| Type: | Priest |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend |
| L. Scott Donahue | |
| Church: | St. Robert Bellarmine |
| Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Chicago |
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| Ordination: | May 12, 1982 |
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| Nationality: | American |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
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| Occupation: | President/CEO of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls |
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Fr. Louis Scott Donahue (/skɑt_ˈdɑnəhˌju/; commonly known as Father Scott) is an American priest who is the president and CEO of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, a Chicago-based childcare and residential home for children within the Archdiocese of Chicago.[1] Donahue also serves as resident priest at St. Robert Bellarmine parish.
Donahue holds bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Accounting; and a master's degree in Social Work from Loyola University. He also holds a master's degree in theology from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary and Applied Spirituality from the University of San Francisco.[2] He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Xavier University.[3]
Donahue was ordained in May 1982 by Bishop Nevin William Hays.[4]
Donahue is the president and CEO of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. He came to Mercy Home in 1990 and since then he has established The academy at Mercy Home, an in-house education program, while also helping expand the Community Care program (formerly AfterCare program), which provides lifelong resources and encouragement to Mercy Home's former residents.[5] He also led a US$10 million expansion of the facility that allowed it to increase the number of youths in its care by 40 percent.[6] In 2017, Donahue revealed that the archdiocese will work with Chicago's Youth Guidance to develop parish-based programs for youth that help them overcome obstacles and succeed in life.[7]
Donahue ministers at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Parish in Chicago, and is the principal celebrant of WGN-TV Channel 9’s Sunday Mass at Mercy Home.[8] [9]
Donahue was inducted in the Irish American Hall of Fame in April 2019 in the religion category for his 37-year ministry as a Catholic priest and his work at Mercy Home.[10] [11] He has authored a book entitled Years of Mercy.[12]