b&w photograph
Very good condition
Thirteen priests (in nonclerical clothing) enjoy a meal together in the priests' dining room (see pg. 59 of the 1951 Collegian yearbook; now MM331). It is clearly the same room and occasion as in 98.04.0335. From the bottom left of the photo going clockwise: Father Bathurst, Father Fetti (?), Father Macho, Father Brown, Father Lonc (drinking from cup), ?, Father Hennessey, ?, Father Kerans, ?, Father Hoffman, Father O'Donnell, and Father Murphy. Identities confirmed by J. Mills in 2016. In 1970 Saint Mary's became co-ed and also secularized. These two companion photos may commemorate the Jesuit faculty's "last supper" in their private dining room just off their living quarters in the south wing of McNally Building, before their departure. These thirteen priests' convivial mood contrasts with the more sombre atmosphere at the other table in 98.04.0335.
From Burke-Gaffney fonds. Jesuits identified by Kevin Cleary on June 16, 1998. Full names taken from Santamarian 1962, 1965, 1967.