Province Announces 2012 Jubilarians, Remembers Deceased

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St. Francis wrote: “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”

At the start of a new year, the friars of Holy Name Province recognize the 2012 jubilarians, who have walked and preached around the world for 25 years or more, and remember the friars who passed away in 2011.

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The Province recognizes the 33 friars celebrating anniversaries in 2012.

These jubilarians have served in parishes, on campuses, overseas and along the East Coast. They are:

25 Years as a Friar
Frank Sevola, OFM
Basil Valente, OFM
Dennis Wilson, OFM
50 Years as Friars
Donald Chin, OFM
Joseph Ehrhardt, OFM*
Bonaventure Hayes, OFM
John McVean, OFM
Charles Miller, OFM
Edwin Robinson, OFM
John Schulmeister, OFM
Sebastian Tobin, OFM
Michael Tyson, OFM
60 Years as Friars
Juniper Capece, OFM
Edward Donohue, OFM
Charles Finnegan, OFM
Charles Gilmartin, OFM
Juvenal Leahy, OFM*
Joseph Nangle, OFM
70 Years as Friars
Leo Clifford, OFM
Aloysius Siracuse, OFM75 Years as a Friar
Martin Hanhauser, OFM
25 Years Ordained
Richard Trezza, OFM
50 Years Ordained
Raphael Bonanno, OFM
Mathias Doyle, OFM
Thomas Kelly, OFM
Daniel Lanahan, OFM
Andrew Giardino, OFM
Stanislaus Widomski, OFM
Bartholomew McMahon, OFM
Luis Sainz, OFM*
60 Years Ordained
Eric Kyle, OFM
Myron McCormick, OFM
 70 Years Ordained
Martin Hanhauser
*alumnus of Holy Name Province

The Province will celebrate silver and golden jubilees of profession at a June gathering in New York.

jubilarians2011rIn Memoriam
Last year, 17 members of Holy Name Province — ranging in age from 48 to 98 — were called to their eternal home.

· Robert Nee, OFM, died Jan. 19 in Pompton Plains, N.J.
· Gerald McCaffrey, OFM, died Jan. 31 in Butler, N.J.
· John Mahon, OFM, died March 6 in Butler, N.J.
· Brian Linehan, OFM, died April 19 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Joseph Trunk, OFM, died April 24 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Thomas McGowan, OFM, died May 21 in Boston, Mass.
· Henry Madden, OFM, died May 25 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Adrian Riester, OFM, and Julian Riester, OFM, died June 1 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Edward Metzger, OFM, died July 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Francis Gunn, OFM, died Aug. 24 in Northville, N.Y.
· Miguel Loredo, OFM, died Sept. 10 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Lambert Valentine, OFM, died Oct. 29 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Kenan Morris, OFM, died Nov. 30 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Harry Monaco, OFM, died Dec. 5 in Sliver Spring, Md.
· James Jones, OFM, died Dec. 14 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Joseph Kiernan, OFM, died Dec. 19 in Ringwood, N.J.

Holy Name Province wishes HNP Today readers a peaceful and blessed New Year.