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The Man Behind St. Ignatius | By Seattle University Magazine staff
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Beloved Jesuit Father Patrick O’Leary heads east
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Fr. O’Leary has vivid memories of his ordination 50 years ago. “You’d think I’d have all kinds of pious and spiritual thoughts of that day,” he says. “The night before (the ordination), all of a sudden I get a knock at my door and it’s one of my best friends who was to be ordained with me and he said, ‘I can’t go through with it.’ So I was more concerned about HIS CALLING what he was going to do than my own Fr. O’Leary’s call to the priesthood had ordination.” In the end O’Leary’s friend a lot to do with family, he says. His mother got ordained. As for the ordination itself, died when he was young and he moved he remembers it mainly as one of the in with relatives in Tacoma. He lived a half hottest days in Spokane history. The folblock from St. Leo’s parish and went to lowing day was as much of a scorcher Bellarmine Prep, which meant he had a lot and Fr. O’Leary recalls fighting through of opportunities to interact with Jesuits. a steady stream of perspiration as he “The example of the Jesuits I knew celebrated his first Mass. there and the faith of the family I’d come Best wishes to Fr. O’Leary as he embarks from were the seeds of my vocation.” on this next chapter.
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In 2012, Father O’Leary received the St. Ignatius Medal in recognition of his leadership, humility and service to the community and mission.
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When presenting the award to him, President Stephen Sundborg, S.J., said, “Of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in America, we at Seattle University are the only ones who can say they have St. Ignatius on their campus. … Pat truly animates the students as they pursue their studies and launch lives of purpose and meaning.” In accepting the award, Fr. O’Leary said, “In such a gathering as this evening it is humbling and a bit embarrassing to be singled out. In all honesty, however, it is a delight as well to share this occasion with my family, a delight to know that this award is not just for me but embraces as well by brother Jesuits and so many colleagues, partners and friends. What a privilege and joy it has been to be a part of Seattle U’s commitment to form and inspire young people toward a more just, loving and humane world.”
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After many years of service at Seattle University, Fr. O’Leary is leaving the university this summer to join the Manresa Jesuit Community at Gonzaga Prep and assist in Jesuit ministry in Spokane. Fr. O’Leary first arrived on the university campus more than 50 years ago and taught philosophy and theology from 1964 to 1970. In 1993, he returned to campus as assistant to the president for Mission and Ministry. Since 2002, Fr. O’Leary has been chaplain for faculty and staff, giving spiritual direction and working on retreats. Among other ministries, he has led alumni and staff on pilgrimages, has been active in the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) program, the Ignatian Spirituality Center, which he helped to found, and the Arrupe Seminar. Countless students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university have had the privilege of hearing his “Ignatius Talk,” a captivating presentation in which he shares, in firstperson form, the life and spiritual journey of the founder of the Jesuits. In 2012, O’Leary fittingly received the St. Ignatius Medal in recognition of his leadership, humility and service to the community and mission. It’s hard to imagine a more appropriate recipient of the St. Ignatius Medal, the university’s highest honor, than Fr. O’Leary.
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Over the years Patrick O’Leary, S.J., has met countless individuals and for some, that introduction has come via St. Ignatius. More specifically, Father O’Leary as St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits. Seattle U’s senior Jesuit embodies St. Ignatius for his “Ignatius talk” presentations familiar to audiences around campus.