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PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, January 21,1988
Friends Present Portrait
Of Monsignor McDonough
BY RITA McINERNEY
UNVEILING — Monsignor John F. McDonough looks pleased after
the unveiling of his portrait at the Cathedral of Christ the King. The
artist, Thomas V. Nash, is at right. (Photo by Don Tortorella)
Unveiling of a portrait
of Monsignor John F. Mc
Donough, archdiocesan
administrator, took place
Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17,
at the Cathedral of Christ
the King. The ceremony
preceded the 5:30 p.m.
Mass which he celebrated.
The portrait, painted by
Thomas V. Nash, an a-
ward winning artist whose
studio is located in Ros
well, was commissioned by
friends of Monsignor Mc
Donough last June.
“When the jubilee com
mittee was being planned
early last year, someone
suggested it might be nice
to have a portrait of the
monsignor. He had been at
the cathedral 26 years,” ac
cording to Francine White,
a member of the commit
tee. She explained that the
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group established a fine
arts committee which
selected Nash after inter
viewing and viewing the
work of several artists.
The presentation of the
portrait to Father Richard
Kieran, who succeeded
Monsignor McDonough as
cathedral administrator
last June, took place on the
41st anniversary of Mon
signor McDonough’s ar
rival from Boston in 1947.
He served the cathedral
from 1947 until 1956, from
1964 to 1966, and returned
as administrator in 1972.
Elected as archdioce
san administrator by the
priests' advisory council
Aug. 14, because of the
illness of Archbishop Don-
nellan, he performed his
duties until undergoing sur
gery for a malignant tumor
in the colon on Nov. 12.
Now, “feeling fine,” he is
resuming activities. He
said he is scheduled to
preside at the ground
breaking of the second per
sonal care home for
Catholic Social Services on
Saturday, Jan. 23, in East
Point. He is also planning
to attend the three dinners
scheduled for the opening
of the annual Charities
Drive.
Mrs. White said the por
trait will be hung in the
Hyland Center on the wall
opposite the portrait of
Monsignor Joseph P.
Cassidy, who served the
cathedral for 19 years, until
1964.
“Even the most critical
(of the committee mem
bers) were thrilled" with
the painting, Mrs. White
said.
The artist has won
numerous awards for his
work; one important to him
is the best in show prize for
a portrait entered in the
Jubilee Arts Festival in
Cobb County in June, 1986.
He also won outstanding
merit awards in 1981 and
1983 in competitions spon
sored by the Portrait In
stitute in New York and
Washington, D.C.
In a telephone interview
with the Georgia Bulletin,
Nash said he knew he
wanted to be a portrait
painter when he was 10
years old; in a few years he
was painting members of
his family. He studied at
the Art Students League in
New York City and private
ly with painters in Pro-
vincetown on Cape Cod,
Mass, and in Maryland.
He has painted people
prominent in business,
government and sports in
Atlanta. He said he doesn’t
advertise but is “staying in
business through word of
mouth” recommendations.
He is president of the Por
trait Society of Atlanta.
He called Monsignor
McDonough “very cooper
ative” during the painting
of the portrait. He painted
him standing, against a
background which faintly
suggests the stone of the
cathedral interior, wearing
a long cape of magenta
color over his cassock. The
portrait is in oil on linen
and measures 36 by 48
inches.
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