Fr. Sebastian's life was one of promise for the Province and the Order, which was tragically cut short in his thirty-fourth year. The son of John and Catherine Bohan, he joined the Order in his nineteenth year. During this period, this Province sent its Friars for formation to Washington, D.C. Ordained on May 10, 1918, he served for some time an Army chaplain at Camp Humphreys in Virginia. After four years of study in Washington, he went on to the Dominican University in Rome, the Angelicum, to study canon law. He received his degree in canon law after two years, and finally was able to work in this Province.
In 1922, the Dominicans in Portland, Oregon, took over the Christian Brothers College in their first effort in secondary education, renaming it Aquinas Commercial College and High School. Fr. Sebastian was called to teach the youth. The school was not doing well, so he served as principal, but only for one year. He also taught religion, Latin, Spanish and history there. He was very much devoted to his students. In order to combat the misconception that the teachers were priests who taught on the side, he and another friar took up residence in the school. Unfortunately this was not enough to bring the school back to life, and the Dominicans had to leave the school after five years of service.
Besides his teaching, he was known as an excellent preacher. He took advantage of the radio in his preaching, and was a regular on Monsignor Charles Smith's Catholic Hour. In 1926 he also became the vice-director of the Dominican Third Order. He died at Holy Rosary in 1928.
In 1922, the Dominicans in Portland, Oregon, took over the Christian Brothers College in their first effort in secondary education, renaming it Aquinas Commercial College and High School. Fr. Sebastian was called to teach the youth. The school was not doing well, so he served as principal, but only for one year. He also taught religion, Latin, Spanish and history there. He was very much devoted to his students. In order to combat the misconception that the teachers were priests who taught on the side, he and another friar took up residence in the school. Unfortunately this was not enough to bring the school back to life, and the Dominicans had to leave the school after five years of service.
Besides his teaching, he was known as an excellent preacher. He took advantage of the radio in his preaching, and was a regular on Monsignor Charles Smith's Catholic Hour. In 1926 he also became the vice-director of the Dominican Third Order. He died at Holy Rosary in 1928.
Fr. Sebastian's life was one of promise for the Province and the Order, which was tragically cut short in his thirty-fourth year. The son of John and Catherine Bohan, he joined the Order in his nineteenth year. During this period, this Province sent its Friars for formation to Washington, D.C. Ordained on May 10, 1918, he served for some time an Army chaplain at Camp Humphreys in Virginia. After four years of study in Washington, he went on to the Dominican University in Rome, the Angelicum, to study canon law. He received his degree in canon law after two years, and finally was able to work in this Province.
In 1922, the Dominicans in Portland, Oregon, took over the Christian Brothers College in their first effort in secondary education, renaming it Aquinas Commercial College and High School. Fr. Sebastian was called to teach the youth. The school was not doing well, so he served as principal, but only for one year. He also taught religion, Latin, Spanish and history there. He was very much devoted to his students. In order to combat the misconception that the teachers were priests who taught on the side, he and another friar took up residence in the school. Unfortunately this was not enough to bring the school back to life, and the Dominicans had to leave the school after five years of service.
Besides his teaching, he was known as an excellent preacher. He took advantage of the radio in his preaching, and was a regular on Monsignor Charles Smith's Catholic Hour. In 1926 he also became the vice-director of the Dominican Third Order. He died at Holy Rosary in 1928.
In 1922, the Dominicans in Portland, Oregon, took over the Christian Brothers College in their first effort in secondary education, renaming it Aquinas Commercial College and High School. Fr. Sebastian was called to teach the youth. The school was not doing well, so he served as principal, but only for one year. He also taught religion, Latin, Spanish and history there. He was very much devoted to his students. In order to combat the misconception that the teachers were priests who taught on the side, he and another friar took up residence in the school. Unfortunately this was not enough to bring the school back to life, and the Dominicans had to leave the school after five years of service.
Besides his teaching, he was known as an excellent preacher. He took advantage of the radio in his preaching, and was a regular on Monsignor Charles Smith's Catholic Hour. In 1926 he also became the vice-director of the Dominican Third Order. He died at Holy Rosary in 1928.
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