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12, 1987 PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, November Follow Donnellan Example, Cardinal Tells Seminarians BV JOSEPH L. LAURIA The late Archbishop Thomas A. Don nellan, a former rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, N.Y., was held up as a model for the current students as Car dinal John O’Connor of New York celebrated a memorial Mass in the semin ary chapel Oct. 30. Cardinal O’Connor called Archbishop Donnellan “a man of great tolerance” who was impatient only with fraudulence. The cardinal delivered the homily at the Mass which was concelebrated by five bishops and 75 priests. Archbishop Donnellan was rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary from 1962 to 1964. The New York Archdiocese arranged for the archbishop’s sister, Nancy, to fly to New York for the Mass. She sat in a front pew and afterward was comforted by Car dinal O’Connor and Katherine Cooke, sister of the late Cardinal Terence J. Cooke. ‘‘Tom Donnellan was a man of great tolerance of many people,” the cardinal said during his homily. “The only thing he did not tolerate was fraudulence. He hated a phony.” “According to his ways,” he said to the seminarians present, “I advise you to live by the truth, to speak the truth, no matter where the chips may fall. This was the kind of man Tom Donnellan was.” Cardinal O'Connor said, “As soon as I heard of his death, I did something I have never done before. I called Washington to try to cancel my scheduled trip to Rome. I said Tom Donnellan died, I can’t go. But I was told I had to go.” Cardinal O’Connor attended a meeting of the committee of cardinals which advises the Vatican on financial matters. “Whenever I would attend a national conference of bishops," he said, “I would be sure to sit next to Tom Donnellan. He was the only one who could explain to me exactly what was going on. And when it came time to vote, all T had to do was learn how he was voting and do the same because there was no one who was as familiar with the breadth of church issues as was Tom Donnellan.” Joseph Lauria is a writer for Catholic New York, newspaper of the New York archdiocese. COMFORT — New York Cardinal John O’Connor speaks with Miss Nancy Donnellan, sister of the late Archbishop Thomas A. Don nellan during a memorial Mass celebrated at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, N.Y. St. Jude Offers Post-Abortion A MARYVALE SISTER Dares to be Different in her service to Christ and the Church by aiding His priesthood in the Diocese of Charlotte through Prayer, Pastoral Ministry, Religious Education, Visitation of the Sick and Elderly Evangelization through Day Care Ministry, Care for retired priests. DO YOU DARE TO FOLLOW HIS CALL? Contact: Maryvale Sisters Rt. 1, Box 164 Vale, North Carolina 28168 BY RITA McINERNEY “Post-Abortion Counsel ing and Support,” an out reach program for the com munity, has begun at St. Jude Church, 7171 Glen- ridge Drive, Sandy Springs. Education sessions will be held the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m, in the activity building. Ses sions are scheduled for Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. The first session was held Oct. 15. According to Anita Willoughby, pastoral assis tant, the program will in clude a film or guest speaker on the abortion ex perience, the post-abortion syndrome that follows and devastates many women, the emotional and spiritual healing that is possible through counseling and support. Confidential in dividual counseling sup port group sessions will be led by Mary Anne McNeil, social worker, and Mrs. Willoughby. Prayer and spiritual reconciliation will be available. For more in formation contact Mrs Willoughby at 394-38%. 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