Timeline:

Born September 18, 1930, Washington, D.C. His parents: Louis F. Schwartz and Cedelia A. Bourassa.

1936 - 1944--Holy Name Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

1944 - 1948--St. Charles Minor Seminary in Catonsville, Maryland.

1948 - 1952--Maryknoll College, B.A. Degree, Lakewood, New Jersey and Glen Ellen, Illinois.

1953 - 1957--Theology Degree, Louvain University, Belgium.

June 29, 1957--Ordination to the Priesthood in St. Martin's Church, Washington, D.C. Bishop McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington.

December 8, 1957--Arrived in Korea; Incardinated in the Diocese of Busan, Korea.

January 20, 1958--Afflicted with hepatitis; returned to U.S. for recuperation.

1959 - 1961--Toured U.S. and Europe with Korean Bishop to raise money for the missions.

March 1961--Established Korean Relief, Inc., fundraising Operation in Washington, D.C.

December 1961-- Returned to Korea to begin again his Missionary Work.

June 1962--Appointed Pastor of Song-do Parish in Busan, Korea.

1963 - 1969--Initiated Operation Hanky Self-help Embroidery Program in Busan, Korea which employed 3,000 slum dwellers.

August 15, 1964--Founded the Sisters of Mary in Busan, Korea, (Originally called the Mariahwe Sisters, a Religious group now numbering 300 Sisters working in Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil.)

August 15, 1964--Started family-unit orphan program in Busan, Korea; accepted first group of orphans.

September 1966--Opened first dispensary in slums in Amni-Dong in Busan, Korea.

January 1967--Opened two more slum dispensaries in Anam-Dong and Bosudong in Busan, Korea.

October, 1967--Resigned as pastor to work full time with Orphan Program.

December, 1968--Built Amni-Dong Free Middle School for children in Busan, Korea.

July 1969--Took over operation of Kuhoso Sanatorium in Busan, Korea now serving 75 TB patients.

October 1969--Built Amnamdong School in Busan, Korea; intended to be a middle school for boys in Busan and became first Boystown Program.

April 10, 1970--Accepted 300 vagrant boys and greatly expanded Boystown program.

October 25, 1970--Built Sisters of Mary Mercy Hospital in Busan, Korea; 120-bed full-service hospital totally free for the poor.

1972 - 1976--Built Elementary School, Middle School, Technical High School in Busan, Korea. (All future Boystown\Girlstown Programs would include a fully-accredited school program.)

January 1, 1975--Inauguration of the Boystown Program in Seoul, Korea.

July 1978--Inauguration of the Girlstown Program in Busan, Korea. (The Boystown\Girlstown Programs in Korea at full capacity serves 3,000 orphans.)

January 6, 1981--Began program for 400 severely retarded children in Seoul, Korea.

January 6, 1981--Took over care of 1,800 destitute and homeless men from the City of Seoul, Korea.

May 10, 1981--Founded the Society of the Brothers of Christ Religious Order who care for the homeless men in Seoul, Korea.

June 29, 1982--Built second Sisters of Mary Doty Memorial Hospital in Seoul, Korea; 120 bed full-service hospital totally free for the poor.

June 29, 1982--25th Anniversary of Fr. Al's Ordination to Priesthood.

February 12, 1985--Arrived in Manila at invitation of Jamie Cardinal Sin to begin Boystown\Girlstown Program in Manila, Philippines.

1985 to 1992--Began Medical Program for 2,000 destitute tuberculosis patients in Manila, Philippines; Sisters of Mary operated the Charity Pavilion at Quezon Institute until the facility was closed by the government.

August 15, 1986--Inauguration of the Girlstown\Boystown Program in Manila, Philippines; at full capacity serves 3,500 children.

October, 1989--Diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).

February 1, 1990--Elevated to Right Reverend Monsignor; Investiture ceremony in Manila, Philippines.

August 23, 1990--Inauguration of the Girlstown Program, Talisay in Cebu, Philippines; at full capacity serves 3,000 girls.

September 12, 1990--Sisters of Mary arrived in Mexico to begin Boystown\Girlstown Program in Chalco, Mexico.

October 1, 1990--Father Al Celebrated 60th birthday in Busan, Korea; 1,000 graduates returned for celebration.

July 23, 1991--Inauguration of the Boystown Program in Silang, Cavite, Philippines; at full capacity serves 3,000 boys.

October 7, 1991--Inauguration of the Boystown\Girlstown Program in Chalco, Mexico; at full capacity serves 3,000 youngsters.

March 16, 1992--Father Aloysius Schwartz died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), Manila, Philippines, a few hours after naming Sister Michaela Kim of the Sisters of Mary as his successor.