Leo J. Trese Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rev.
Leo J. Trese
Priest
Native Name:Leo John Trese
Native Name Lang:en
Religion:Catholic Church
Birth Date:6 May 1902
Birth Place:Port Huron, Michigan, United States
Ordination:February 13, 1927
Diocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Profession:Catholic priest

Leo John Trese (May 6, 1902 – June 23, 1970) was an American Catholic priest, and author of spiritual books.

Education and ordination

Leo J. Trese was born in Port Huron, Michigan, on May 6, 1902. He was the last of the five children of Joseph Trese and Mary Alice Byrth.

He studied philosophy at the Assumption College of Windsor, Ontario. Later he studied theology at the Mount St. Mary Seminary, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained a priest on February 13, 1927, by Mgr. Joseph C. Plagens, at the time auxiliary bishop of Detroit.[1]

Career

Attracted by the monastic life after having worked five years in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, he spent some years in the Benedictine order.[2] In 1936 he returned to the Archdiocese of Detroit and worked in Michigan in the cities of Marysville in which he was the first pastor of St. Christopher's Parish,[3] Melvindale, and Carleton. In 1950, as a result of his first signs of heart disease,[4] he was appointed chaplain of the Vista Maria school in Detroit. From then on he devoted himself mostly to research and writing.[5] In 1957 he obtained a PhD in Education at Wayne State University in Detroit.[1] He was followed in his path as a priest by one of his nephews, John A. Trese. Leo J. Trese died on June 23, 1970.[6]

Works

Trese wrote more than twenty books. Those aimed at priests were well received: Vessel of Clay (1950), A Man Approved (1953) and Tenders of the Flock (1955). Some of his other works written for the general public are Many Are One (1952), Wisdom Shall Enter (1954), More Than Many Sparrows (1958), The Faith Explained (1959), Sanctified in Truth (1961), Everyman's Road to Heaven (1961), Parent and Child (1962) and You Are Called to Greatness (1964). His works have been translated into Spanish, German, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Japanese and Portuguese.[7] For several years he wrote a weekly column, "It Seems to Me", printed in The Michigan Catholic. He also published numerous articles in different magazines.

Books by year

Anthologies, arrangements and partial reprints

Forewords

Notes and References

  1. Book: Romig, Walter. The Book of Catholic Authors. 1960. Quoted in Web site: Leo Trese. www.catholicauthors.com.
  2. Book: Hoehn, Matthew. Catholic Authors. Contemporary Biographical Sketches. St. Mary's Abbey. 1952. Newark. 591.
  3. Web site: Parish History – St. Christopher Catholic Church. 2020-10-15. en-US.
  4. Web site: Cultor de Livros. Leo Trese. 2020-10-14. Cultor de Livros. pt-br.
  5. Book: Woodcock Tentler, Leslie. Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Wayne State University Press. 1990. 0814321054. 426.
  6. News: . Port Huron Area Deaths & Funerals. The Times Herald. Port Huron, Michigan. June 24, 1970. 23.
  7. Web site: Trese, Leo J. 1902–1970 (Leo John) [WorldCat Identities]].

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