Martin Ambrose McDermott, O.P., Death, 1971-08-04
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal materials relating to friars after they have left the order, passed away, or transferred to another province. Each friar's file contents are mostly contain to their novitiate records, canonical assignments, historically important correspondence, and a small number of personal items if desired upon their passing. Within the broader collection, each Friar is sorted as a series.
Friars with particuarly substantial historically important papers or items outside of the scope of the Personal Files Collection are moved to a dedicated collection under their name.
This collection is a work in progress and any use of these files requires the explicit permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist to discuss access or inquire about friars that may not been cataloged yet.
Dates
- Creation: Death, 1971-08-04
Conditions Governing Access
Requires explicit permission from Provincial to access any records. Contact the Archivist for more information.
For comprehensive lists and records of individuals who left the order or transferred to other provinces, researchers must contact the archivist. Access to such materials may be restricted and is subject to privacy considerations and organizational policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Can only be accessed upon written permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist for further details.
Biographical / Historical
Father Martin Ambrose McDermott died suddenly at Fenwick High School on the night of August 3-4, 1971. The wake was held at St. Pius Church concluding with a concelebrated Mass of Christ the High Priest. Burial was in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Father McDermott was born in Darlington, Wisconsin on April 19, 1590, the youngest of ten children. He received his primary education in the rural schools near Darlington and graduated from Darlington
High School in 1909. He attended Marquette University, Milwaukee, for one year and then entered the Dominican Order at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, where he made profession in 1915. His studies for the priesthood were made at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., where he was ordained on June 12, 1921.
He served for fifty years in varied capacities: teaching at Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio; associate pastor at St. Dominic's in Denver; missionary preacher out of New Haven; pastor at Holy Rosary, Houston; chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia; pastor at Holy Ghost in Hammond; prior and pastor at St. Anthony, New Orleans; subprior and associate at St. Pius in Chicago; pastor at St. Helena, Amite; associate pastor at St.
Vincent Ferrer, River Forest, after which he retired to St. Pius in Chicago.
Father McDermott was making a retreat along with twenty other Dominicans at Fenwick at the time of his death.
Extent
From the Collection: 100 Linear Feet (30 File Cabinets )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository
1910 S. Ashland Ave
Chicago Illinois 60608 United States
3122430011
archivist@opcentral.org