Robert Wilfred Mulvey, O.P., Death, 1967-10-04
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal materials relating to friars after they have left the order, passed away, or transferred to another province. Each friar's file contents are mostly contain to their novitiate records, canonical assignments, historically important correspondence, and a small number of personal items if desired upon their passing. Within the broader collection, each Friar is sorted as a series.
Friars with particuarly substantial historically important papers or items outside of the scope of the Personal Files Collection are moved to a dedicated collection under their name.
This collection is a work in progress and any use of these files requires the explicit permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist to discuss access or inquire about friars that may not been cataloged yet.
Dates
- Creation: Death, 1967-10-04
Conditions Governing Access
Requires explicit permission from Provincial to access any records. Contact the Archivist for more information.
For comprehensive lists and records of individuals who left the order or transferred to other provinces, researchers must contact the archivist. Access to such materials may be restricted and is subject to privacy considerations and organizational policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Can only be accessed upon written permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist for further details.
Biographical / Historical
He was born in Chicago on March 26, 1896. He received his early education in the parochial schools of Chicago, but his high school studies were not completed until after his service in the United States Navy during World War I. He was honorably discharged on September 30, 1921, and entered Aquinas College High School, Columbus, Ohio. He completed his preparatory studies for entering the Order at Providence College. Having received the habit at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, he there made profession on September
9, 1926. He completed his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Illinois, and began the study of theology in St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, which had been re-opened as a branch of the Studium in the Fall of 1929. After a year he was sent to the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C., where he was ordained in St. Dominic's Church, May 20, 1932.
His first assignment was to the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, where he served as Chaplain and professor in St. Clara Academy for six years. In early 1939, he became Socius to the Master of Novices at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, but with the erection of the Province of St. Albert the Great he was affiliated to the new Province and served as assistant in Holy Rosary, Houston, Texas, for four years. He was then sent to Blessed Sacrament Church, Madison, Wisconsin, where he assisted in parish work, but in August 1947, he was assigned to the Motherhouse of the Sisters at Sinsinawa as assistant Chaplain until 1955, during which time he also taught in St. Clara Academy. When St. Dominic's Villa was opened in Dubuque in 1949, he served there for one year as Chaplain in addition to his duties at Sinsinawa. In the Fall of 1955 he was
appointed Chaplain to the Dominican Nuns at the Monastery of the Infant Jesus, Lufkin, Texas. There as in all his former assignments he was the personification of simplicity and paternal kindness.
Father Mulvey died on October 4, 1967, of a heart attack and his body was buried in the community cemetery at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota.
Extent
From the Collection: 100 Linear Feet (30 File Cabinets )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository
1910 S. Ashland Ave
Chicago Illinois 60608 United States
3122430011
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