VALE FR TOM MCCARTHY

Fr Tom entered eternal life last week aged 90 years after being a priest for 64 years, even after retiring in 2006, he ministered in a local nursing home. He served in the parishes of East Brighton, Elsternwick, Mansfield, Clifton Hill, Glen Iris, Ascot Vale and then as parish priest of Geelong North, Macleod and Balwyn until 2006. As he began his studies for the priesthood in 1940, his local priest described Tom as “a young man of excellent, manly character, solid piety, as well as a thorough gentleman in his manner.”