Rev. Thomas Kenealy S.J., age 84, beloved son of the late Thomas L. and Helen Massa Kenealy; dear brother of Helen Frances(Donald) Diemer and the late Ella Nieto. Visitation Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave (at Loyola Ave.), Chicago, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 p.m. Interment service will be held on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. in the Interment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Road), Des Plaines. Memorial gifts may be made to Jesuit Missions or Jesuit Partnership, 2059 N. Sedgwick Street, Chicago, IL 60614. Visit www.Jesuits-Chi.org/ publications/tributes.htm to sign guestbook and viewfull text of obituary. For information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home, 773-764-1617.
A native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
∼Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ
Chicago, IL
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, chaplain, retreat director, and Jesuit priest a native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
After his ordination, Fr. Kenealy worked at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago for one year as a minister and treasurer before being assigned to Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he served as an instructor in theology for three years. In 1964 he was assigned to serve as director of the Junior Brothers Training Program in Milford, OH, a position he held for three years. He went on to earn his S.T.D. in 1972 from The Catholic University of America. Fr. Kenealy was then assigned to serve in Rome as an instructor and chaplain for the Irish Christian Brother's Tertianship. Fr. Paul Robb, SJ, entered the Jesuits with Fr. Kenealy and remembers him fondly, "He was always searching for something more to serve the greater glory of God. That's what made him a great Jesuit."
While serving in Rome, Fr. Kenealy's pastoral gifts became evident and were put to use through many assignments as a chaplain. In 1973 he was assigned to serve as chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. In 1977 Fr. Kenealy was assigned to serve as the director of pastoral care at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, IN.
After five years at St. Catherine's he was assigned to serve as chaplain of the Westlake Community Hospital in Melrose Park, IL. Beginning in 1990 he served as a traveling retreat director and served retreatants across the country. In 1992 he served as a chaplain at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL. After two years in Palos Heights he moved to Moncks Corner, SC, where he lived and worked with the Trappist Monks. In 1995, after spending a year with the Trappist Monks, he joined the Canisius House community and served the pastoral needs of the Carmelite Sisters in Des Plaines, IL. In 2006, after a short stint recovering at Colombiere Center, he was assigned to serve as a chaplain to The Handmaids of the Precious Blood in Lake Villa, IL. Fr. Ray Baumhart, SJ, who was a year ahead of Fr. Kenealy in the novitiate, commends him for his selfless devotion to others, "Tom had an excellent work ethic, he could have stayed at Colombiere (the Jesuit retirement community) and retired after he finished recovering from an ailment, but he insisted on coming back and going back to work for the sisters. He knew that there is a shortage of priests and that he was needed."
Fr. Daniel Flaherty, SJ, who served as Fr. Kenealy's local superior, saw his friend as a model Jesuit: "From St. Ignatius's standpoint, Fr. Kenealy was the ideal Jesuit in the sense that he did whatever needed to be done. He was not a classroom teacher, but he taught at the high school and college levels. He served as a hospital chaplain and director of pastoral care, was a spiritual director, and gave retreats. In the old Jesuit catalogs, which were all in Latin, we had a category called operarius, meaning "worker," and that was what Tom was. He served wherever there was a need. He was wonderful with people—he had a great heart and was a warm person. And that is what Ignatius had in mind."
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ, is survived by his sister Helen Frances Diemer (Donald).
Visitation will be held on Wed. August 30th from 3 PM to 7 PM at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave. (at Loyola Ave.) followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 PM. Internment service will be held on Thursday August 31st, at 10 AM in the Internment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Rd.) Des Plaines. For more information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home (773) 764-1617.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Jesuit Partnership or the Jesuit International Missions by writing or calling:Chicago Development Office: Cincinnati Development Office:
2059 N. Sedgwick St. 607 Sycamore St.
Chicago, IL 60614 Cincinnati, OH 45202
773-975-8181 513-751-6688
A native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
∼Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ
Chicago, IL
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, chaplain, retreat director, and Jesuit priest a native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
After his ordination, Fr. Kenealy worked at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago for one year as a minister and treasurer before being assigned to Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he served as an instructor in theology for three years. In 1964 he was assigned to serve as director of the Junior Brothers Training Program in Milford, OH, a position he held for three years. He went on to earn his S.T.D. in 1972 from The Catholic University of America. Fr. Kenealy was then assigned to serve in Rome as an instructor and chaplain for the Irish Christian Brother's Tertianship. Fr. Paul Robb, SJ, entered the Jesuits with Fr. Kenealy and remembers him fondly, "He was always searching for something more to serve the greater glory of God. That's what made him a great Jesuit."
While serving in Rome, Fr. Kenealy's pastoral gifts became evident and were put to use through many assignments as a chaplain. In 1973 he was assigned to serve as chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. In 1977 Fr. Kenealy was assigned to serve as the director of pastoral care at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, IN.
