St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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S ' c Jxev. Thomas UtReagan Slea J asto ' i ■me ' iitus Reverend Thomas O ' Reagan Rea was born in Charles- ville, County Cork, Ireland on February 24, 1871. His early studies were in Christian Schools and he studied at All Hallows a Jesuit College in Dublin. He was ordained at St. Vincent Seminary on May 19, 1894 by the Most Reverend Richard Phelan, D.D. On June 11, 1894 he was appointed assistant at St. Peter ' s, McKees- port, Pa. On January 4, 1900 he was appointed to St. Augustine, Cambria County. On July 18, 1901 he was appointed as the first pastor of St. Cecilia ' s, Glassport, Pa. On June 27, 1912 he was appointed Pastor of St. Peter ' s, McKeesport, Pa. On July 9, 1931 he was appointed pastor of St. Mary of the Mount, Pittsburgh, Pa. He retired due to ill health on June 26, 1952. At this writing Father Rea is a patient at Providence Hospital, Beaver Falls, Pa. ax

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Jvev. Gliomas iJi. C ullivan y.astoi The Reverend Thomas A. Sullivan was born in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh on July 1, 1902, the son of the late Thomas A. and Margaret Nixon Sullivan. He received his early education in St. Rosalia ' s School, and his secondary and collegiate education at Duquesne Uni- versity. His theological course was obtained in St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pa. where he was ordained by the Most Reverend Hugh C. Boyle, on the 16th of June, 1929. He was appointed Assistant to the late Father Malady at Holy Rosary Church, Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pa. on August 1st, 1929, where he remained until his appoint- ment as pastor at St. Aloysius Church, Dimbar, Pa. on August 28, 1946. With the death of Father Leen at Eliza- beth, Pennsylvania, Father Sullivan was appointed pastor of St. Michael ' s, Elizabeth on February 26, 1948. He came to St. Maiy of the Mount on June 26, 1952. ita