About Rev. Thomas McCarthy, O.S.A.
Father Tom is an experienced teacher, administrator, retreat director and parish mission preacher.
He is a native of the South Side of Chicago. He grew up in St. Adrian Parish in Marquette Park. He received his elementary school education at St. Adrian School and high school education at St. Rita of Cascia High School. He graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in Communication Arts. He also has a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Lewis University.
Fr. Tom entered the Midwest Province of the Augustinian Order in 1987. After completing his novitiate, he attended Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree. In 1993 he made his solemn vows as an Augustinian Friar and in 1994 he was ordained to the priesthood. He did a pastoral internship at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Grosse Pointe Park, MI, and also taught theology at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox.
Fr. Tom ministered for 21 years at St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago as a teacher, campus minister, Principal, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Fr. Tom ministered for nine years as the Vocation Director for the Our Mother of Good Counsel (Midwest) and five years for St. Thomas of Villanova (Eastern) Province. Fr. Tom spent two years as the Augustinian Advisor to the Office of First- and Second-Year Initiatives - Office of Student Life at Villanova University.
Fr. Tom is currently the Director of the Augustinian Marylake Shrine of Our Lady of Grace in King City, Ontario, Canada and is the Prior of the Marylake Augustinian Monastery. He has returned as the Midwest Vocation Director.
Fr. Tom was named a Papal Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis in 2018.
Father Tom is an experienced teacher, administrator, retreat director and parish mission preacher.
He is a native of the South Side of Chicago. He grew up in St. Adrian Parish in Marquette Park. He received his elementary school education at St. Adrian School and high school education at St. Rita of Cascia High School. He graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in Communication Arts. He also has a Master of Arts in Educational Administration from Lewis University.
Fr. Tom entered the Midwest Province of the Augustinian Order in 1987. After completing his novitiate, he attended Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree. In 1993 he made his solemn vows as an Augustinian Friar and in 1994 he was ordained to the priesthood. He did a pastoral internship at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Grosse Pointe Park, MI, and also taught theology at Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox.
Fr. Tom ministered for 21 years at St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago as a teacher, campus minister, Principal, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Fr. Tom ministered for nine years as the Vocation Director for the Our Mother of Good Counsel (Midwest) and five years for St. Thomas of Villanova (Eastern) Province. Fr. Tom spent two years as the Augustinian Advisor to the Office of First- and Second-Year Initiatives - Office of Student Life at Villanova University.
Fr. Tom is currently the Director of the Augustinian Marylake Shrine of Our Lady of Grace in King City, Ontario, Canada and is the Prior of the Marylake Augustinian Monastery. He has returned as the Midwest Vocation Director.
Fr. Tom was named a Papal Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis in 2018.