Father Toole

Father Toole was born in Geneva, N.Y., October 14, 1896. He attended St. Francis De Sales Grammar School and Geneva High School from which he was graduated in 1915. He took his college course at Holy Cross College at Worcester, Mass. Father Toole studied for the priesthood at St. Bernard’s Seminary, Rochester, N.Y., and was ordained June 9th, 1923. His first assignment was as assistant pastor at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Ithaca, N.Y. He left in September, 1924 for study at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England where he pursued a course in English, and Public Speaking. After his return in 1927, he taught English at Aquinas Institute, Rochester, N.Y., in 1928 and 1929. He was appointed assistant pastor to Holy Family Parish, Auburn, N.Y. in July 1929. In September of the same year, Father Toole was appointed to the faculty of Elmira College in the Dept. of Bible and Religion and remained on the staff until July, 1944. In January, 1935, he was appointed first resident pastor of St. Chas. of Borromeo in Elmira Heights. On January 11, 1944, Father Toole was appointed pastor of St. Mary’s, Elmira, N.Y.