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Remarks at the Funeral Mass for Cardinal O'Boyle

 
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ч THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. * AT THE FUNERAL MASS FOR CARDINAL O'BOYLE FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1987 NOON ST. MATTHEW'S CATHEDRAL 17TH AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, NW CARDINAL O'BOYLE WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE HUMAN BEINGS WHO SEEM BORN TO MEET AN EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE. THE SON OF IRISH IMMIGRANTS, PATRICK A. O'BOYLE SERVED FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AS THE FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON. I AM TOLD THAT, DURING THIS PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THIS GREAT ARCHDIOCESE INCREASED FROM ABOUT 165,000 TO NEARLY 400,000. NEARLY 50 ADDITIONAL PARISHES WERE OPENED- BUT THE TRUE CHALLENGE FACED BY CARDINAL O'BOYLE, AS BOTH THE SPIRITUAL LEADER AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ARCHDIOCESE, WENT FAR BEYOND THIS BURGEONING GROWTH.
Title
Remarks at the Funeral Mass for Cardinal O'Boyle
Date
August 14 1987
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