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Fr William Dominic Brady

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Fr William Dominic Brady

Birth
Death
15 Aug 1999 (aged 87)
Burial
Rosaryville, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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William Joseph Brady was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 23, 1912, to William M. Brady and Gertrude May McCutchin, and was baptized at St. Patrick Church in Madison on the following August 4. He was educated at St. Patrick Grade School; Edgewood High School, Madison; Columbia College, Dubuque; and at the University of Wisconsin, from where he received his BA.

Brady made his novitiate, receiving the religious name of Dominic, at St. Rose Priory in Kentucky and was professed there on August 16, 1936. After joining St. Albert the Great Province, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Bernard J. Sheil at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, River Forest, Illinois, on June 11, 1942. He received his lectorate in yheology with his dissertation on "The Mystery of Faith" from the Studium Generale, River Forest in 1943, and a Ph.D. with the dissertation: "An Analytical Study of Counseling" from the Catholic University of America in May of 1952.

After serving on the faculty of Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, his principal ministry was teaching Theology, Philosophy and Education between 1948 and 1980, in Colleges and Universities, such as Aquinas Institute and Rosary College (River Forest), St. Catherine College (St. Paul, Minnesota), Loretto Heights College (Denver, Colorado), St. Teresa College (Winona, Minnesota), and St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas) where he became a full professor in 1975. At various terms between 1951 and 1968, he also was a visiting professor at a number of institutions, such as Loras College and Clarke College (Dubuque, Iowa), University of Notre Dame, St. Xavier College (Chicago, Illinois), St. Mary's College (Leavenworth, Kansas), and Catholic University of America.

In 1979, while at St. Edward's University, Dominic joined the new St. Martin de Porres Province. While on various faculties, he also often served as chaplain for religious sisters. In 1980 he became chaplain for the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary at Rosaryville, Louisiana, and the following year for the St. Mary's Dominican Sisters at their College in New Orleans with residence at St. Dominic Priory.

In 1992 Dominic went on limited service at St. Dominic's. On August 15, 1999, he died of cardiac arrest at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. His Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on August 19, at St. Dominic Church and was buried at Rosaryville Cemetery near the graves of the 50 other friars who preceded him.
William Joseph Brady was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 23, 1912, to William M. Brady and Gertrude May McCutchin, and was baptized at St. Patrick Church in Madison on the following August 4. He was educated at St. Patrick Grade School; Edgewood High School, Madison; Columbia College, Dubuque; and at the University of Wisconsin, from where he received his BA.

Brady made his novitiate, receiving the religious name of Dominic, at St. Rose Priory in Kentucky and was professed there on August 16, 1936. After joining St. Albert the Great Province, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Bernard J. Sheil at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, River Forest, Illinois, on June 11, 1942. He received his lectorate in yheology with his dissertation on "The Mystery of Faith" from the Studium Generale, River Forest in 1943, and a Ph.D. with the dissertation: "An Analytical Study of Counseling" from the Catholic University of America in May of 1952.

After serving on the faculty of Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, his principal ministry was teaching Theology, Philosophy and Education between 1948 and 1980, in Colleges and Universities, such as Aquinas Institute and Rosary College (River Forest), St. Catherine College (St. Paul, Minnesota), Loretto Heights College (Denver, Colorado), St. Teresa College (Winona, Minnesota), and St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas) where he became a full professor in 1975. At various terms between 1951 and 1968, he also was a visiting professor at a number of institutions, such as Loras College and Clarke College (Dubuque, Iowa), University of Notre Dame, St. Xavier College (Chicago, Illinois), St. Mary's College (Leavenworth, Kansas), and Catholic University of America.

In 1979, while at St. Edward's University, Dominic joined the new St. Martin de Porres Province. While on various faculties, he also often served as chaplain for religious sisters. In 1980 he became chaplain for the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary at Rosaryville, Louisiana, and the following year for the St. Mary's Dominican Sisters at their College in New Orleans with residence at St. Dominic Priory.

In 1992 Dominic went on limited service at St. Dominic's. On August 15, 1999, he died of cardiac arrest at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. His Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on August 19, at St. Dominic Church and was buried at Rosaryville Cemetery near the graves of the 50 other friars who preceded him.

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