Deceased Friars

Louis Coady Louis Coady, OFM

Louis Coady

1883 – 1922

Br. Louis Coady, OFM, was born in New York City on Nov. 27, 1883. He entered the Province’s novitiate at St. Bonaventure Friary in Paterson, N.J., on Sept. 3, 1906, professed temporary vows Sept. 7, 1907, and professed solemn vows Oct. 15, 1910.

Br. Louis served in the friary kitchens of St. Anthony’s in Butler, N.J., and St. Joseph’s in Winsted, Conn., for his entire Franciscan life.

He died Aug. 16, 1922 in Butler. Br. Louis was 38 years old and a professed friar for almost 15 years.

Each of us should be called a lesser brother, a Friar Minor. Each one of us should wash the feet of the others.”

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Louis Coady Louis Coady, OFM

Louis Coady

1883 – 1922

Br. Louis Coady, OFM, was born in New York City on Nov. 27, 1883. He entered the Province’s novitiate at St. Bonaventure Friary in Paterson, N.J., on Sept. 3, 1906, professed temporary vows Sept. 7, 1907, and professed solemn vows Oct. 15, 1910.

Br. Louis served in the friary kitchens of St. Anthony’s in Butler, N.J., and St. Joseph’s in Winsted, Conn., for his entire Franciscan life.

He died Aug. 16, 1922 in Butler. Br. Louis was 38 years old and a professed friar for almost 15 years.