Submitted by: Dan Rich

Br. Thomas Francis O'Malley CSC

Aug. 1, 1940 - Dec. 27, 2008

South Bend Tribune 12/30/2008

NOTRE DAME - Brother Thomas Francis O'Malley, CSC, 68, an educator for many years, died at Dujarie House, Notre Dame. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Thomas and Mary Rose (Kelly) O'Malley in 1940. He attended St. Edward High School, class of 1958, in Lakewood. He joined the brothers of the Holy Cross that summer, spent two months at Watertown, Wisconsin, then began his novitiate year and made his first profession at St. Joseph's Novitiate in August 1959. He then began his studies at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1962, the same year he made final profession. Br. Thomas' first assignment after graduation was to the staff at St. Charles Boys Home in Milwaukee for a year, and then he joined the faculty at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis for 10 years, where he was the assistant principal for the last three years until 1973. During the summers, Br. Thomas studied and earned a Master of Education degree from Loyola University, Chicago, in 1969. In 1973

Br. Thomas moved to Chicago to join the faculty at Holy Cross High School in River Grove as a counselor for two years and then to Holy Trinity High School as the Guidance Director for five years, becoming the assistant principal for the next two years. In 1982 Br. Thomas moved to Notre Dame where he served as assistant rector of Cavanaugh Hall and then became the rector of Sorin Hall for four years. In 1988 Brother Thomas joined the staff at Boysville of Michigan in Clinton where he worked for eight years, the last three serving as the community superior until 1996. He joined the faculty at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron for a year. In 1997 he became the director of Religious Education, first at St. Bartholomew Church in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, then at Mary's Church in Hudson, Ohio, and he served at the Division of Aging in Lakewood, Ohio. In 2000 Br. Thomas moved to Notre Dame to serve in the Province Development Office and resided at Columbia Hall. Unfortunately, he developed Alzheimer's Disease and in 2003, he moved to Dujarie House where he was cared for by his many friends on the nursing staff until his death, shortly after celebrating Christmas with his community.