Joseph Sylvester Considine, O.P., Death, 1973-02-03
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, 1973-02-03
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
Father Joseph Sylvester Considine was born on May 20, 1893 in Escanaba, Michigan where he attended primary and secondary public schools. After studying at Aquinas College in Columbus, Ohio, he entered the Order and made first profession at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, on September 18, 1913. Basic philosophical and theological studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. where he was ordained on May 10, 1918. Soon after ordination he was sent on for special graduate studies in Sacred
Scripture at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem and the Collegio Angelico in Rome.
In 1923 he returned to Washington where he served for seven years as Master of Students at the Dominican House of Studies and as professor of Sacred Scripture and biblical languages at the Dominican Studium and at Catholic University of America.
Shortly before the foundation of the Province of St. Albert the Great in 1939, Father Considine was assigned to the House of Studies in River Forest where he continued to teach until 1965 when his health began to fail, and he retired to St. Vincent Ferrer Priory in River Forest.
From the time the Province began until 1969, Fr. Considine served as a member of the Provincial Council. In 1944 he was awarded the degree of Master of Sacred Theology. In addition to his teaching duties, he was also in great demand as a retreat director for priests and religious and for his contributions to learned and ecclesiastical journals. He did the translation and commentary on the Apocalypse for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine edition of the New Testament. He also served as President of the Catholic Biblical
Association of America from 1952-1953.
After a long illness he died at Heritage Manor Convalescent Home in Dubuque, Iowa on February 3, 1973. Following funeral services at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in River Forest, he was buried in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
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
archivist@opcentral.org