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Fr. Alread Isacsson of the Carmelite Order (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1932, d. Middletown, New York, 2011) was a High School teacher and Principal at St. Albert's Junior Seminary in Middletown, New York and at Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton, Florida. He was also a Parochial Vicar and Pastor at Transfiguration Church in Tarrytown, New York. Fr. Isacsson drew upon the Carmelite Archives in a number of articles, papers and books that explored the Carmelite relationship of the Irish independence movement in the early 20th century.

Rosalie Isaly (b. Chicago, Illinois, 1943) was born into a family in the Chicago funeral parlor business. Her father was John Louis O'Hanley who took over operations from his father. One of seven children raised on the South Side, she attended Loyola College and studied art in Perugia, Italy, and French in Paris. After working in advertising and marketing in Chicago, she moved to New York where she raised her children and worked as an art teacher.