After five years at St. Catherine's he was assigned to serve as chaplain of the Westlake Community Hospital in Melrose Park, IL. Beginning in 1990 he served as a traveling retreat director and served retreatants across the country. In 1992 he served as a chaplain at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL. After two years in Palos Heights he moved to Moncks Corner, SC, where he lived and worked with the Trappist Monks. In 1995, after spending a year with the Trappist Monks, he joined the Canisius House community and served the pastoral needs of the Carmelite Sisters in Des Plaines, IL. In 2006, after a short stint recovering at Colombiere Center, he was assigned to serve as a chaplain to The Handmaids of the Precious Blood in Lake Villa, IL. Fr. Ray Baumhart, SJ, who was a year ahead of Fr. Kenealy in the novitiate, commends him for his selfless devotion to others, "Tom had an excellent work ethic, he could have stayed at Colombiere (the Jesuit retirement community) and retired after he finished recovering from an ailment, but he insisted on coming back and going back to work for the sisters. He knew that there is a shortage of priests and that he was needed."
Fr. Daniel Flaherty, SJ, who served as Fr. Kenealy's local superior, saw his friend as a model Jesuit: "From St. Ignatius's standpoint, Fr. Kenealy was the ideal Jesuit in the sense that he did whatever needed to be done. He was not a classroom teacher, but he taught at the high school and college levels. He served as a hospital chaplain and director of pastoral care, was a spiritual director, and gave retreats. In the old Jesuit catalogs, which were all in Latin, we had a category called operarius, meaning "worker," and that was what Tom was. He served wherever there was a need. He was wonderful with people—he had a great heart and was a warm person. And that is what Ignatius had in mind."
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ, is survived by his sister Helen Frances Diemer (Donald).
Visitation will be held on Wed. August 30th from 3 PM to 7 PM at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave. (at Loyola Ave.) followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 PM. Internment service will be held on Thursday August 31st, at 10 AM in the Internment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Rd.) Des Plaines. For more information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home (773) 764-1617.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Jesuit Partnership or the Jesuit International Missions by writing or calling:Chicago Development Office: Cincinnati Development Office:
2059 N. Sedgwick St. 607 Sycamore St.
Chicago, IL 60614 Cincinnati, OH 45202
773-975-8181 513-751-6688
Rev. Thomas Kenealy S.J., age 84, beloved son of the late Thomas L. and Helen Massa Kenealy; dear brother of Helen Frances(Donald) Diemer and the late Ella Nieto. Visitation Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave (at Loyola Ave.), Chicago, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 p.m. Interment service will be held on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. in the Interment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Road), Des Plaines. Memorial gifts may be made to Jesuit Missions or Jesuit Partnership, 2059 N. Sedgwick Street, Chicago, IL 60614. Visit www.Jesuits-Chi.org/ publications/tributes.htm to sign guestbook and viewfull text of obituary. For information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home, 773-764-1617.
A native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
∼Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ
Chicago, IL
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, chaplain, retreat director, and Jesuit priest a native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
After his ordination, Fr. Kenealy worked at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago for one year as a minister and treasurer before being assigned to Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he served as an instructor in theology for three years. In 1964 he was assigned to serve as director of the Junior Brothers Training Program in Milford, OH, a position he held for three years. He went on to earn his S.T.D. in 1972 from The Catholic University of America. Fr. Kenealy was then assigned to serve in Rome as an instructor and chaplain for the Irish Christian Brother's Tertianship. Fr. Paul Robb, SJ, entered the Jesuits with Fr. Kenealy and remembers him fondly, "He was always searching for something more to serve the greater glory of God. That's what made him a great Jesuit."
While serving in Rome, Fr. Kenealy's pastoral gifts became evident and were put to use through many assignments as a chaplain. In 1973 he was assigned to serve as chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. In 1977 Fr. Kenealy was assigned to serve as the director of pastoral care at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, IN.
After five years at St. Catherine's he was assigned to serve as chaplain of the Westlake Community Hospital in Melrose Park, IL. Beginning in 1990 he served as a traveling retreat director and served retreatants across the country. In 1992 he served as a chaplain at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL. After two years in Palos Heights he moved to Moncks Corner, SC, where he lived and worked with the Trappist Monks. In 1995, after spending a year with the Trappist Monks, he joined the Canisius House community and served the pastoral needs of the Carmelite Sisters in Des Plaines, IL. In 2006, after a short stint recovering at Colombiere Center, he was assigned to serve as a chaplain to The Handmaids of the Precious Blood in Lake Villa, IL. Fr. Ray Baumhart, SJ, who was a year ahead of Fr. Kenealy in the novitiate, commends him for his selfless devotion to others, "Tom had an excellent work ethic, he could have stayed at Colombiere (the Jesuit retirement community) and retired after he finished recovering from an ailment, but he insisted on coming back and going back to work for the sisters. He knew that there is a shortage of priests and that he was needed."
