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Birth:          6 Oct 1966 Darby, Pa.
Christening:    30 Oct 1966 St. Charles Borromeo Church, Drexel Hill, Pa.
Death:          27 Sep 2018 Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Burial:         2 Oct 2018 Calvary Cemetery, Conshohocken, Pa.

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SCUDERI, OSA. REV. MICHAEL R.

Passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018; a member of St. Thomas of Villanova 
Monastery, Villanova, PA and formerly parochial vicar at St. Rita of Cascia, 
Philadelphia, PA. He is survived by his parents Samuel F. Scuderi and Carmel A. (nee 
Brescia) Scuderi, sister Denise Farrell (Tom), brother Sam (Danielle) Scuderi, nieces 
Samantha, Grace, Giovanna, nephews Nick, TJ, Zachary, Gussy, Alex, Noah and his 
Augustinian brothers. Relatives and friends are invited to a Viewing on Monday, 
October 1, 2018 beginning at 6:00 P.M. to 7:20 P.M. in the Church of St. Thomas of 
Villanova on the campus of Villanova Univer-sity, Villanova, PA, followed by a Funeral 
Mass at 7:30 P.M. The burial will be on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 10:30 A.M. in the 
Augustinian plot at Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken. In lieu of flowers, the 
Augustinian Community requests that donations be made in Fr. Scuderi's memory to 
The Augustinian Fund, Care of Sick and Elderly, P.O. Box 340, Villanova, PA 19085. 
STRETCH OF HAVERTOWN www.stretchfuneralhome.com
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - Sunday, September 30, 2018

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Michael R. Scuderi, O.S.A.
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1966 – 2018 (September 27)
Michael Ralph Scuderi was born on October 6, 1966, in Darby, Pennsylvania, the 
older of two sons and one daughter of Samuel F. Scuderi and Carmel Ann Brescia. He 
was baptized at Saint Charles Borromeo Church, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on October 
30, 1966 and attended Evans Elementary School, Yeadon, Pa., Yeadon Junior High 
School and Haverford High School. He studied at Villanova University from 1985-1989 
where he earned a degree in Commerce and Finance, specializing in Marketing. 
During that time, he worked, first as manager at a pizzeria, then in the accounting 
department of a medical systems company in Malvern, Pa., and finally for Mercy 
Health Systems in Darby, Pa.

Michael entered the pre-novitiate program of the Province at Augustinian College, 
Washington, D.C. where he began studies at the Washington Theological Union. He 
was received into the Order as a novice on August 15th, 2002, in Racine, Wisconsin. 
After completing his novitiate year, he professed simple vows on August 10, 2003 at 
Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, Villanova.

Following profession, he continued his theological studies in Washington until 2007. 
He professed solemn vows on October 4th of that year, and completed his MDiv 
degree in Chicago, Illinois, at Chicago Theological Union. He was ordained to the 
priesthood on October 24, 2009, at Saint Rita of Cascia Shrine, Philadelphia, by 
Bishop Louis De Simone, an Affiliate of the Order and Auxiliary Bishop of the 
Archdiocese of Philadelphia. 

Father Scuderi was assigned in April of 2009 as parochial vicar at Saint Rita of Cascia 
Parish and Shrine and was appointed treasurer of the local community. Due to health 
concerns, he was transferred to Saint Thomas of Villanova Monastery, Villanova, on 
August 1, 2015. While there, he continued his priestly ministry with the Handicapped 
Encounter Christ Group (HEC), assisting in vocational ministry and celebrating Mass at 
the Holy Child Convent for retired and infirm Sisters of the Holy Child.   

For almost the entirety of his life, Father Michael suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and 
was in constant pain. Possessed of a strong will, much patience and a strong religious 
attitude, he nonetheless strove to live and to minister with a positive spirit and good 
humor and in this way was a source of encouragement to many others.

Following innumerable hospitalizations, procedures and operations, Father Michael 
passed over to the Lord in the early hours of September 27, 2018 at Bryn Mawr 
Hospital, surrounded by his parents and siblings. He was 51 years old and had been a 
professed religious for fifteen years and a priest for eight. He was survived by his 
parents, a brother and a sister and many nieces and nephews.

 Father Michael’s Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday evening, October 1, 2019 
in Saint Thomas of Villanova Church, Villanova by Father Joseph Farrell, O.S.A., Vicar 
General, the brother of Father Michael’s brother-in-law. Father Joseph Genito, O.S.A. 
preached the homily. Burial took place the following morning in the Augustinian Plot of 
Clavary Cemetery, West Conshohocken.

Parents
SCUDERI Samuel F. ()
BRESCIA Carmel A. ()

Siblings
SCUDERI Michael Ralph (6 Oct 1966 - 27 Sep 2018)
SCUDERI Denise ()
SCUDERI Samuel M. ()

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