Join us to honor Fr. George F. Riley, O.S.A.
Together, the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova and Villanova University will co-sponsor a celebratory dinner to inaugurate the Fr. George F. Riley, O.S.A. Fund for Augustinian HealthCare and to honor Fr. Riley on Saturday, October 23, 2021 on the campus of Villanova University. Dinner proceeds will support the newly-named Fr. Riley Fund. Your support of this fund will ensure the Province's compassionate healthcare and spiritual nourishment for our elderly and infirm friars living in monastery.
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Saturday, October 23, 2021
COCKTAILS 6:00 PM | DINNER 7:00 PM
Villanova University
Connelly Center, Villanova Room
800 E. Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Honorary Chair
John F. Scarpa
Co-Chairs
Kevin M. Curley
Fr. Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A.
Thomas M. Mulroy
Christine and Eric R. Quisenberry
Leadership Committee
As of June 24, 2021
Robert M. Byrnes
George W. Coleman
Mari and Charley Connolly
Kenneth C. Dardis
Fr. Michael F. Di Gregorio, O.S.A.
Basil A. DiSipio, Esq.
Fr. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., PhD
Fr. Donald F. Reilly, O.S.A.
Marianne and Richard J. Kreider
Helen and Jim Lafferty
James G. O’Connor
Thomas V. Sanzone
Terry Martini Sousa
Patty and Jay T. Wright
“I was lucky. I was twice blessed from the good Lord above with the support, affirmation and friendship of the Augustinian community and the Villanova community, enabling me to truly live the ‘Life of Riley.’”
-Fr. George Riley, O.S.A., in a 2017 interview with The Villanovan
Fr. George F. Riley, O.S.A.
As a Villanova faculty member and administrator, he is beloved by all who know him and is held in high esteem by countless Villanova Alumni. His smile is infectious, his sense of humor is unique and to say he is one of a kind would be an understatement. He had a robust life outside of Villanova in his weekend ministry at the Jersey Shore where he would celebrate Mass for hundreds of vacationers who would flock to church to hear his homilies and his art of Irish storytelling. Today, Fr. Riley lives on the second floor of the monastery in the skilled nursing unit where he and other friars had been in quarantine for a full year since March 2020. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease a few years ago, Fr. Riley is well cared for by an outstanding nursing staff in a caring community with his Augustinian brothers. His life has come full circle as he resides on the campus of the University that he loves so much and that loves him in return.
Registration
For more information, contact:
Madonna Sutter, Director of Advancement
madonna.sutter@augustinian.org
(267) 272-3048
Gifts by check can be made payable to
The Augustinian Fund - Fr. Riley Fund and mailed to:
Province of St. Thomas of Villanova
Office of Advancement
214 Ashwood Road
Villanova, PA 19085