two years of special
preparatory studies at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the
Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, and made first
profession there on August 16, 1928. Basic courses in philosophy and theology
followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, at St. Joseph
Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
He was ordained a Dominican priest on June 14, 1934.
Father Kavanaugh's first assignment was to the faculty at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, to teach American History. In 1943, he was granted a leave from the faculty to serve as a Chaplain in the United States Army in Puerto Rico, Panama, the Philippines, and Korea. In 1946, he returned to his teaching duties at Fenwick until 1949 when he joined the parish staff at St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
From 1951 until 1953, he served as pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1953 he was sent to St. Dominic's Parish in New Orleans, Louisiana, as an associate pastor. From 1955 until 1959 he served in his home parish of Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, as associate pastor, procurator, and subprior. In 1959, he was named to the parish staff at St. Dominic's in Denver, Colorado, where he remained until 1961 when he was appointed assistant at St. Hyacinth's Parish in Amarillo, Texas, and Diocesan Director of Cursillos de Cristiandad.
In 1956, Father Kavanaugh moved to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis to join the preaching ministry of the Northern Mission Band. In 1969, he was appointed chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital in Minneapolis and served in that position until 1972 when a chronic heart condition limited his activities -to occasional pastoral service at Holy Rosary Priory, Minneapolis, where he died suddenly on July 14, 1974. Following funeral services at Holy Rosary Church, he was buried in the community plot in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
PASCAL FRANCIS KELLY
Father Pascal Francis Kelly died of pneumonia on February 7, 1975, at St. Mary's
Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his home since multiple sclerosis confined him to
a hospital bed in 1956. Following services at Holy Rosary Church, he was buried on
February 11 in St. Mary's Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Father Kelly was born on March 1, 1904, in Dover, New Jersey. He attended public elementary and secondary schools in Yonkers, New York, and in Sayre, Pennsylvania. After a year of studies at New York University, he completed additional preparatory courses for the Dominican Order at Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He then entered the novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he made first profession on September 11, 1927. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. On June 17, 1933, he was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Washington.
Holy Rosary Parish and Priory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was Father Kelly's only assignment. Shortly after arriving there in the fall of 1934, he was stricken with multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless, he continued with his parish duties to the best of his ability until 1956 when he was forced to enter the hospital permanently.
Despite this long history of physical suffering, Father Kelly carried on a dedicated apostolate of prayer and counselling over the years with all the patients at St. Mary's Hospital and, through his many visitors, with countless others throughout the world. The generosity of his guests at St. Mary's also enabled Father Kelly to serve as a tireless fund raiser for the work of the missions and for the education of priests.
In 1973, the Provincial Chapter voted unanimously to acknowledge Father Kelly's years of prayer and service to the Order in a public ceremony. On Saturday, September 15, 1973, the Provincial, Father Gerard Cleator, together with the members of the Provincial Council and the brethren from the Twin Cities, concelebrated Mass with Father Kelly. Presiding at the Mass was Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul-Minneapolis. Father Cleator also presented Father Kelly with a special message of praise, commendation, and gratitude from Father Aniceto Fernandez, Master of the Order, who wrote that "the apostolate you have carried on from your hospital bed over the years has been most fruitful for so many thousands of souls. Your spirit of prayer, your dedication to the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice, and your sufferings endured with patience and cheerfulness have all been a source of great edification to the Brethren of the Province and of the Order."
JAMES JOSEPH REGAN
James Michael Regan was born in Bradford, Connecticut, on May 21, 1896, and
received his early education at primary and secondary public schools in New Haven.
Following his father's death in 1913, he worked for two years to help support his
family before taking up college studies at Aquinas College in Columbus, Ohio. In
1917, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Joseph's Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and
made first profession there on August 5, 1918.
Shortly after beginning his philosophical studies at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, Brother Joseph Regan developed a serious tubercular condition arid was sent to St. Dominic's in Denver. Colorado, to continue his formation. In 1922, he went to Washington, D.C., for additional theological studies, but, before long, his health began to fail again. He was ordained a year early on June 18, 1924, and immediately sent back to Denver.
Father Regan served first as associate pastor and then as pastor in Denver until 1940. From 1940 to 1948, he worked to establish a new foundation at Blessed Martin Mission in Amarillo, Texas. From 1948 to 1966, he served as pastor in Canton, South Dakota; Mangum, Oklahoma; and Boyce, Louisiana.