Fr. Daniel Flaherty, SJ, who served as Fr. Kenealy's local superior, saw his friend as a model Jesuit: "From St. Ignatius's standpoint, Fr. Kenealy was the ideal Jesuit in the sense that he did whatever needed to be done. He was not a classroom teacher, but he taught at the high school and college levels. He served as a hospital chaplain and director of pastoral care, was a spiritual director, and gave retreats. In the old Jesuit catalogs, which were all in Latin, we had a category called operarius, meaning "worker," and that was what Tom was. He served wherever there was a need. He was wonderful with people—he had a great heart and was a warm person. And that is what Ignatius had in mind."
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ, is survived by his sister Helen Frances Diemer (Donald).
Visitation will be held on Wed. August 30th from 3 PM to 7 PM at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave. (at Loyola Ave.) followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 PM. Internment service will be held on Thursday August 31st, at 10 AM in the Internment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Rd.) Des Plaines. For more information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home (773) 764-1617.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Jesuit Partnership or the Jesuit International Missions by writing or calling:Chicago Development Office: Cincinnati Development Office:
2059 N. Sedgwick St. 607 Sycamore St.
Chicago, IL 60614 Cincinnati, OH 45202
773-975-8181 513-751-6688
A native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
∼Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ
Chicago, IL
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, chaplain, retreat director, and Jesuit priest a native of Cincinnati, OH, he attended grade school at St. Francis de Sales and St. Mark before attending Purcell High School. After high school he joined the Air Force and served in the armored infantry and engineers divisions from 1942 to 1946. He also attended Vanderbilt University for one year before going abroad to study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In 1947 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at the Milford novitiate in Milford, OH. During his Jesuit studies he earned an A.B. in history and Latin in 1952, and an M.A. in history and philosophy from in 1957 from Loyola University Chicago. He also received a Ph.L from West Baden College in 1953, as well as an S.T.L. in 1959. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1958.
After his ordination, Fr. Kenealy worked at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago for one year as a minister and treasurer before being assigned to Xavier University in Cincinnati, where he served as an instructor in theology for three years. In 1964 he was assigned to serve as director of the Junior Brothers Training Program in Milford, OH, a position he held for three years. He went on to earn his S.T.D. in 1972 from The Catholic University of America. Fr. Kenealy was then assigned to serve in Rome as an instructor and chaplain for the Irish Christian Brother's Tertianship. Fr. Paul Robb, SJ, entered the Jesuits with Fr. Kenealy and remembers him fondly, "He was always searching for something more to serve the greater glory of God. That's what made him a great Jesuit."
While serving in Rome, Fr. Kenealy's pastoral gifts became evident and were put to use through many assignments as a chaplain. In 1973 he was assigned to serve as chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. In 1977 Fr. Kenealy was assigned to serve as the director of pastoral care at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, IN.
After five years at St. Catherine's he was assigned to serve as chaplain of the Westlake Community Hospital in Melrose Park, IL. Beginning in 1990 he served as a traveling retreat director and served retreatants across the country. In 1992 he served as a chaplain at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL. After two years in Palos Heights he moved to Moncks Corner, SC, where he lived and worked with the Trappist Monks. In 1995, after spending a year with the Trappist Monks, he joined the Canisius House community and served the pastoral needs of the Carmelite Sisters in Des Plaines, IL. In 2006, after a short stint recovering at Colombiere Center, he was assigned to serve as a chaplain to The Handmaids of the Precious Blood in Lake Villa, IL. Fr. Ray Baumhart, SJ, who was a year ahead of Fr. Kenealy in the novitiate, commends him for his selfless devotion to others, "Tom had an excellent work ethic, he could have stayed at Colombiere (the Jesuit retirement community) and retired after he finished recovering from an ailment, but he insisted on coming back and going back to work for the sisters. He knew that there is a shortage of priests and that he was needed."
Fr. Daniel Flaherty, SJ, who served as Fr. Kenealy's local superior, saw his friend as a model Jesuit: "From St. Ignatius's standpoint, Fr. Kenealy was the ideal Jesuit in the sense that he did whatever needed to be done. He was not a classroom teacher, but he taught at the high school and college levels. He served as a hospital chaplain and director of pastoral care, was a spiritual director, and gave retreats. In the old Jesuit catalogs, which were all in Latin, we had a category called operarius, meaning "worker," and that was what Tom was. He served wherever there was a need. He was wonderful with people—he had a great heart and was a warm person. And that is what Ignatius had in mind."
Fr. Thomas L. Kenealy, SJ, is survived by his sister Helen Frances Diemer (Donald).
Visitation will be held on Wed. August 30th from 3 PM to 7 PM at St. Ignatius Church, 6559 N. Glenwood Ave. (at Loyola Ave.) followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 7:30 PM. Internment service will be held on Thursday August 31st, at 10 AM in the Internment Chapel at All Saints Cemetery, (between Golf and Central Rd.) Des Plaines. For more information please call John E. Maloney Funeral Home (773) 764-1617.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Jesuit Partnership or the Jesuit International Missions by writing or calling:Chicago Development Office: Cincinnati Development Office:
2059 N. Sedgwick St. 607 Sycamore St.
Chicago, IL 60614 Cincinnati, OH 45202
773-975-8181 513-751-6688
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