Father Casterot died on June 28, 1952, at St. Clare's Hospital, New York City, after a long illness, at the age of eighty-one. He had been a Dominican for sixty-three years and a priest for fifty-eight years.
Father Casterot was born at Lourdes, France, on June 18, 1871, the third of seven children of Severin and Jeanne Marie Darron Casterot. He was a distant relative of St. Bernadette. He attended the grammar school at Lourdes, and the Apostolic School of the College de Ia Grand Maison at Poitiers. On August 19, 1888, he received the Dominican habit at Immaculate Conception Convent, Ryckholt, Holland, which, at that time, was the novitiate and studium for the Province of Lyons. A year later he made his profession at the Ryckholt convent, and remained there for his course in philosophy. He studied theology at the famed Biblical School of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, where he was ordained on July 22, 1894, by the Most
Reverend Pascal Appodia, Auxiliary to the Latin Patriarch of J emsalem. He offered his first Mass on the site of the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
Immediately after his ordination to the priesthood, Father Casterot came to the United States to continue his theological studies at the new House of Studies for the Province of Lyons at Hawthorne, New York. In 1895 the young priest received his first assignment when he was appointed chaplain for the Christian Brothers and students at Manhattan College. In 1901 he was named pastor of Holy Innocents Church, Pleasantville, New York, which was then in charge of the Dominicans of the Lyons Province. During his pastorate of nearly fifteen years at Pleasantville, he built the present church and rectory. Father Casterot became a member of the Province of St. Joseph in 1915, and was assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory in New York City, where he remained until his death. During World War I he served as a chaplain with the American forces. For thirty-seven years Father Casterot labored faithfully as a parish priest in St. Vincent Ferrer's, where he was director of the League of the Sacred Heart, and of the Deserving Poor Boys Priesthood Association. He was also a chaplain in the Knights of Columbus. The priests and parishioners of St. Vincent's will long revere the memory of this loyal Son of St. Dominic who passed so many years of his priestly life among them.
On July 22, 1944, Father Casterot celebrated his Golden Jubilee in the holy priesthood by offering a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Vincent Ferrer's Church. He was felicitated on that joyous occasion by many of his friends and fellow Dominicans who joined with him in thanking God for his fruitful half century as a priest.
On the evening of June 30, Father Casterot' s remains were borne into St. Vincent Ferrer's Church where the Office of the Dead was chanted by his Dominican brethren. On July 1, the Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered by the Prior, the Very Rev. W. D. Marrin, O.P. The deacon of the Mass was the Rev. J. X. Strenkert, O.P., and the sub-deacon the Rev. W .A. Dooley, O.P. The Rev. W. A. Carroll, O.P., and the Rev. V. F. Kopfman, O.P., were the acolytes. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev. R. E . Vahey, O.P.
Two Auxiliary Bishops of New York were present at the funeral the Most Rev. Joseph P. Donahue, D.D., and the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, D.D.-to pay tribute to Father Casterot who had spent his entire priestly life in the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Joseph P. Donahue presided at the Mass and imported the final absolution. The Very Rev. T. S. McDermott, O.P., Provincial of St. Joseph's Province, was seated in the sanctuary. Burial was in the Dominican plot in All Souls' Cemetery, Pleasantville, New York.
Dominicana extends sympathy to Father Casterot's brother, M. Marcellin Casterot, of Lourdes, and to all his relatives and friends in France and the United States. May he rest in peace!
Father Casterot was born at Lourdes, France, on June 18, 1871, the third of seven children of Severin and Jeanne Marie Darron Casterot. He was a distant relative of St. Bernadette. He attended the grammar school at Lourdes, and the Apostolic School of the College de Ia Grand Maison at Poitiers. On August 19, 1888, he received the Dominican habit at Immaculate Conception Convent, Ryckholt, Holland, which, at that time, was the novitiate and studium for the Province of Lyons. A year later he made his profession at the Ryckholt convent, and remained there for his course in philosophy. He studied theology at the famed Biblical School of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, where he was ordained on July 22, 1894, by the Most
Reverend Pascal Appodia, Auxiliary to the Latin Patriarch of J emsalem. He offered his first Mass on the site of the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
Immediately after his ordination to the priesthood, Father Casterot came to the United States to continue his theological studies at the new House of Studies for the Province of Lyons at Hawthorne, New York. In 1895 the young priest received his first assignment when he was appointed chaplain for the Christian Brothers and students at Manhattan College. In 1901 he was named pastor of Holy Innocents Church, Pleasantville, New York, which was then in charge of the Dominicans of the Lyons Province. During his pastorate of nearly fifteen years at Pleasantville, he built the present church and rectory. Father Casterot became a member of the Province of St. Joseph in 1915, and was assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory in New York City, where he remained until his death. During World War I he served as a chaplain with the American forces. For thirty-seven years Father Casterot labored faithfully as a parish priest in St. Vincent Ferrer's, where he was director of the League of the Sacred Heart, and of the Deserving Poor Boys Priesthood Association. He was also a chaplain in the Knights of Columbus. The priests and parishioners of St. Vincent's will long revere the memory of this loyal Son of St. Dominic who passed so many years of his priestly life among them.
