Father Paul Aronica, S.D.B.
a former superintendent of schools for the Salesians of Don Bosco in New Rochelle, died Nov. 16 in New Orleans, where he lived in retirement. He was 86.
Father Aronica also served at Salesian High School in New Rochelle as director of the school, 1963-1966; vice principal, 1960-1961; and teacher, 1947-1952. He served twice as superintendent of schools for the New Rochelle-based province, 1973-1975 and 1977-1979, with responsibility for eight high schools, a middle school and two seminaries. In between those assignments, he was director of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, a popular retreat center. He was vice provincial of the congregation, 1979-1982, and a provincial councilor, 1982-1985. He also taught at Don Bosco Technical High School in Paterson, N.J., and in Boston, and he was a pastor at St. Anthony's parish in Paterson and at Salesian parishes in Birmingham, Ala. After earning a master's degree in English at Fordham University, he wrote on a variety of Salesian topics. One of his best known works is "A Man Sent by God,'' a pamphlet on the life of St. John Bosco (1954). He also was a member of the editorial board for the English translation of the 19-volume "Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco'' from 1960 until 1999. Born in Buffalo, he entered the Salesians in 1932 and professed vows in 1937. He was ordained in 1947. A Funeral Mass was offered Nov. 21 at Salesian High School, with burial in the Salesian cemetery in Goshen.
a former superintendent of schools for the Salesians of Don Bosco in New Rochelle, died Nov. 16 in New Orleans, where he lived in retirement. He was 86.
Father Aronica also served at Salesian High School in New Rochelle as director of the school, 1963-1966; vice principal, 1960-1961; and teacher, 1947-1952. He served twice as superintendent of schools for the New Rochelle-based province, 1973-1975 and 1977-1979, with responsibility for eight high schools, a middle school and two seminaries. In between those assignments, he was director of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, a popular retreat center. He was vice provincial of the congregation, 1979-1982, and a provincial councilor, 1982-1985. He also taught at Don Bosco Technical High School in Paterson, N.J., and in Boston, and he was a pastor at St. Anthony's parish in Paterson and at Salesian parishes in Birmingham, Ala. After earning a master's degree in English at Fordham University, he wrote on a variety of Salesian topics. One of his best known works is "A Man Sent by God,'' a pamphlet on the life of St. John Bosco (1954). He also was a member of the editorial board for the English translation of the 19-volume "Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco'' from 1960 until 1999. Born in Buffalo, he entered the Salesians in 1932 and professed vows in 1937. He was ordained in 1947. A Funeral Mass was offered Nov. 21 at Salesian High School, with burial in the Salesian cemetery in Goshen.
Father Paul Aronica, S.D.B.
a former superintendent of schools for the Salesians of Don Bosco in New Rochelle, died Nov. 16 in New Orleans, where he lived in retirement. He was 86.
Father Aronica also served at Salesian High School in New Rochelle as director of the school, 1963-1966; vice principal, 1960-1961; and teacher, 1947-1952. He served twice as superintendent of schools for the New Rochelle-based province, 1973-1975 and 1977-1979, with responsibility for eight high schools, a middle school and two seminaries. In between those assignments, he was director of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, a popular retreat center. He was vice provincial of the congregation, 1979-1982, and a provincial councilor, 1982-1985. He also taught at Don Bosco Technical High School in Paterson, N.J., and in Boston, and he was a pastor at St. Anthony's parish in Paterson and at Salesian parishes in Birmingham, Ala. After earning a master's degree in English at Fordham University, he wrote on a variety of Salesian topics. One of his best known works is "A Man Sent by God,'' a pamphlet on the life of St. John Bosco (1954). He also was a member of the editorial board for the English translation of the 19-volume "Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco'' from 1960 until 1999. Born in Buffalo, he entered the Salesians in 1932 and professed vows in 1937. He was ordained in 1947. A Funeral Mass was offered Nov. 21 at Salesian High School, with burial in the Salesian cemetery in Goshen.
a former superintendent of schools for the Salesians of Don Bosco in New Rochelle, died Nov. 16 in New Orleans, where he lived in retirement. He was 86.
Father Aronica also served at Salesian High School in New Rochelle as director of the school, 1963-1966; vice principal, 1960-1961; and teacher, 1947-1952. He served twice as superintendent of schools for the New Rochelle-based province, 1973-1975 and 1977-1979, with responsibility for eight high schools, a middle school and two seminaries. In between those assignments, he was director of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, a popular retreat center. He was vice provincial of the congregation, 1979-1982, and a provincial councilor, 1982-1985. He also taught at Don Bosco Technical High School in Paterson, N.J., and in Boston, and he was a pastor at St. Anthony's parish in Paterson and at Salesian parishes in Birmingham, Ala. After earning a master's degree in English at Fordham University, he wrote on a variety of Salesian topics. One of his best known works is "A Man Sent by God,'' a pamphlet on the life of St. John Bosco (1954). He also was a member of the editorial board for the English translation of the 19-volume "Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco'' from 1960 until 1999. Born in Buffalo, he entered the Salesians in 1932 and professed vows in 1937. He was ordained in 1947. A Funeral Mass was offered Nov. 21 at Salesian High School, with burial in the Salesian cemetery in Goshen.
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professed September 8, 1937; ordained June 19, 1947
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