Thomas Joseph MacMahon, S.J.
Title
Thomas Joseph MacMahon, S.J.
Subject
Jesuits at Loyola
Description
Thomas J. MacMahon, S.J., Vice Rector August 9, 1930 – July 15, 1935
All the great confidence in the future evaporated with The Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thomas MacMahon was again called upon to lead Loyola, this time as Vice Rector. The Great Depression of the 30’s quickly became a very different story from the success of the 1920’s. They were among the hardest times for the school. MacMahon struggled to keep Loyola’s finances from collapsing. Fortunately, due to an inheritance of Francis C. Smith, S.J., the son of a wealthy Montreal family, McMahon was able to build a new chapel and auditorium/theatre at Loyola. The St. Ignatius Loyola College Chapel, completed in 1933 and beneath the chapel, the F.C. Smith Auditorium.
Source for text field: Gavin, Joseph B. From “Le petit collège de bois” to 7272 Sherbrooke West. Montreal: Loyola High School, 2012
Inscribed verso, handwritten: Fr. T. J. MacMahon S.J. / 1915
Photographic print, b & w, studio portrait
Photographer unknown
Source for photo file field: The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada
All the great confidence in the future evaporated with The Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thomas MacMahon was again called upon to lead Loyola, this time as Vice Rector. The Great Depression of the 30’s quickly became a very different story from the success of the 1920’s. They were among the hardest times for the school. MacMahon struggled to keep Loyola’s finances from collapsing. Fortunately, due to an inheritance of Francis C. Smith, S.J., the son of a wealthy Montreal family, McMahon was able to build a new chapel and auditorium/theatre at Loyola. The St. Ignatius Loyola College Chapel, completed in 1933 and beneath the chapel, the F.C. Smith Auditorium.
Source for text field: Gavin, Joseph B. From “Le petit collège de bois” to 7272 Sherbrooke West. Montreal: Loyola High School, 2012
Inscribed verso, handwritten: Fr. T. J. MacMahon S.J. / 1915
Photographic print, b & w, studio portrait
Photographer unknown
Source for photo file field: The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada
Creator
Photographer unknown
Source
The Archives of the Jesuits in Canada
Date
1915
Rights
Copyright expired (Canada)
Files
Collection
Citation
Photographer unknown, “Thomas Joseph MacMahon, S.J.,” Loyola Archives, accessed December 4, 2020, https://lhsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/226.