On July 22, 1944, Father Casterot celebrated his Golden Jubilee in the holy priesthood by offering a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Vincent Ferrer's Church. He was felicitated on that joyous occasion by many of his friends and fellow Dominicans who joined with him in thanking God for his fruitful half century as a priest.
On the evening of June 30, Father Casterot' s remains were borne into St. Vincent Ferrer's Church where the Office of the Dead was chanted by his Dominican brethren. On July 1, the Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered by the Prior, the Very Rev. W. D. Marrin, O.P. The deacon of the Mass was the Rev. J. X. Strenkert, O.P., and the sub-deacon the Rev. W .A. Dooley, O.P. The Rev. W. A. Carroll, O.P., and the Rev. V. F. Kopfman, O.P., were the acolytes. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev. R. E . Vahey, O.P.
Two Auxiliary Bishops of New York were present at the funeral the Most Rev. Joseph P. Donahue, D.D., and the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, D.D.-to pay tribute to Father Casterot who had spent his entire priestly life in the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Joseph P. Donahue presided at the Mass and imported the final absolution. The Very Rev. T. S. McDermott, O.P., Provincial of St. Joseph's Province, was seated in the sanctuary. Burial was in the Dominican plot in All Souls' Cemetery, Pleasantville, New York.
Dominicana extends sympathy to Father Casterot's brother, M. Marcellin Casterot, of Lourdes, and to all his relatives and friends in France and the United States. May he rest in peace!
Father Casterot died on June 28, 1952, at St. Clare's Hospital, New York City, after a long illness, at the age of eighty-one. He had been a Dominican for sixty-three years and a priest for fifty-eight years.
Father Casterot was born at Lourdes, France, on June 18, 1871, the third of seven children of Severin and Jeanne Marie Darron Casterot. He was a distant relative of St. Bernadette. He attended the grammar school at Lourdes, and the Apostolic School of the College de Ia Grand Maison at Poitiers. On August 19, 1888, he received the Dominican habit at Immaculate Conception Convent, Ryckholt, Holland, which, at that time, was the novitiate and studium for the Province of Lyons. A year later he made his profession at the Ryckholt convent, and remained there for his course in philosophy. He studied theology at the famed Biblical School of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, where he was ordained on July 22, 1894, by the Most
Reverend Pascal Appodia, Auxiliary to the Latin Patriarch of J emsalem. He offered his first Mass on the site of the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
Immediately after his ordination to the priesthood, Father Casterot came to the United States to continue his theological studies at the new House of Studies for the Province of Lyons at Hawthorne, New York. In 1895 the young priest received his first assignment when he was appointed chaplain for the Christian Brothers and students at Manhattan College. In 1901 he was named pastor of Holy Innocents Church, Pleasantville, New York, which was then in charge of the Dominicans of the Lyons Province. During his pastorate of nearly fifteen years at Pleasantville, he built the present church and rectory. Father Casterot became a member of the Province of St. Joseph in 1915, and was assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory in New York City, where he remained until his death. During World War I he served as a chaplain with the American forces. For thirty-seven years Father Casterot labored faithfully as a parish priest in St. Vincent Ferrer's, where he was director of the League of the Sacred Heart, and of the Deserving Poor Boys Priesthood Association. He was also a chaplain in the Knights of Columbus. The priests and parishioners of St. Vincent's will long revere the memory of this loyal Son of St. Dominic who passed so many years of his priestly life among them.
On July 22, 1944, Father Casterot celebrated his Golden Jubilee in the holy priesthood by offering a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Vincent Ferrer's Church. He was felicitated on that joyous occasion by many of his friends and fellow Dominicans who joined with him in thanking God for his fruitful half century as a priest.
