FATHER ALBERT WILSON SDS (Society of the Divine Savior).
Father Albert Wilson (birth name: Willis Joseph) was born in Escanaba, Michigan,on October 8, 1913. He became familiar with the Society when he was a student in Jordan College, in Menominee, Michigan, which he attended for two years. He entered the Novitiate in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, in 1934, and he made his profession of vows on September 8, 1935. He remained in St. Nazianz for his first year of philosophy studies and then the scholastics went to the newly-established Divine Savior Seminary in Lanham, Maryland, where he completed his studies for the priesthood, attending Catholic University in Washington, DC. He was ordained in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 11, 1940. Fr. Albert taught at Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz;and then was dean of discipline at Jordan Seminary, in Menominee, Michigan. In 1942,he entered the Army as a military chaplain during the World War II years. After the war, he assisted in the Salvatorian Mission House in Elkton, Maryland, for a short time, and then returned to army chaplaincy until his retirement from the military in1966. In his years of service, Fr. Albert received numerous honors and medals of service. He served on bases in the Philippines, Korea, New Guinea, Alaska, Japan,Germany, and Hawaii. For a short year-and-a-half before his death from cancer on November 24, 1968, Fr. Albert served as the first Salvatorian pastor of St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, Arizona. He was buried in the community cemetery in St.Nazianz, Wisconsin.
Father Albert Wilson (birth name: Willis Joseph) was born in Escanaba, Michigan,on October 8, 1913. He became familiar with the Society when he was a student in Jordan College, in Menominee, Michigan, which he attended for two years. He entered the Novitiate in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, in 1934, and he made his profession of vows on September 8, 1935. He remained in St. Nazianz for his first year of philosophy studies and then the scholastics went to the newly-established Divine Savior Seminary in Lanham, Maryland, where he completed his studies for the priesthood, attending Catholic University in Washington, DC. He was ordained in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 11, 1940. Fr. Albert taught at Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz;and then was dean of discipline at Jordan Seminary, in Menominee, Michigan. In 1942,he entered the Army as a military chaplain during the World War II years. After the war, he assisted in the Salvatorian Mission House in Elkton, Maryland, for a short time, and then returned to army chaplaincy until his retirement from the military in1966. In his years of service, Fr. Albert received numerous honors and medals of service. He served on bases in the Philippines, Korea, New Guinea, Alaska, Japan,Germany, and Hawaii. For a short year-and-a-half before his death from cancer on November 24, 1968, Fr. Albert served as the first Salvatorian pastor of St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, Arizona. He was buried in the community cemetery in St.Nazianz, Wisconsin.
FATHER ALBERT WILSON SDS (Society of the Divine Savior).
Father Albert Wilson (birth name: Willis Joseph) was born in Escanaba, Michigan,on October 8, 1913. He became familiar with the Society when he was a student in Jordan College, in Menominee, Michigan, which he attended for two years. He entered the Novitiate in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, in 1934, and he made his profession of vows on September 8, 1935. He remained in St. Nazianz for his first year of philosophy studies and then the scholastics went to the newly-established Divine Savior Seminary in Lanham, Maryland, where he completed his studies for the priesthood, attending Catholic University in Washington, DC. He was ordained in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 11, 1940. Fr. Albert taught at Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz;and then was dean of discipline at Jordan Seminary, in Menominee, Michigan. In 1942,he entered the Army as a military chaplain during the World War II years. After the war, he assisted in the Salvatorian Mission House in Elkton, Maryland, for a short time, and then returned to army chaplaincy until his retirement from the military in1966. In his years of service, Fr. Albert received numerous honors and medals of service. He served on bases in the Philippines, Korea, New Guinea, Alaska, Japan,Germany, and Hawaii. For a short year-and-a-half before his death from cancer on November 24, 1968, Fr. Albert served as the first Salvatorian pastor of St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, Arizona. He was buried in the community cemetery in St.Nazianz, Wisconsin.
Father Albert Wilson (birth name: Willis Joseph) was born in Escanaba, Michigan,on October 8, 1913. He became familiar with the Society when he was a student in Jordan College, in Menominee, Michigan, which he attended for two years. He entered the Novitiate in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, in 1934, and he made his profession of vows on September 8, 1935. He remained in St. Nazianz for his first year of philosophy studies and then the scholastics went to the newly-established Divine Savior Seminary in Lanham, Maryland, where he completed his studies for the priesthood, attending Catholic University in Washington, DC. He was ordained in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 11, 1940. Fr. Albert taught at Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz;and then was dean of discipline at Jordan Seminary, in Menominee, Michigan. In 1942,he entered the Army as a military chaplain during the World War II years. After the war, he assisted in the Salvatorian Mission House in Elkton, Maryland, for a short time, and then returned to army chaplaincy until his retirement from the military in1966. In his years of service, Fr. Albert received numerous honors and medals of service. He served on bases in the Philippines, Korea, New Guinea, Alaska, Japan,Germany, and Hawaii. For a short year-and-a-half before his death from cancer on November 24, 1968, Fr. Albert served as the first Salvatorian pastor of St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, Arizona. He was buried in the community cemetery in St.Nazianz, Wisconsin.
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