| 1870 |
November 25—Bernard Casey (Father Solanus) born near
Prescott, WI
December 18—Baptized Bernard Francis Casey at St. Joseph’s
Mission Church, Prescott WI |
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| 1883 |
Received his First Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s Church,
Hudson, WI |
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| 1887 |
Complete District School at Burkhardt, WI
Lived and worked in Stillwater, MN |
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| 1890 |
Worked in Superior, WI on the new electric trolley |
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| 1892 |
Studied at St. Francis DeSales Seminary, Milwaukee, WI |
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| 1896 |
December 24—Arrived at St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit
MI |
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| 1897 |
January 14—Invested as a Capuchin Novice, Frater Francis
Solanus |
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| 1898 |
July 21—Made Simple Profession of Vows at St. Bonaventure
Chapel, Detroit, then continued studies at St. Francis Monastery,
Milwaukee |
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| 1901 |
July 21—Solemn Profession of Vows at St. Francis Monastery
in Milwaukee |
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| 1904 |
March 20—Ordained a Deacon at St. Francis Church, Milwaukee
July 24—Ordained a Priest at St. Francis Church, Milwaukee
August 4—Arrived at Sacred Heart Friary, Yonkers, New
York, his first assignment |
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| 1918 |
July—Transferred to Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in New
York City |
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| 1921 |
October 25—Transferred to our Lady of Angels Parish
in Harlem, New York |
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| 1924 |
August 1—Arrived at St. Bonaventure Friary, Detroit,
a new assignment |
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| 1945 |
July 23—Transferred to St. Michael’s Parish in
Brooklyn, NY |
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| 1946 |
April 25—Semi-retired at St. Felix Friary in Huntington,
IN |
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| 1956 |
Spring—Returns to Detroit for medical treatments |
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| 1957 |
July 31—Gives up his soul to God, Death at St. John
Hospital, Detroit
August 3—Buried, St. Bonaventure Friary Cemetery, Detroit |
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| 1987 |
July 8—Body exhumed, then re-interred in St. Bonaventure
Church, Detroit |
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| 1995 |
July 11—Declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II |
