Father Thomas Joseph Hack

Father Thomas Joseph Hack age 89, entered into eternal life on Tuesday June 4, 2019. Father Hack was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 9, 1929, the son of Herbert and Catherine Hack. He is survived by a sister, Mary Jane and brothers, Paul (Patricia) and Joseph all of Cincinnati, OH. After attending St. John the Evangelist Elementary School and Purcell High School, he attended St. Gregory’s Preparatory and Mt. St. Mary’s seminaries in Cincinnati, OH. On May 28, 1955, he was ordained a priest by Most Reverend Karl J. Alter, D.D. at Saint Monica Catholic Church in Cincinnati, OH. Father Hack served the parishes of Holy Rosary in St. Mary, OH; St. Catherine of Siena in Columbus, OH; St. Joseph in Manistee; St. Jean in Muskegon. He was incardinated on July 22, 1968 in the Diocese of Grand Rapids from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. In 1968, administrator and then in 1969 appointed pastor of St. Sebastian with the Mission Parish in North Dorr, St. Mary Visitation, in Byron Center; administrator of St. Mary in New Salem; pastor of St. Mary with St. Clara Mission at Coral in Sand Lake and also appointed General Manager of the diocesan newspaper, The Western Michigan Catholic; pastor of St. John Cantius in Free Soil and St. Jerome in Scottville; in 1979 he studied for 3-months at North American College in Rome; in 1979 appointed Dean of Ludington Deanery by Bishop Breitenbeck and also a member of the newly established Presbyteral Council; in 1982, pastor of St. Simon in Ludington; in 1984 reappointed Dean of Ludington Deanery; in 1988, pastor of St. Michael in Muskegon; in 2001 he was placed on disability status and in 2003 was granted full retirement status; in 2004, sacramental ministry at St. Michael in Remus; priest in residence/sacramental ministry at St. Edward in Lake Odessa and St. Anthony in Saranac. In 2005, he resided at Saint John Paul II Clergy House at St. Isidore of Grand Rapids. In 2018, residence at St. Ann’s Home in Grand Rapids. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, June 8 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Isidore Catholic Church, 628 Diamond Ave NE with Bishop David Walkowiak presiding and Monsignor Edward Hankiewicz homilist. A reception follows in the Parish Life Center (the old school). Visitation will be Friday June 7 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the church. A Vigil Service will be held at 8:00 pm at the Church. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

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Father Thomas Joseph Hack

December 9, 1929 - June 4, 2019