Submitted by: Dan Rich
Brother Theopilius Machalinski CSC
Oct. 20, 1891 Oct. 22, 1989
South Bend Tribune 10/23/1989
Brother Theopilius Machalinski CSC,
98, the oldest brother in rank and age at Holy Cross Brothers
Midwest Province, died Sunday at Dujarie House. He was born Oct.
20, 1891 in Erie, Pa. He entered The Congregation of Holy Cross
on Dec. 8, 1907; professed his vows Dec. 9, 1909, and made his
final profession June 29, 1918. He received his bachelor of arts
and master of arts degrees from the University of Notre Dame,
where he taught for seven years. From 1912 to 1972 he taught at
Holy Trinity High School, Chicago; Holy Cross High School, New
Orleans; Monsignor Coyle High School, Tauton, Mass.; St. Anthony
High School, Long Beach, Calif.; Notre Dame High School, Sherman
Oaks, Calif.; Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron, Ohio; Holy
Cross High School, River Grove, Ill.; and St. Edward High School,
Lakewood, Ohio.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Holy Cross Brothers Center and burial in St. Joseph Cemetery at the center. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel, where a wake will be at 7:30 p.m.