- Date Of Birth: July 16, 1926
- Date Of Death: June 27, 2014
- State: Indiana
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Rev. Alfred F. D’Alonzo, C.S.C., 88, died Friday (June 27, 2014) at Holy Cross House.
He was born on July 16, 1926, to Modestino and Michelina (Stanziale) D’Alonzo, in Orange, N.J. He graduated from Orange High School in 1944.
Fr. D’Alonzo entered the University of Notre Dame in 1944. He was a member of the Fighting Irish football team. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on July 1, 1944, and attended Naval Officers’ Training School. Fr. D’Alonzo was honorably discharged on July 1, 1946, and entered the Congregation of Holy Cross on Aug. 15, 1946. He made his first profession of vows on Aug. 16, 1947. Fr. D’Alonzo graduated from Notre Dame in 1949 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. He professed final vows on Aug. 16, 1950. He studied theology at Holy Cross College, Washington, D.C., from 1949-1953, during which he also served as assistant chaplain at the National Training School for Boys, a federal correctional institution in Washington.
Fr. D’Alonzo was ordained on June 12, 1953. He served as prefect of discipline and a teacher at Fr. Baker High School in Lackawanna, N.Y., from 1953 to 1956. Fr. D’Alonzo earned a master’s degree in educational administration and sociology from Notre Dame in 1960. From 1956 to 1963, he served as vice principal and teacher at Notre Dame High School, Bridgeport, Conn., where he also was assistant superior. During that time, he also was a chaplain to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
From 1963 to 1965, Fr. D’Alonzo served as the Holy Cross brothers’ chaplain while he was pursing advanced studies in educational administration, supervision and psychology at Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y. Fr. D’Alonzo also was a part-time school counselor at Mt. Carmel School in the Bronx. He served as headmaster and religious superior at St. Peter’s High School, Gloucester, Mass., from 1965 to 1969.
From 1969 to 1971, Fr. D’Alonzo worked as a research assistant during his doctoral studies at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. From 1970 to 1971, he served as a counselor and chaplain at Ottawa Teachers’ College. He earned his Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Ottawa in 1978. From 1971 to 1981, Fr. D’Alonzo was dean of student affairs at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In 1982, he returned to Moreau Seminary to work with Old Collegians and from 1986-1989 was a member of the professed formation team. Fr. D’Alonzo served as chaplain in the Campus Ministry Program at Notre Dame and assisted in the Married Student’s Village. In 1986, he was appointed to serve as director of the Campus Bible Study. Fr. D’Alonzo also served on the parochial team helping in local parishes, particularly St. Peter’s Parish in LaPorte, Ind.
Fr. D’Alonzo also served as a counselor for student athletes. He was an assistant rector at Pangborn and Carroll Halls at Notre Dame from 1989 to 1994. He was a priest-in-residence at Carroll from 1994 to 1999 and moved back to Moreau Seminary in 1999. He moved to Holy Cross House in 2008. Fr. D’Alonzo celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination in 2013. In 1995, Fr. D’Alonzo was awarded the Distinguished American Award by the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Fr. D’Alonzo is survived by his brother, Frank; nieces Linda, Leonora and Kathy; nephews Frank Jr., Gary, Pete and Michael; and great-nieces and great-nephews, Nicole, Daniel, Christina, Michelle, Michelena, Felicia, Frank III, John, Matthew, Gabrielle and Michael.
Wednesday July 02 2014
Holy Cross Community Cemetery University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
