Word: cavanagh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cavanagh was a latecomer to holy orders. Father Cavanagh had been head of a wealthy family, vice president of the Hat Corp. of America and its subsidiary, Cavanagh Hats, and he had suffered strong secular temptations almost until the time of his ordination. Only recently he was told that a position high in the Administration of his friend, President Jack Kennedy, was his for the asking. But the call to his late vocation was too strong. When a priest asked, "Can Kennedy get along without you?", he answered simply: "Yes." After that, the priest told him, "it's just...
...Yaleman Cavanagh traces his priestly vocation to his World War II experiences as an artilleryman in Europe. Unmarried, he resigned from the Connecticut legislature to enlist in the Army, won three decorations for valor, and was mustered out a lieutenant colonel. "I don't like to be dramatic about it," he says, "but everything just seemed ephemeral after the war." The death of both parents in 1957 seemed to him "a signal from the Lord," and he decided to dedicate the remainder of his life to his church. "My College." Once the resolution was made, Cavanagh had little trouble...
...Father Cavanagh, despite his many qualifications, the choice was difficult. It was necessary, he said, "to shop around for a bishop," to find a diocese where such a belated vocation was wanted. "Around New York and Boston, with all those young Irish and Italians, they have all the vocations they want. And let's face it, a young man at 20 is a better investment than one at 50." Father Cavanagh's shopping finally took him to Bishop Charles P. Greco of Alexandria, La., where priests are needed. After a reasonable amount of time working under Bishop Greco...
...with it the Navy's tightly scheduled combat readiness program. The largest of the Forrestal class carriers, with a capacity of 100 planes (including 15 of the lethal A3D jet bombers), Constellation is the pride of the fleet. Even more dismaying was New York Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr.'s free-spoken implication that the fire could have been avoided or minimized. The use of metal scaffolding (standard equipment on all city-owned piers), he said, would have made "a substantial difference in the intensity and extent of the fire." Talking about hazardous carelessness in general...