BR. PHILIP WHITE CFX
AGE 94 YEARS
Br. Philip White CFX Of Danvers, formerly Brother Claver, CFX, a member of the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier for seventy-six years.
Born in Boston to the late Harry and Mary (O’Hare) White, he was a 1942 graduate of Mission Church High School. He entered the Xaverian Brothers the following year, and on August 15, 1943 received the holy habit, taking the religious name Brother Claver.
Brother Philip received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1950 at later earned a master’s degree from Boston College. He went on to do post-graduate studies at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Keene State College.
Brother Philip’s teaching ministry began at Baltimore’s Saint Mary’s Industrial School in 1947. In 1950 he took a new assignment at Flaget High School in Louisville, KY. After eight years in Louisville, he served briefly at both Saint Francis de Sales High School in Utica, NY and at Saint John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. In 1961, he began teaching at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, and in 1970, he received his last active assignment at Malden Catholic High School, where he was a fixture on campus for the following twenty-three years.
He had been in residence at Xaverian House since 1993, where he enjoyed the free time to master his skills in woodworking, delighting in the creations he would make to celebrate holidays and share with his fellow brothers and friends.
In addition to his brothers in religion, Brother Philip leaves a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers and sisters, Harry White, Marie Driscoll, Elizabeth Clem, and Robert White.
Funeral Mass: Chapel of Saint John's Preparatory School, 72 Spring St., Danvers. BURIAL: Xaverian Brothers Cemetery, Danvers.
ARRANGEMENTS: C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers
Published in The Boston Globe on Oct. 17, 2019
AGE 94 YEARS
Br. Philip White CFX Of Danvers, formerly Brother Claver, CFX, a member of the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier for seventy-six years.
Born in Boston to the late Harry and Mary (O’Hare) White, he was a 1942 graduate of Mission Church High School. He entered the Xaverian Brothers the following year, and on August 15, 1943 received the holy habit, taking the religious name Brother Claver.
Brother Philip received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1950 at later earned a master’s degree from Boston College. He went on to do post-graduate studies at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Keene State College.
Brother Philip’s teaching ministry began at Baltimore’s Saint Mary’s Industrial School in 1947. In 1950 he took a new assignment at Flaget High School in Louisville, KY. After eight years in Louisville, he served briefly at both Saint Francis de Sales High School in Utica, NY and at Saint John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. In 1961, he began teaching at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, and in 1970, he received his last active assignment at Malden Catholic High School, where he was a fixture on campus for the following twenty-three years.
He had been in residence at Xaverian House since 1993, where he enjoyed the free time to master his skills in woodworking, delighting in the creations he would make to celebrate holidays and share with his fellow brothers and friends.
In addition to his brothers in religion, Brother Philip leaves a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers and sisters, Harry White, Marie Driscoll, Elizabeth Clem, and Robert White.
Funeral Mass: Chapel of Saint John's Preparatory School, 72 Spring St., Danvers. BURIAL: Xaverian Brothers Cemetery, Danvers.
ARRANGEMENTS: C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers
Published in The Boston Globe on Oct. 17, 2019
BR. PHILIP WHITE CFX
AGE 94 YEARS
Br. Philip White CFX Of Danvers, formerly Brother Claver, CFX, a member of the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier for seventy-six years.
Born in Boston to the late Harry and Mary (O’Hare) White, he was a 1942 graduate of Mission Church High School. He entered the Xaverian Brothers the following year, and on August 15, 1943 received the holy habit, taking the religious name Brother Claver.
Brother Philip received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1950 at later earned a master’s degree from Boston College. He went on to do post-graduate studies at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Keene State College.
Brother Philip’s teaching ministry began at Baltimore’s Saint Mary’s Industrial School in 1947. In 1950 he took a new assignment at Flaget High School in Louisville, KY. After eight years in Louisville, he served briefly at both Saint Francis de Sales High School in Utica, NY and at Saint John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. In 1961, he began teaching at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, and in 1970, he received his last active assignment at Malden Catholic High School, where he was a fixture on campus for the following twenty-three years.
He had been in residence at Xaverian House since 1993, where he enjoyed the free time to master his skills in woodworking, delighting in the creations he would make to celebrate holidays and share with his fellow brothers and friends.
In addition to his brothers in religion, Brother Philip leaves a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers and sisters, Harry White, Marie Driscoll, Elizabeth Clem, and Robert White.
Funeral Mass: Chapel of Saint John's Preparatory School, 72 Spring St., Danvers. BURIAL: Xaverian Brothers Cemetery, Danvers.
ARRANGEMENTS: C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers
Published in The Boston Globe on Oct. 17, 2019
AGE 94 YEARS
Br. Philip White CFX Of Danvers, formerly Brother Claver, CFX, a member of the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier for seventy-six years.
Born in Boston to the late Harry and Mary (O’Hare) White, he was a 1942 graduate of Mission Church High School. He entered the Xaverian Brothers the following year, and on August 15, 1943 received the holy habit, taking the religious name Brother Claver.
Brother Philip received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1950 at later earned a master’s degree from Boston College. He went on to do post-graduate studies at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Keene State College.
Brother Philip’s teaching ministry began at Baltimore’s Saint Mary’s Industrial School in 1947. In 1950 he took a new assignment at Flaget High School in Louisville, KY. After eight years in Louisville, he served briefly at both Saint Francis de Sales High School in Utica, NY and at Saint John’s Preparatory School in Danvers. In 1961, he began teaching at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, and in 1970, he received his last active assignment at Malden Catholic High School, where he was a fixture on campus for the following twenty-three years.
He had been in residence at Xaverian House since 1993, where he enjoyed the free time to master his skills in woodworking, delighting in the creations he would make to celebrate holidays and share with his fellow brothers and friends.
In addition to his brothers in religion, Brother Philip leaves a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers and sisters, Harry White, Marie Driscoll, Elizabeth Clem, and Robert White.
Funeral Mass: Chapel of Saint John's Preparatory School, 72 Spring St., Danvers. BURIAL: Xaverian Brothers Cemetery, Danvers.
ARRANGEMENTS: C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers
Published in The Boston Globe on Oct. 17, 2019
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