Rev. Fr. Federico Lano, OSJ

He was born in San Damiano d'Asti on December 3, 1920.

He entered the Congregation on March 21, 1939. He made his first religious profession on September 30, 1940. He was ordained in Asti on June 1948 in Asti, Italy. Two months later, he went to the Philippines where he worked with the young aspirants in San Jose. From 1952, he became Prefect of the "Carissimi" or young aspirants. He was appointed Delegate in March 1959, and at the end of his term in 1962 he returned to the seminary in San Jose as its rector. In June 1966 he returned to Italy where he stayed for five years. Then in July 1971 he went back to the Philippines and was named its Delegate. After finishing his term in 1974, he was appointed as Prefect of the Minor Seminar in San Jose. In 1976, he reentered definitively into Italy.

In Italy, he continued his pastoral services until 1999. Then he retired in the Rest Home in Castelnovo Calcea. Ten years after, on November 13, he met his death serene and prepared, living 69 years of religious life and 61 years of priesthood.

Rev. Fr. Elias May, OSJ

He was born in Schilparo, Bergamo, Italy on February 8, 1920.

He was commonly called in the Philippines as "Monsignor" for having served as episcopal vicar and vicar forane for many years. He was among the last batch of Italian OSJ missionaries who came to the country.

He entered the Congregation on October 17, 1936. He made his first religious profession of vows on September 30, 1940 in Alba, Italy. He professed the vows perpetually on April 2, 1947 in Asti. He was ordained priest on June 6, 1948 at Santuario de San Giuseppe in Asti.

That same year he left Italy as a missionary to the Philippines. He served as assistant parish priest in Taysan, Batangas in 1950. He became the parish priest in San Luis, Batangas in 1954.

After a short period of rest in Italy, he returned to the Philippines in 1960. He was elected secretary of the Philippine delegation in 1962. He was assigned as parish priest of Rosario in 1973. He was elected as episcopal vicar and vicar forane from 1976 to 1979. He was the first councilor and vicar delegate on September 4, 1979. He was spiritual director of the OSJ Cooperators in 1985. He was the economo of the rectory of Rosario-Alupay-Padre Garcia-Taysan. He participated in the beatification of St. Joseph Marello in Asti on September 26, 1994. He was elected second council of the Philippine Province in 1995. That year also he was appointed as in-charge of the Oblate Sisters of St. Joseph, in Padre Garcia, Batangas. To take care of his health, he lived with the sisters from 2001 up to the time before his death. He died on March 30, 2007, in Lipa City, 67 years as a religious and 59 years as a priest.

Rev. Fr.Enrico Arturo Tunesi, OSJ

He was born in Arluno, Milan Italy on November 13, 1922.

He entered the Minor Seminary of Santa Chiara in 1934. He made his first profession on September 30, 1940 and his perpetual vows in 1946. He was ordained a priest in Asti on June 20, 1948.

After a few months he left as a missionary for the Philippines and worked as assistant Pastor and principal of the parochial school in Rosario, Batangas from 1948 to 1958.

Then he went to the mission in Mexico from 1959 to 1970. He was later sent to California where he worked until his death on January 23, 1997. He lived 56 years of as a religious and 48 years as a priest.

Rev. Fr. Alan Pearson, OSJ

He was born in Adams, Nebraska, United States of America on July 25, 1920 to a Protestant family. At eleven years old, he was converted to the Catholic faith.

He entered in the Seminary of Santa Cruz in October 1935. He entered the Novitiate in Italy in 1938. He made his first profession of vows on September 30, 1930. He professed the vows perpetually in 1944. He was ordained in 1946.

After two years, he asked to be sent in the Philippines where he worked until 1956. Then he stayed for a short period in Italy before returning to California. This was his last journey. He died in Madera, California on June 2, 1998, having lived 59 years as a religious and 52 years as a priest.

Rev. Fr. Umberto Lenzi, OSJ

He was ordained in 1967. Then he was sent as a missionary to the Philippines on October 1968. But for personal reasons, he left the congregation in 1971.