- ST.
NORBERT ABBEY
- DE
PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
Michael J. McLaughlin, O. Praem.
- b. Saturday, July 24,
1920 – d. Monday, May 13, 1963
Our brother
Michael McLaughlin was born in Chester, Pennsylvania
in 1920. After graduating from
Archmere and a year at the college, he joined the Order - being vested in 1939,
professed in 1941.
Mike
was assigned to Southeast Catholic in 1942 and taught History and National
Problems.
In preparation for
ordination, he returned to the St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wisconsin in 1944,
and taught at
St.
Norbert High until being ordained in 1945. He then returned to Southeast
High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In
1949, Mike attended Catholic
University, where he earned an S.T.L. in theology in 1950.
In 1952, he was assigned to
St. Norbert College, and ministered at Francis
Creek
and Lincoln, Wisconsin. He was also Associate
Master of professed.
In 1955, he joined the
faculty at Premontre High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In 1957,
he was assigned to Bishop Neumann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mike
died on Monday, May 13, 1963 at the age of 42.