On the evening of June 30, Father Casterot' s remains were borne into St. Vincent Ferrer's Church where the Office of the Dead was chanted by his Dominican brethren. On July 1, the Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered by the Prior, the Very Rev. W. D. Marrin, O.P. The deacon of the Mass was the Rev. J. X. Strenkert, O.P., and the sub-deacon the Rev. W .A. Dooley, O.P. The Rev. W. A. Carroll, O.P., and the Rev. V. F. Kopfman, O.P., were the acolytes. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev. R. E . Vahey, O.P.
Two Auxiliary Bishops of New York were present at the funeral the Most Rev. Joseph P. Donahue, D.D., and the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, D.D.-to pay tribute to Father Casterot who had spent his entire priestly life in the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Joseph P. Donahue presided at the Mass and imported the final absolution. The Very Rev. T. S. McDermott, O.P., Provincial of St. Joseph's Province, was seated in the sanctuary. Burial was in the Dominican plot in All Souls' Cemetery, Pleasantville, New York.
Dominicana extends sympathy to Father Casterot's brother, M. Marcellin Casterot, of Lourdes, and to all his relatives and friends in France and the United States. May he rest in peace!
Father Casterot was born at Lourdes, France, on June 18, 1871, the third of seven children of Severin and Jeanne Marie Darron Casterot. He was a distant relative of St. Bernadette. He attended the grammar school at Lourdes, and the Apostolic School of the College de Ia Grand Maison at Poitiers. On August 19, 1888, he received the Dominican habit at Immaculate Conception Convent, Ryckholt, Holland, which, at that time, was the novitiate and studium for the Province of Lyons. A year later he made his profession at the Ryckholt convent, and remained there for his course in philosophy. He studied theology at the famed Biblical School of St. Stephen in Jerusalem, where he was ordained on July 22, 1894, by the Most
Reverend Pascal Appodia, Auxiliary to the Latin Patriarch of J emsalem. He offered his first Mass on the site of the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
Immediately after his ordination to the priesthood, Father Casterot came to the United States to continue his theological studies at the new House of Studies for the Province of Lyons at Hawthorne, New York. In 1895 the young priest received his first assignment when he was appointed chaplain for the Christian Brothers and students at Manhattan College. In 1901 he was named pastor of Holy Innocents Church, Pleasantville, New York, which was then in charge of the Dominicans of the Lyons Province. During his pastorate of nearly fifteen years at Pleasantville, he built the present church and rectory. Father Casterot became a member of the Province of St. Joseph in 1915, and was assigned to St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory in New York City, where he remained until his death. During World War I he served as a chaplain with the American forces. For thirty-seven years Father Casterot labored faithfully as a parish priest in St. Vincent Ferrer's, where he was director of the League of the Sacred Heart, and of the Deserving Poor Boys Priesthood Association. He was also a chaplain in the Knights of Columbus. The priests and parishioners of St. Vincent's will long revere the memory of this loyal Son of St. Dominic who passed so many years of his priestly life among them.
On July 22, 1944, Father Casterot celebrated his Golden Jubilee in the holy priesthood by offering a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Vincent Ferrer's Church. He was felicitated on that joyous occasion by many of his friends and fellow Dominicans who joined with him in thanking God for his fruitful half century as a priest.
On the evening of June 30, Father Casterot' s remains were borne into St. Vincent Ferrer's Church where the Office of the Dead was chanted by his Dominican brethren. On July 1, the Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered by the Prior, the Very Rev. W. D. Marrin, O.P. The deacon of the Mass was the Rev. J. X. Strenkert, O.P., and the sub-deacon the Rev. W .A. Dooley, O.P. The Rev. W. A. Carroll, O.P., and the Rev. V. F. Kopfman, O.P., were the acolytes. The funeral sermon was delivered by the Rev. R. E . Vahey, O.P.
Two Auxiliary Bishops of New York were present at the funeral the Most Rev. Joseph P. Donahue, D.D., and the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, D.D.-to pay tribute to Father Casterot who had spent his entire priestly life in the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Joseph P. Donahue presided at the Mass and imported the final absolution. The Very Rev. T. S. McDermott, O.P., Provincial of St. Joseph's Province, was seated in the sanctuary. Burial was in the Dominican plot in All Souls' Cemetery, Pleasantville, New York.
Dominicana extends sympathy to Father Casterot's brother, M. Marcellin Casterot, of Lourdes, and to all his relatives and friends in France and the United States. May he rest in peace!
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1871 - 1952
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