[2] He first enrolled in the Jesuit novitiate in 1932, and was formally ordained a Catholic priest within the Society of Jesus in 1945.
Additionally, he studied theology at Weston College in Massachusetts before obtaining a doctorate in philosophy from Fordham University.
[3] Reilly retired as president of Le Moyne College in 1976 and served at a number of other Jesuit institutions.
[4] Father Reilly permanently moved to the campus of Fordham University in the Bronx in 1999, where he resided for the remainder of his life.
[1] Reilly died at the Murray-Weigel Hall Jesuit care facility at Fordham University on December 10, 2009, at the age of 94.