A native of San Antonio, Texas, Brother Michael Lamm was born Joseph Lamm to Charles Lamm and Florence Pytel, and after attending old St. Mary's College, worked as a clerk in a dry goods store for a number of years. Seeking to study for the priesthood, he joined the Franciscan Fathers at Santa Barbara on April 2, 1903, starting his studies at St. Anthony's Seminary there, but owing to severe eye trouble, he decided to lay aside his studies and become a Brother. Receiving his habit on July 29, 1906, he took his first vows on July 30, 1907, and his solemn vows on August 28, 1910.
For several years, Brother Michael was stationed at St. Francis Orphanage at Watsonville as infirmarian. From 1912 until October 30, 1930, he served as a guide at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and consequently became known in many parts of the United States. Transferred to St. Boniface's Friary, San Francisco, in 1930, he was thereafter sent to St. Mary's Friary in Phoenix, Arizona, where he passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital due to double pneumonia on April 15, 1936. His body was taken to Santa Barbara where the Father Guardian, Friar Ferdinand Ortiz OFM., celebrated a Solemn High Mass on April 20. Interment was made in the friars' vaults in the Old Mission Cemetery which Brother Michael had pointed out daily to visitors for a period of nineteen years.
Information submitted courtesy of the Provincial Archivist of the Province of Santa Barbara, Extract from 'Provincial Annals 9' of January 1947, p. 47.
For several years, Brother Michael was stationed at St. Francis Orphanage at Watsonville as infirmarian. From 1912 until October 30, 1930, he served as a guide at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and consequently became known in many parts of the United States. Transferred to St. Boniface's Friary, San Francisco, in 1930, he was thereafter sent to St. Mary's Friary in Phoenix, Arizona, where he passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital due to double pneumonia on April 15, 1936. His body was taken to Santa Barbara where the Father Guardian, Friar Ferdinand Ortiz OFM., celebrated a Solemn High Mass on April 20. Interment was made in the friars' vaults in the Old Mission Cemetery which Brother Michael had pointed out daily to visitors for a period of nineteen years.
Information submitted courtesy of the Provincial Archivist of the Province of Santa Barbara, Extract from 'Provincial Annals 9' of January 1947, p. 47.
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Brother Michael Lamm was born Joseph Lamm to Charles Lamm and Florence Pytel, and after attending old St. Mary's College, worked as a clerk in a dry goods store for a number of years. Seeking to study for the priesthood, he joined the Franciscan Fathers at Santa Barbara on April 2, 1903, starting his studies at St. Anthony's Seminary there, but owing to severe eye trouble, he decided to lay aside his studies and become a Brother. Receiving his habit on July 29, 1906, he took his first vows on July 30, 1907, and his solemn vows on August 28, 1910.
For several years, Brother Michael was stationed at St. Francis Orphanage at Watsonville as infirmarian. From 1912 until October 30, 1930, he served as a guide at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and consequently became known in many parts of the United States. Transferred to St. Boniface's Friary, San Francisco, in 1930, he was thereafter sent to St. Mary's Friary in Phoenix, Arizona, where he passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital due to double pneumonia on April 15, 1936. His body was taken to Santa Barbara where the Father Guardian, Friar Ferdinand Ortiz OFM., celebrated a Solemn High Mass on April 20. Interment was made in the friars' vaults in the Old Mission Cemetery which Brother Michael had pointed out daily to visitors for a period of nineteen years.
Information submitted courtesy of the Provincial Archivist of the Province of Santa Barbara, Extract from 'Provincial Annals 9' of January 1947, p. 47.
For several years, Brother Michael was stationed at St. Francis Orphanage at Watsonville as infirmarian. From 1912 until October 30, 1930, he served as a guide at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and consequently became known in many parts of the United States. Transferred to St. Boniface's Friary, San Francisco, in 1930, he was thereafter sent to St. Mary's Friary in Phoenix, Arizona, where he passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital due to double pneumonia on April 15, 1936. His body was taken to Santa Barbara where the Father Guardian, Friar Ferdinand Ortiz OFM., celebrated a Solemn High Mass on April 20. Interment was made in the friars' vaults in the Old Mission Cemetery which Brother Michael had pointed out daily to visitors for a period of nineteen years.
Information submitted courtesy of the Provincial Archivist of the Province of Santa Barbara, Extract from 'Provincial Annals 9' of January 1947, p. 47.
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