Father Douglas McCarthy of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) died on August 24, 2019. Born in Chatham, New Brunswick, he was the son of Stephen McCarthy and Anna English. He was 74 years old and a Jesuit for 57 years. Doug was ordained a priest in 1973. He worked in prison ministry in Guelph, Ontario, opened the ‘Red House’ as a half-way house. He also was a founder of the Farm Community there and was Director of the Jesuit Novices. He later worked in retreat ministry at Manresa, Pickering and at L’Arche in Toronto. For 12 years he was the pastor of the Indigenous parishes in Wikwemikong, Ontario, and for the last 7 years he did pastoral ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes in Toronto. He had considerable spiritual wisdom which was expressed in short, well-crafted and stirring homilies. Greatly missed by his family, his Jesuit companions, members of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish community, and countless others who sought his spiritual direction. Wake at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 520 Sherbourne St., Friday, Aug. 30th from 11am to 9:00pm with prayer service at 7:30pm. Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Saturday, Aug. 31st at 9:30am. Burial at Jesuit Cemetery, Guelph, ON
N1H 6J2 at 2:00pm. Donations can be made to the Jesuit Advancement Office, 43 Queen’s Park Crescent East, Toronto, ON M5S 2C3, 416-481-9154.
