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How many souls have been impressed, amused, uplifted and comforted by priests exercising this common practice?
Cardinals, calls, cards, chairs — and courtesy. All come to mind as Cardinal Timothy Dolan takes leave of his cathedral in New York. Amid the grand ceremony, the virtue of courtesy should not be overlooked.
Today is Cardinal Dolan’s last day as “apostolic administrator” of the Archdiocese of New York, a title he has held since he retired as archbishop in December. Tomorrow, Archbishop Ronald Hicks will be installed the new archbishop.
After nearly 17 years of Sunday Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral — “America’s parish church,” as he calls it — Cardinal Dolan offered his final one this past Sunday. A “cathedral” gets its name from being the home of the bishop’s “cathedra” or liturgical chair. Cardinal Dolan usually sits on the cathedra. On Sunday, he spoke to it.
“I want to bid farewell to this great piece of furniture,” he said after the final prayer. “My dear cathedra, I am going to miss you! And listen, please be as comfortable for Archbishop Hicks, who’s going to plop down into you this coming Friday, as you have been to me.”
“I’ll miss you,” he said, giving the top of it an affectionate pat.
I have written about Cardinal Dolan in these pages when he was appointed to New York and upon his retirement, principally celebrating his excellence as a preacher of the Gospel and teacher of the faith.
Continued below.
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Cardinals, calls, cards, chairs — and courtesy. All come to mind as Cardinal Timothy Dolan takes leave of his cathedral in New York. Amid the grand ceremony, the virtue of courtesy should not be overlooked.
Today is Cardinal Dolan’s last day as “apostolic administrator” of the Archdiocese of New York, a title he has held since he retired as archbishop in December. Tomorrow, Archbishop Ronald Hicks will be installed the new archbishop.
After nearly 17 years of Sunday Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral — “America’s parish church,” as he calls it — Cardinal Dolan offered his final one this past Sunday. A “cathedral” gets its name from being the home of the bishop’s “cathedra” or liturgical chair. Cardinal Dolan usually sits on the cathedra. On Sunday, he spoke to it.
“I want to bid farewell to this great piece of furniture,” he said after the final prayer. “My dear cathedra, I am going to miss you! And listen, please be as comfortable for Archbishop Hicks, who’s going to plop down into you this coming Friday, as you have been to me.”
“I’ll miss you,” he said, giving the top of it an affectionate pat.
I have written about Cardinal Dolan in these pages when he was appointed to New York and upon his retirement, principally celebrating his excellence as a preacher of the Gospel and teacher of the faith.
Continued below.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Cardinal James Gibbons and the Virtue of Courtesy
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