Funeral Mass was celebrated April 27 at San Roque Church, Santa Barbara, for Vincentian Father James M. Galvin who died April 19.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1925, Father Galvin entered the Minor Seminary in 1938. He was admitted to the Congregation of the Mission on May 30, 1943 at St. Mary's Seminary, Perryville, Missouri, and ordained to the priesthood in 1951.

Teaching assignments included St. Thomas Seminary, Denver; St. Mary's Seminary, Houston; De Paul University, Chicago; and rector of St. John's Seminary College, Camarillo. He also served at St. Vincent's Church, Los Angeles; St. Vincent de Paul Church, Huntington Beach; and Sacred Heart Church, Patterson. He was on staff at St. Mary's Seminary Retreat Center, Santa Barbara, from 1982-89 and again in 1995 until his death.

Father Galvin spent many years of his life in ministry with the Marriage Encounter and Engaged Encounter Communities. He was devoted to the formation of strong marriages and the enhancement of family life, say Vincentian community members.

Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles. Memorial contributions may be made in Father Galvin's name to Sacred Heart Catholic School, 505 M. Street Patterson, CA 95363.

Fr. Thomas Feeley, CSC
Funeral Mass was celebrated April 28 at Holy Cross Church, South Easton, Massachusetts, for Holy Cross Father Thomas Feeley, 74, who died April 21 in Miami, Florida after a bout with pulmonary fibrosis.

Born in New Bedford, Mass., he was ordained in 1955 upon receiving a theology degree from the Gregorian University in Rome. After 36 years of teaching philosophy at Stonehill College, Easton, he was assigned in 1998 to Family Rosary, founded by the late Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton. Before his death in 1992, Father Peyton founded and directed Hollywood-based Family Theater Productions, which produced more than 600 radio and television programs featuring Hollywood stars in shows promoting family prayer.

In 2001, Father Feeley was appointed vice postulator for the cause for canonization of Servant of God Father Peyton, a role he relished. In addition to running retreats for religious communities in the U.S., Ireland, England and the Middle East, Father Feeley gathered documentation in support of Father Peyton's canonization. He spent hours cataloging Father Peyton's letters, sermons, radio and television shows.

He authored "Friends in the Lord," recently published by The Pauline Press and co-authored with Stonehill colleague Frank Gendreau "Moral Integrity," a book on moral philosophy. He also wrote weekly columns for the Holy Cross Family Ministries website: www.hcfm.org Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Easton, where Father Peyton is buried.