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Brother George Mathews fms
Received the Breath of Life
8 Sept 1920— Lawrence MA
Called to Accept the Marist Brotherhood
15 August 1953
Was Commended to God
31 December 2007
St Patrick's Nursing Home
Riverdale, Bronx NY
Mass of Christian Burial
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Bronx NY, 3 January 2008
Interment
to take place Spring 2008
Marist Brothers Cemetery
Esopus New York
REMEMBERING BROTHER GEORGE MATHEWS
September 8, 1920 – December 31, 2007
Brother George Mathews was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 8, 1920. He
graduated from St. Mary’s School in Lawrence and then attended high school at Staten Island Prep
in Staten Island, New York. After a year at the University of Chicago, George joined the Navy in
1943. After his discharge from the Navy in 1946, George was an interstate bus driver until he
entered the novitiate in Tyngsboro in 1952.
George received the habit in 1953 and professed first vows in 1954. After completing the
Scholasticate at Marian College in 1958, George served as a substitute teacher at St. Mary’s,
Archbishop Molloy, and Marist-Bayonne before serving at St. Joseph’s in Lowell, Massachusetts
from 1959 to 1961.
After a year at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, West Virginia, George headed north to Mt.
St. Michael Academy where he spent the remainder of his teaching career. It was during his early
years at Mt. St. Michael that George initiated the driver education program at the Mount. As a
result of that program, George became very active in many different aspects of driver education in
New York state. He served as conference chairman for the New York State Driver and Safety
Educators Association and was received their “Teacher of the Year” award in 1977. From 1984 to
1996, George served on the National Safety Council.
In addi on to his involvement in driver educa on, George was the “voca on advocate” for the Knights of Columbus and was
an ac ve member of the local Kiwanis organiza on as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Even in his re rement, George remained ac ve and obtained a Substance Abuse Educa on Cer ficate from the Archdiocese
of New York in 1991.
George loved to tell stories about his life. Now we have his life and brotherhood as a testament of his faith and his belief in
our Marist mission.
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Brother George Mathews fms
Received the Breath of Life
8 Sept 1920— Lawrence MA
Called to Accept the Marist Brotherhood
15 August 1953
Was Commended to God
31 December 2007
St Patrick's Nursing Home
Riverdale, Bronx NY
Mass of Christian Burial
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Bronx NY, 3 January 2008
Interment
to take place Spring 2008
Marist Brothers Cemetery
Esopus New York
REMEMBERING BROTHER GEORGE MATHEWS
September 8, 1920 – December 31, 2007
Brother George Mathews was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 8, 1920. He
graduated from St. Mary’s School in Lawrence and then attended high school at Staten Island Prep
in Staten Island, New York. After a year at the University of Chicago, George joined the Navy in
1943. After his discharge from the Navy in 1946, George was an interstate bus driver until he
entered the novitiate in Tyngsboro in 1952.
George received the habit in 1953 and professed first vows in 1954. After completing the
Scholasticate at Marian College in 1958, George served as a substitute teacher at St. Mary’s,
Archbishop Molloy, and Marist-Bayonne before serving at St. Joseph’s in Lowell, Massachusetts
from 1959 to 1961.
After a year at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, West Virginia, George headed north to Mt.
St. Michael Academy where he spent the remainder of his teaching career. It was during his early
years at Mt. St. Michael that George initiated the driver education program at the Mount. As a
result of that program, George became very active in many different aspects of driver education in
New York state. He served as conference chairman for the New York State Driver and Safety
Educators Association and was received their “Teacher of the Year” award in 1977. From 1984 to
1996, George served on the National Safety Council.
In addi on to his involvement in driver educa on, George was the “voca on advocate” for the Knights of Columbus and was
an ac ve member of the local Kiwanis organiza on as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Even in his re rement, George remained ac ve and obtained a Substance Abuse Educa on Cer ficate from the Archdiocese
of New York in 1991.
George loved to tell stories about his life. Now we have his life and brotherhood as a testament of his faith and his belief in
our Marist mission.
7/6/2021
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