Daniel Calvo

CALVO
It has pleased God to call to Himself our Brother Daniel Calvo, S.M., who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin on December 15, 2010 at the Marianist Residence, San Antonio, Texas, in the 89th year of his age and the 71st year of his religious profession. Daniel Calvo Martin was the second of three sons born to Eustaquio Calvo and Cunegunda Martin Calvo on October 13, 1922 in the city of Villusto (Burgos), Spain. He was educated in the Santa Maria parish school before entering the postulate at Escoriaza (Guipuzcoa). The year the Spanish Civil War ended he moved to the novitiate in Elorrio (Segovia). A year later on July 10, 1940 he professed his final vows.
After completing his scholasticate studies in Segovia and Madrid, he began a teaching career that would span five countries on five continents. His first four years were spent in Tetuan, Morocco and in 1947 he returned to his native soil, at Cadiz, for another four years. He professed final vows August 22, 1946, at Escoriaza. In 1951 he crossed the Atlantic and spent a year learning English at Maryhurst in Kirkwood, Missouri. At that time many Brothers knew of his heartfelt opposition to the current regime in his country. From the United States, he crossed the Pacific Ocean to St. Joseph International School in Yokohama, Japan. He was there for ten years (1952-62) and later returned for an even longer stay in 1983. The plans for closing the school became difficult for him to bear and he left Japan in 1996. He spent a year in the second Novitiate in Glencoe, Missouri between his first Japanese assignment and his eleven years (1963-74) in Peru, at Lima and at Chimbote, where he was Director. He became a member of the St. Louis province in 1963. After two years assignment to Madrid, Spain, he returned to the United States for assignments at Vianney High School in Kirkwood and Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. After his second Yokohama stay, he returned to Moeller for two years and after some months studying French in Fribourg, Switzerland, he arrived in San Antonio, Texas in 1998. He lived in the Marianist Residence and engaged in volunteer work, teaching Spanish at Holy Rosary parish school. He lived for a brief time period at Holy Rosary but was subsequently reassigned to the Marianist Residence in June 2002. Though he was diminutive in size and a world traveler, he was always ready for another activity relating to his students. He had written from Yokohama in 1995: "I feel happy here enjoying the company, devotedness and gratitude of my students and their parents. Thank God, I feel very young no matter to be on the way to 73, rich in initiatives and try to be not behind the changing times."
While he lived at the Marianist Residence, Brother always tried to improve his English by reading the New York Times newspaper. He enjoyed walking and during pecan season, he could be found on the campus gathering nuts that had fallen to the ground in and around Pecan Grove. He managed to fill several gallon bags at a time and give them to the kitchen or staff members. He desired to return to Spain for a brief visit but his increased dementia and diabetes limited his ability to travel. Brother Calvo is survived by a brother, Maximino; sisters-in-law: Florencia Martinez and Lucia Rodrigo; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives, all from Spain. Rosary will be recited Friday at 7:00 P.M. in the Marianist Residence Chapel. Funeral Mass will be offered Saturday at 11:00 A.M. in the Marianist Residence Chapel. Interment will follow in the Marianist Cemetery. Arrangements by: