We received a note from Mary McCarthy Shimandle (Class of
1965) who tells us her Dad, Justin McCarthy, lived at 5353 W. Washington
Boulevard until 2 years before his death in 2007 at the age of 95. She says he never had a sick day in his
life and she muses perhaps it had something to do with the fact that he went to Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas/St. Martin de Porres Church everyday!
He also attended St. Thomas Aquinas (I’m guessing Class of 1926) and remembers the cornerstone being put
in place when the church was built in the 1920s. He told Mary that one of the faces in the
mural painted in the 1950s above the altar (now painted over) included the likeness of the then
Pastor, Msgr. Long.
Mary noted that her Dad was very instrumental in the
transition from St. Thomas Aquinas to St. Martin de Porres Parish.
Thanks Mary for
sharing a little bit of your Dad’s story.
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