Father LaSalle Hallissey, OP is our school chaplain. In addition to being an OP, or, a Dominican friar, he is also a self-proclaimed OS. No ... he is not an operating system, but rather, a member of the first graduating class of De La Salle High School - Concord. This makes him an Original Spartan! Shortly after graduation, he studied to become a De La Salle Christian Brother before following God's call to ordained ministry as a priest. That's when he took the professed name of LaSalle in order to honor the patron saint of all teachers of youth. When he is not ministering to the sacramental needs of our school community, he is out and about making students laugh, sharing stories of way back when to whomever will listen, or indulging in his favorite activity of running marathons. We are indeed lucky to have him as part of our Campus Ministry team.
Though Father LaSalle has many gifts, he is sometimes not attentive to the occasional food or drink spilling on his white Dominican habit. On one such occasion, he really goofed and spilled a whole bunch of coffee. Ever the good sport, he consented to being photographed for this blog for posterity.
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| Better get that habit in the laundry before your abbot gets mad, Fr LaSalle! |
