January 25 is the anniversary of Walter A. Coar.

Walter Augustine Coar, son of Robert B. Coar and Catherine Hickey, was born in Jersey City, NY on January 5, 1868. He entered the novitiate at Villanova on September 2, 1888, and pronounced simple vows on September 3, 1889. After completing his philosophical and theological studies at Villanova, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Saint peter and Paul in Philadelphia by Archbishop Ryan on May 27, 1895.

Father Coar was stationed at Villanova College where he became prefect of discipline and eventually vice-president. In a sudden and tragic accident he was killed by a train at Villanova Station on the night of January 25, 1899, about then-thirty.

Dead at the age of 31, Father Coar is buried in the monastery cemetery at Villanova University.

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