Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
January 28, 2008 Monday
BROTHER MICHAEL DWYER, FSC, 70, of the Christian Brothers Academy Community,
Lincroft, MIDDLETOWN
SECTION: OBITUARIES
BROTHER MICHAEL DWYER, FSC, 70, of the Christian Brothers Academy Community,
Lincroft, MIDDLETOWN died Sunday, Jan. 27 at De La Salle Hall, Lincroft. He was
born April 24, 1937 in New York City. Brother Michael Dwyer formally entered the
Roman Catholic teaching congregation, the Brothers of the Christian Schools, at
Barrytown, N.Y., in 1954. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from
Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. in 1959, and a master’s degree
from Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. in 1966. He began his teaching career at
New York City’s Ascension School in 1959. Later, he taught at Sacred Heart
School and St. Raymond’s School, also in New York City. In 1966, Brother Michael
began a new chapter in his educational career when he assumed the first of
several administrative positions at Lincoln Hall, a residential school for court
adjudicated young men in Lincolndale, N.Y. He remained in service at Lincoln
Hall for 10 years. Beginning in September 1976, and for ten years thereafter,
Brother Michael served as a director and vice principal at Paramus Catholic
Regional High School in Bergen County. Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, was
Brother Michael’s next and final assignment in 1986. During his 20-year tenure
in Lincroft he served as vice principal and as a teacher of history at the
academy.
The son of the late James and Patricia Dwyer of Good Shepherd Parish,
Manhattan, he is survived by his brother, James Dwyer, Pittsburgh, Penn.; two
nieces, Kathleen Dwyer-Kaminsky, Ridgefield, Conn., and Patricia Wagner, Carol
Stream, Ill.; and three nephews, Kevin Dwyer, Arlington, Va., Brian Dwyer,
Alexandria, Va., and Robert Dwyer, Washington D.C.
A wake for Brother Michael will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday in the chapel of the Brothers’ Community Residence on the campus of
Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10
a.m. Thursday at St. Catharine’s Roman Catholic Church, Holmdel. The interment
at St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Marlboro, will follow the Mass. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in Brother Michael’s name to the Scholarship Fund at
Christian Brothers Academy, 850 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Higgins
Memorial Home, 20 Center St., Freehold is in charge of arrangements.
LOAD-DATE: January 29, 2008
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