Tour of Duty - 1961 - 64
MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
US Naval Postgraduate School
Tour of Duty - 1961 - 64
MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
US Naval Postgraduate School
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WITH THE NAMES OF PARISH FAMILIES 
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IN PICTURES, CAPTIONS, COMMENTS 
Father enjoys a lighter moment as he reads the humorous captions in the remembrance book presented to him by the members of the Catholic Military Parish of the Post Graduate School where he was stationed for 23 months. (Photos courtesy of the Monterey Peninsula Herald, August 21, 1964) |
visit a very special chapel
MONTEREY
CHAPEL
~ MEMORIES ~
... Father and Georgia were battling cancer together
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Father and Georgia were battling cancer together. He telephoned
several times over that dreadful year. When she died, I knew he was
very ill and I begged him not to come, but come he did to Georgia's funeral
Mass here in Baltimore. Oh, he was such a comfort. I was practically
stumbling out of the cathedral in grief, and Father was greeting all the
funeral guests, shaking everyone's hand. He asked me where Georgia
was to be buried, and I told him Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery and
that one day I would go where she was. With that twinkle, he said,
"Don't be too sure you will go where Georgia went." Oh how both of
us laughed at that! I don't think I found anything to laugh about
for many months to come, and so many friends and relatives beyond earshot
needed to know what the two of us were laughing about. Hank
Jordan (MD)
... teacher of retarded children ...
His interest in ministering to young people with disabilities
began when he was a young priest considering a career as a teacher of retarded
children. He fostered that interest in the Navy, when he founded a religious
education program for disabled children of military personnel attached
to the Marine Corps school in Quantico, Va. In the archdiocese, he celebrated
annual Masses in the cathedral for people with disabilities, administered
confirmation to them during Mass on Pentecost Sundays and oversaw the expansion
of Catholic special education in the archdiocese including establishment
of a high school. from 'A GREAT MAN' By Mary Ann Poust
COMPLETE
TEXT
... he taught them to receive the Eucharistic Lord
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Many of the wives at the Post Graduate School worked with Father
O'Connor in the early 60s as he taught the disabled children about the
Lord. These children were brought through a wonderful program, unheard
of in those days, preparing them to receive the Eucharistic Lord in Holy
Communion. Often the children's parents were present so they too could
learn that their children were teachable and were capable of doing chores
around the house as a functioning member of their family. Because
of this program, we watched their self esteem grow. So little was
known then. He was a pioneer in this field. And those of us who were
there learned more about firm love than we ever thought possible.
Margot Blair
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