In 1967, Father Regan returned to Denver as an associate pastor. By 1974, chronic cardiac difficulties indicated a change in altitude was in order, and he moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he lived in retirement with his sister near St. Mary's Priory until the time of his death on January 3, 1976. Following services at St. Mary's Church, he was buried in the Dominican plot in New Haven.
GORDON FREDERICK WALTER
Gordon Franklin Walter was born July 3, 1903, in Idaho Springs, Colorado, where he
received his early education at the public primary and secondary schools and his
religious training in the Presbyterian tradition. In 1918, he was baptized in the Catholic
faith. After graduation in 1926 from the University of Colorado iii Boulder with a
Bachelor of Law degree, he joined a law partnership in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and
was elected to membership in the American Bar Association.
Contact with the Dominican community in Denver sparked his interest in the Order and led him to take a tutorial program in Latin at Holy Cross Abbey School in Canon City, Colorado, in preparation for entering the novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky. After first profession on August 16, 1932. Brother Frederick Walter pursued philosophical studies art the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological studies at St. Joseph's Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he was ordained on June 16, 1938.
During his preparation for the priesthood and as a priest, Father Walter continued his study of civil law. He received his Master of Law degree from Catholic University of America in 1939 and the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Colorado in 1968. He also pursued graduate studies in education at the University of Denver and at De Paul University in Chicago, Illinois.
Father Walter's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, where he taught until he joined the new Province of St. Albert the Great in 1941 and moved to Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. He served Fenwick as a faculty member until 1955 and also as principal from 1946 to 1955. From 1955 until 1966, he taught at Edgewood High School in Madison, Wisconsin.
In 1966, Father Walter was assigned to Houston as Catholic chaplain at Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. In 1971, he moved to St. Joseph Parish in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, as an associate pastor. During the summer of 1972, he suffered a severe stroke and had to be hospitalized at Marian Manor Nursing Home in Lebanon, Kentucky, where he remained until his death on January 10, 1976. Following funeral services at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, he was buried in the Dominican plot in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
FRANCIS LUKE SCHNEIDER
Father Francis Luke Schneider died Wednesday, January 21, 1976, in St. Mary's Rogers
Memorial Hospital in Rogers, Arkansas, as a result of severe multiple injuries received
in an automobile crash on January 2. Following services at St. Vincent de Paul Church
in Rogers, he was buried in the Dominican plot in Houston, Texas.
Francis Peter Schneider was born in Lansing, Michigan, on November 3, 1910. He attended St. Mary's parochial school in Lansing and completed his high school studies at Sacred Heart Preparatory Seminary in Detroit. After two years at Providence College, he followed his older brothers, Bernard and Gabriel, to the Dominican Order and made his novitiate at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he was professed on August 16, 1931. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological studies at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he was ordained on June 11, 1937. He completed post-ordination studies while on sick leave at St. Rose Priory in Kentucky.
Father Schneider's first assignment was to St. Margaret Parish in Boyce, Louisiana. In 1941, he was sent to St. Pius V Parish in Chicago, Illinois, as an associate until 1943 when he was named to the parish staff at St. Anthony of Padua in New Orleans, Louisiana. From 1953 to 1954, he served as pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1954, he was sent as an associate to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, and remained there until 1958 when he was stationed at Blessed Martin Mission in Amarillo, Texas, while chaplain at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo. In 1962, he was named chaplain at St. Mary's Rogers Memorial Hospital in Rogers, Arkansas, where he served until the time of his death.
EDUARDO PONCIANO ZELAYA-SANCHEZ
Brother Eduardo Zelaya, solemnly professed clerical student, died Tuesday, December
14, 1976, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, from a fractured skull and internal bleeding, results of
an auto crash near Santa Cruz the night before. He was alone when the accident
occurred.
Born November 19, 1940, in La Paz, Bolivia, Eduardo Zelaya attended local schools in La Paz before beginning studies at San Simon University in Cochabamba where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in agriculture and the social sciences. In 1969, he entered the Dominican Order as a clerical candidate for the Province of St. Albert the Great and went to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for his novitiate training.
Eduardo made first profession in La Paz on May 20, 1970, and then came to the States for philosophical studies at Aquinas Institute in Dubuque. In the fall of 1972, he returned to Bolivia to continue his study program under the supervision of the Vicarate. After engaging in an extensive period of pastoral training in special social service programs, he was scheduled to resume formal studies to complete the academic requirements for ordination in early January, 1977.
Following funeral services in Santa Cruz oil the morning of December 15, Brother Eduardo's body was taken to his home town, La Paz, for burial.
