Born in Chicago on August 19, 1927, Ryan secured his early education in the Catholic schools of that city. Towards the end of the Second World War he saw service in the Army of the United States and he was in the Medical Corps of the Occupation Forces in Germany. Following his discharge from military service, he matriculated at De Paul University, Chicago. He entered the Dominican Order at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota, and made profession there on September 30, 1950.
Having completed his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest and his theological studies at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, he was ordained on May 26, 1956. The following year he was assigned as chaplain at the Aquinas Newman Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
In September 1962, he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas University Church, as also superior and director of the Dominican community at the Newman Center. He was loved and respected in both the campus and civic community and contributed much to the Newman movement nationally.
After preaching at all five Masses in the University Church on the Sunday before Christmas, he suffered a massive cerebral hemhorrage and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Albuquerque, December 22, 1964. Following the obsequies in the University church in Albuquerque and in St. Pius church, Chicago, his body was interred in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Having completed his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest and his theological studies at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, he was ordained on May 26, 1956. The following year he was assigned as chaplain at the Aquinas Newman Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
In September 1962, he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas University Church, as also superior and director of the Dominican community at the Newman Center. He was loved and respected in both the campus and civic community and contributed much to the Newman movement nationally.
After preaching at all five Masses in the University Church on the Sunday before Christmas, he suffered a massive cerebral hemhorrage and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Albuquerque, December 22, 1964. Following the obsequies in the University church in Albuquerque and in St. Pius church, Chicago, his body was interred in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Born in Chicago on August 19, 1927, Ryan secured his early education in the Catholic schools of that city. Towards the end of the Second World War he saw service in the Army of the United States and he was in the Medical Corps of the Occupation Forces in Germany. Following his discharge from military service, he matriculated at De Paul University, Chicago. He entered the Dominican Order at St. Peter Martyr Priory, Winona, Minnesota, and made profession there on September 30, 1950.
Having completed his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest and his theological studies at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, he was ordained on May 26, 1956. The following year he was assigned as chaplain at the Aquinas Newman Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
In September 1962, he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas University Church, as also superior and director of the Dominican community at the Newman Center. He was loved and respected in both the campus and civic community and contributed much to the Newman movement nationally.
After preaching at all five Masses in the University Church on the Sunday before Christmas, he suffered a massive cerebral hemhorrage and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Albuquerque, December 22, 1964. Following the obsequies in the University church in Albuquerque and in St. Pius church, Chicago, his body was interred in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Having completed his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest and his theological studies at St. Rose Priory in Dubuque, he was ordained on May 26, 1956. The following year he was assigned as chaplain at the Aquinas Newman Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
In September 1962, he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas University Church, as also superior and director of the Dominican community at the Newman Center. He was loved and respected in both the campus and civic community and contributed much to the Newman movement nationally.
After preaching at all five Masses in the University Church on the Sunday before Christmas, he suffered a massive cerebral hemhorrage and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Albuquerque, December 22, 1964. Following the obsequies in the University church in Albuquerque and in St. Pius church, Chicago, his body was interred in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
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