Thomas Edward Clement McAndrew, O.P., Death, 1986-01-06
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 limited 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 are placed within 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, 1986-01-06
Conditions Governing Access
Requires explicit permission from Provincial to access any records. Contact the Archivist for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Can only be accessed upon written permission of the Provincial. Contact the Archivist for further details.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Edward McAndrew was born on March 16, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the oldest of the seven children of John and Esther Maguire McAndrew. He received his primary education at St. William Grade School, Chicago, and at St. Patrick Elementary School, Cobalt, Ontario, and then attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, graduating in1935. From 1936 to1941, he pursued a business curriculum at Loyola University in Chicago.
On September 24, 1941, Thomas McAndrew received the Dominican habit and was given Clement as his religious name at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois. He made his first profession on October 4, 1942 and remained at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest throughout his philosophical and theological studies.
There, on June 4, 1948, he was ordained to the priesthood.
Following the completion of his studies in 1949, he was sent to Ponchatoula, Louisiana,
to serve as an associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish. In1954, he was assigned to St. Pius V Parish in Chicago where he served as associate pastor and co-director of the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus until 1959. For the next two years, Father McAndrew became a member of the Dominican Mission Band with headquarters at St. Anthony of Padua Priory in New Orleans.
In 1961, he returned to Chicago; once again he became an associate pastor at St. Pius V Parish and in addition, served as Provincial Treasurer until 1966 when he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Ponchatoula, Louisiana. During the next seven years, he ministered not only to his parishioners but also to his confreres as superior for his Dominican brethren and as Dean and member of the Priests' Senate in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.
In 1973, Father McAndrew's final assignment brought him back to Chicago and the Shrine of St. Jude, where he served until mid-November 1985, when ill health sent him into the hospital for surgery. Preliminary testing indicated that he suffered from anemia and additional testing was followed by surgery for the removal of his spleen. His recovery was complicated by bronchopneumonia and on January 6, 1986, he died at St. Joseph's Hospital. Following funeral services at St. Pius V Church, he was buried in the Dominican plot at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet
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
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