Background
Moholy, Noel Francis was born on May 26, 1916 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of John Joseph and Eva Gertrude (Cippa) Moholy.
Moholy, Noel Francis was born on May 26, 1916 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of John Joseph and Eva Gertrude (Cippa) Moholy.
Graduate, St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara. STB, Faculte de Theologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1944. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Faculte de Theologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1945.
STD, Faculte de Theologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1948.
Joined Franciscan Friars, 1935. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1941. Teacher fundamental theology Old Mission Santa Barbara, 1942—1943, sacred theology, 1947—1958.
Teacher languages St. Anthony's Seminary, 1943—1944. American administrator (handling affairs of the cause in the United States) Cause of Padre Junipero Serra, 1950—1955, vice postulator, from 1958. Retreat master San Damiano Retreat, Danville, California, 1964—1967.
Member Annual Assay Commission United States Mint, 1964. Occupied numerous pulpits, assisted in several Franciscan Retreat Houses. Conductor series illustrated lecturers on cause of canonization of Padre Junipero Serra to students of all Franciscan study houses in the United States, summer 1952.
Also speaker in field at various clubs of Serra International in the United States, Europe and Far East. On NBC in documentary with Edwin Newman, Padre Serra, Founding Father, 85. Public Broadcasting Service on Firing Line with William F. Buckley: Junipero Serra-Saint or Sinner, 89.
Columbia Broadcasting System, ABC broadcasts and conducted own local television series. National and international authority on Saint Irenaeus, mariology, California history (particularly history of Father Serra).
President California Bicentennial Celebration Commission, 1967—1970. Member Building Committee for Restoration History Towers and Facade of Old Mission Santa Barbara, 1950—1953. Executive director, treasurer Old Mission Restoration Project, 1954—1958.
Member California History Landmarks Advisory Committee, 1967—1970. President Serra Bicentennial commission, 1983—1986. Director Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara, Inc., 1950—1958.
President Father Junipero Serra 250th Anniversary Association, Inc., from 1964. Member of California Missions Study Association, Associacion de los Amigos de Padre Serra, Native Sons Golden West, Mariol. Society of America, Knights of Columbus.