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Former O’Dowd<br />
Teacher<br />
Paul Seishas<br />
Passes Away<br />
Former O’Dowd religion teacher and senior class<br />
moderator Paul Seishas passed away on May 5. Seishas<br />
served at O’Dowd from 1974-1983, before joining<br />
the faculty at Jesuit High School in Sacramento,<br />
where he served for 32 years as a counselor before<br />
retiring in 2015. He also served as an adjunct professor<br />
of counseling psychology at the University of San<br />
Francisco, and established the ACT (Affiliation of<br />
Catholic Therapists) for Today, a Catholic faith based<br />
ministry that serves the Sacramento Diocese.<br />
Current O’Dowd Religion teacher Doug Vierra was<br />
hired to replace Seishas when he moved on to Jesuit<br />
High in 1983, and recalled how wonderfully helpful<br />
Seishas was in helping him get acclimated.<br />
“He helped me prep to teach Living & Dying and<br />
Human Development, which were courses he had<br />
personally developed and introduced,” Vierra said.<br />
“He literally photocopied every page of his teaching<br />
binder – in those days lesson plans were handwritten<br />
– and gave me summaries of all the videos he used. I<br />
couldn’t have done it without him.”<br />
Paul is survived by his wife, Kathleen, four adult children<br />
and two granddaughters. His brother Armond is<br />
the principal of St. Joachim School in Hayward. Read<br />
more about Seishas at<br />
www.bishopodowd.org/former-odowd-teacherpaul-seishas-passes-away<br />
<strong>Fall</strong>/Winter Magazine <strong>2017</strong> // 55
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