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December 6, 2018
Father Thomas Seagrave, a 1960 graduate of Archbishop Riordan High School and a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco for 47 years at the time of his death in 2015, will be remembered at a Mass Dec. 15, 1 p.m., at the San Francisco school.
Father Seagrave received the school’s Chaminade Award in 2011 and, though quiet about it himself, is known to have supported students with tuition at Riordan and other Catholic schools from his own means for many years. Riordan’s Chapel of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin is named in his honor. Father Seagrave is a former pastor of San Francisco’s Church of the Visitacion, St. Peter, and St. John of God parishes.
“Father Seagrave’s impact on the Catholic community in San Francisco is like no other,” said Riordan communications director Victoria Terheyden. “We will honor him at a Mass on Dec. 15, and The Seagrave Fund at Riordan will help continue his important work of supporting students and their families who desire a Catholic education.”
In a November 2017 article in Catholic San Francisco, friend John Moriarty said about Father Seagrave: “He is the hardest-working priest I know. We can be proud of Father Seagrave for many reasons, and especially for his generosity in paying from his own resources tuition for many students in Catholic schools through the years.”
Those wishing to attend the Mass should RSVP to info@riordanhs.org or call (415) 586-8200, ext. 266, by Dec. 12.