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COMMENTARY: James’ Norris’ 1964 address to the Second Vatican Council delegates is still valid today, especially marking World Day of the Poor.
I keep in my desk drawer a cherished remembrance of my baptism. It is the thin gold necklace and medallion of the Blessed Mother that was given to me by a former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle. Years earlier, the same Cardinal O’Boyle who baptized me had married my parents, James and Amanda Norris, in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
My parents carefully preserved my precious baptismal gift from Cardinal O’Boyle in its original envelope, including the cardinal’s visiting card and his beautifully inscribed message to the new Norris baby.
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I keep in my desk drawer a cherished remembrance of my baptism. It is the thin gold necklace and medallion of the Blessed Mother that was given to me by a former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle. Years earlier, the same Cardinal O’Boyle who baptized me had married my parents, James and Amanda Norris, in the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
My parents carefully preserved my precious baptismal gift from Cardinal O’Boyle in its original envelope, including the cardinal’s visiting card and his beautifully inscribed message to the new Norris baby.
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A Catholic Layman’s Appeal to Overcome Global Poverty
COMMENTARY: James’ Norris’ 1964 address to the Second Vatican Council delegates is still valid today, especially marking World Day of the Poor.