Thomas J. Donaghy, born in 1928, was educated in Holy Spirit Parish, West Catholic High and the Catholic University of America. He joined the Christian Brother’s in 1946, teaching at Pittsburgh Central Catholic and De La Salle University. Ordained in 1979 with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, he served at St. Thomas More, S.S. Phillip & James and St. Ursula. He served as Academic Dean of St. Mary’s Seminary, at the Cathedral of Mary our Queen, as Chaplain of Frostburg State University, and as pastor of St. Paul’s Church. He retired from St. Paul’s after eleven years. He continues writing and serving in 2015.