Father Philip Dennis Brady died suddenly on June 27, 1973 while visiting with his family in Lynn, Massachusetts. Following services at St. Mary Church in Lynn, at St. Anthony of Padua in New Orleans, and at Holy Ghost in Hammond, he was buried on July 2, at the Rosaryville Cemetery in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Father Brady was born on December 9, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven children. After attending local public and parochial grade schools, he graduated from St. Mary High School in Lynn and then studied at Boston College where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in education in 1938. He entered the Dominican Order in Springfield, Kentucky, and made his first profession there on October 13, 1939. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he was ordained to the priesthood on March 23, 1945.
His first assignment was to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1950, he was sent to Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, where he served both as associate pastor and as an instructor of Philosophy and Theology for the Dominican Sisters in Rosaryville. He spent a total of fourteen years in Hammond as pastor and superior, as vicar forane for the Hammond Deanery and as director of the Newman Association at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also supervised the construction of St. Albert's Catholic Student Center.
In 1964 Father Brady served for a year as an associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following year he was named director of the Newman Center at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, while he also worked to complete requirements for a master's degree in philosophy from the Aquinas Institute in River Forest, Illinois.
In 1966 Father Brady moved to St. Margaret Church in Boyce, Louisiana, as pastor and superior until 1969, when he devoted a year to specialized studies in counseling at Andover-Newton Theological Center. Upon completion of these studies, he was assigned as chaplain and student counselor to St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served until the time of his death.
Father Brady was born on December 9, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven children. After attending local public and parochial grade schools, he graduated from St. Mary High School in Lynn and then studied at Boston College where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in education in 1938. He entered the Dominican Order in Springfield, Kentucky, and made his first profession there on October 13, 1939. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he was ordained to the priesthood on March 23, 1945.
His first assignment was to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1950, he was sent to Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, where he served both as associate pastor and as an instructor of Philosophy and Theology for the Dominican Sisters in Rosaryville. He spent a total of fourteen years in Hammond as pastor and superior, as vicar forane for the Hammond Deanery and as director of the Newman Association at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also supervised the construction of St. Albert's Catholic Student Center.
In 1964 Father Brady served for a year as an associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following year he was named director of the Newman Center at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, while he also worked to complete requirements for a master's degree in philosophy from the Aquinas Institute in River Forest, Illinois.
In 1966 Father Brady moved to St. Margaret Church in Boyce, Louisiana, as pastor and superior until 1969, when he devoted a year to specialized studies in counseling at Andover-Newton Theological Center. Upon completion of these studies, he was assigned as chaplain and student counselor to St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served until the time of his death.
Father Philip Dennis Brady died suddenly on June 27, 1973 while visiting with his family in Lynn, Massachusetts. Following services at St. Mary Church in Lynn, at St. Anthony of Padua in New Orleans, and at Holy Ghost in Hammond, he was buried on July 2, at the Rosaryville Cemetery in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
Father Brady was born on December 9, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven children. After attending local public and parochial grade schools, he graduated from St. Mary High School in Lynn and then studied at Boston College where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in education in 1938. He entered the Dominican Order in Springfield, Kentucky, and made his first profession there on October 13, 1939. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he was ordained to the priesthood on March 23, 1945.
His first assignment was to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1950, he was sent to Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, where he served both as associate pastor and as an instructor of Philosophy and Theology for the Dominican Sisters in Rosaryville. He spent a total of fourteen years in Hammond as pastor and superior, as vicar forane for the Hammond Deanery and as director of the Newman Association at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also supervised the construction of St. Albert's Catholic Student Center.
In 1964 Father Brady served for a year as an associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following year he was named director of the Newman Center at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, while he also worked to complete requirements for a master's degree in philosophy from the Aquinas Institute in River Forest, Illinois.
In 1966 Father Brady moved to St. Margaret Church in Boyce, Louisiana, as pastor and superior until 1969, when he devoted a year to specialized studies in counseling at Andover-Newton Theological Center. Upon completion of these studies, he was assigned as chaplain and student counselor to St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served until the time of his death.
Father Brady was born on December 9, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven children. After attending local public and parochial grade schools, he graduated from St. Mary High School in Lynn and then studied at Boston College where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in education in 1938. He entered the Dominican Order in Springfield, Kentucky, and made his first profession there on October 13, 1939. Philosophical and theological studies followed at the House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, where he was ordained to the priesthood on March 23, 1945.
His first assignment was to St. Albert the Great Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1950, he was sent to Holy Ghost Parish in Hammond, Louisiana, where he served both as associate pastor and as an instructor of Philosophy and Theology for the Dominican Sisters in Rosaryville. He spent a total of fourteen years in Hammond as pastor and superior, as vicar forane for the Hammond Deanery and as director of the Newman Association at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also supervised the construction of St. Albert's Catholic Student Center.
In 1964 Father Brady served for a year as an associate at Holy Rosary Parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following year he was named director of the Newman Center at Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, while he also worked to complete requirements for a master's degree in philosophy from the Aquinas Institute in River Forest, Illinois.
In 1966 Father Brady moved to St. Margaret Church in Boyce, Louisiana, as pastor and superior until 1969, when he devoted a year to specialized studies in counseling at Andover-Newton Theological Center. Upon completion of these studies, he was assigned as chaplain and student counselor to St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served until the time of his death.
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