BENJAMIN AQUINAS AREND
Father Benjamin Aquinas Arend leas born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 3, 1909,
and received his early education at St. Ita's grammar school and Loyola Academy in
Chicago. Following two years at Providence College, he entered the Dominican
novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he. made first profession
on August 16, 1932. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies
in River Forest, Illinois, and theological work at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio,
and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the
priesthood in Washington on June 16, 1938, and remained at the House of Studies until
1940 for additional training in the Preachers' Institute.
Father Arend was first assigned to St. Joseph's Parish in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and then to St. Anthony of Padua Parish in New Orleans where he served as associate pastor and community procurator until 1946. In the fall of 1946, he was named pastor of Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, and Vicar Forane for the regional deanery. In 1952, he was assigned to the parish staff at St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in 1954 to St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in River Forest,
Illinois.From 1957 until 1960, he served as pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish and then returned to the staff at St. Albert's in Minneapolis, where he served as associate pastor until chronic health problems forced him to curtail full-time activities in 1970.
Father Arend continued to help with parish duties until a severe stroke left him completely paralyzed and unconscious for several weeks before his death on December 31, 1976. Following services at St. Albert's Church, he was buried in the community cemetery in Minneapolis.
JOSEPH STANISLAUS BERNIER
Father Joseph Stanislaus Bernier died Tuesday, February 1, 1977, in Hammond,
Louisiana, as a result of a severe stroke suffered in early January. Following services at
St. Joseph Church in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, he was buried in the community plot in
Rosaryville.
Napoleon Joseph Bernier was born December 5, 1901, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and received his elementary education at public school and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart parochial school in Cloquet with secondary training at St. John's University High School in Collegeville, Minnesota. After college studies at St. Viator Commercial College in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, he entered the Dominican novitiate at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky, where he took the name of Brother Stanislaus and made his first profession on September 9, 1926.
Philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio, and the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1932, and spent two additional years in Washington for graduate studies at Catholic University.
Father Bernier's first assignment was to the faculty of Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, to teach French, English, and World History. In 1937, he was sent to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as an associate pastor until 1943 when he was named business manager for the school and religious community at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Froth 1945 to 1954, he served as associate pastor at St. Plus V Parish in Chicago, Illinois; Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond Louisiana; St. Dominic Parish in Denver, Colorado; and Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1954, Father Bernier was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1956, he returned to the parish staff at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, until 1958 when he was assigned to Mater Dolorosa Parish in Independence, Louisiana, as a special assistant for the Italian community in neighboring Tickfaw, Louisiana, where he supervized the construction of the new church of Our Lady of Pompeii.
In 1969, Father Bernier moved to Holy Family Mission in Cloutierville, Louisiana, to serve the rural mission stations of the Alexandria-Shreveport Diocese. When he retired to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in the fall of 1976, Father Bernier hoped to begin a new ministry in the field of geriatric service.
RICHARD BRENDAN CONNOLLY
Father Richard Brendan Connolly died of pneumonia in Oak Park Hospital on Friday,
April 1, 1977, two months before his fiftieth anniversary of priestly ordination.
Following services at St. Dominic-St. Thomas Priory and St. Vincent Ferrer Church in
River Forest, Illinois, be was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des
Plaines, Illinois, on April 4.
Pierce Richard Connolly was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 6, 1895, and educated at Mt. Carmel grade school in Chicago, Illinois; Cretin High School in St. Paul, Minnesota; and Aquinas High School and College in Columbus, Ohio. He also worked in the Chicago offices of the Burlington Railroad for four years before entering the Dominican novitiate at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, on August 16, 1920, where be took the religious name of Brendan. Following first profession in 1921, he studied philosophy at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, and theology at the House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest in Washington on June 9, 1927.
After ordination, Father Connolly was sent to Manhattan College in New York City for a master's degree in language arts. In 1929, he was assigned to the first faculty of the new Renwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. While teaching at Fenwick, Father Connolly founded the Fenwick Mother's Club and also completed graduate studies in science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and at Loyola and De Paul Universities in Chicago for his second master's degree.
In 1942, Father Connolly was named pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in River Forest, Illinois. During his term as pastor, construction of the new school building was completed in addition to the sisters' convent, rectory, and gymnasium-church.
In 1950, Father Connolly returned to teach at Fenwick for a year before being assigned associate pastor at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1952, he was appointed subprior of the newly established priory in Madison.
In January, 1968, Father Connolly was sent to Dubuque, Iowa, as chaplain to St. Dominic's Villa. In 1974, he retired to St. Dominic-St. Thomas Priory in River Forest, where he continued to provide priestly service whenever possible until the time of his last illness.