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Teres Ryan
September 9, 2022
Remembering Good Times!
Teres Ryan
September 9, 2020
Susan Thomas-McGregor
November 27, 2019
I've only now learned of Pat's death, five years later. As a priest and social psychology teacher at San Luis Rey Academy in Oceanside, CA in the early 1970's, Pat was a guiding light and a cheerleader for me during my very troubled adolescence. When he moved to the L.A. area, we corresponded for a short while. He continued to offer me heartfelt encouragement and sincere kindness, which I have never forgotten. It was, in part, as a result of his inspiration and example that I later became a social worker and then a psychotherapist. Today I came across a letter from him that I have kept for the past 47 years, which prompted the internet search and discovery of his passing. I am deeply grateful to him for his dedication to mental health treatment and for the brief-- but indelible--- role he played in my life.
Fr. Pat, Fall 1956 - from SEH yearbook.
September 22, 2014
Fr. Pat was newly ordained when he came to SEH as a teacher and as moderator of my freshman class ('60). We all loved him. He was caring and helpful, and also so much fun. I am incredibly saddened by his death. In my heart he is still young. RIP dear Pat.
September 21, 2014
He has always been in my heart. The class of 1960 SEH loved him
Carol gamba Pastorino
I will always have a smile on my face when I think of him...
Kevin Sharp
September 19, 2014
Father Pat was one of the good guys. Many great memories of my freshman yeat @ St. Liz because of him. He also coached freshman basketball and he needed a lot patience. "God speed to home father Pat"
Vernon Bradley
September 13, 2014
His pipe was like a magic wand, kind of hypnotic as well as the smell of the pipe tobacco! A wonderful teacher, approachable, kind, and humorous. Took his task of teaching us chemistry and biochemistry very seriously. Serendipitously, I ran into him in later years, when he was providing drug counseling for youths for whom I was providing residential treatment. I have had no contact with Pat for many years, but he is someone who stands tall in my memory of important people in my life. THANK YOU, PAT.
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