Word: sheils
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...banker was astonished at the bishop. It was 1939, the packinghouse workers were on the verge of striking for recognition of their C.I.O. union, and here was the Most Rev. Bernard James Sheil, senior auxiliary bishop of Chicago's Roman Catholic archdiocese, accepting "as a great privilege" the invitation of John L. Lewis to appear on a C.I.O. platform in the stockyard district. "I want you to remember, Your Excellency," said the banker, a Catholic layman, "that the minute you step on that platform, you lose your chance to become archbishop...
...Bishop Sheil, 65, has never become an archbishop. But he has become something possibly greater-one of the most loved and respected Christian leaders in the U.S. Last week Chicago showed him so by celebrating his 25th anniversary as bishop with a party that jammed the banquet space of the Palmer House...
Boxing v. Brothels. Father William Bergin was there. Tipperary-born Father Bergin, 86, could easily remember young Benny Sheil, his pupil at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Ill. who pitched a no-hitter for St. Viator against the University of Illinois. ("I had a terrifying amount of speed," says Bishop Sheil, thinking back.) Benny Sheil turned down offers to try out with both the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox before he went back to study for the priesthood...
...Henry Staffel, 52, Chicago meat packer and owner of the Perk Dog Food Co., teamed up with a new business partner: Bishop Bernard Sheil, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Chicago and founder of the Pilot Guide Dog Foundation, which supplies free dogs to the blind. Their agreement was no ordinary business deal. Staffel, who had long wanted to do something for the blind, agreed to turn over to the foundation "forever" the profits on every can (about a penny) of Perk Dog Food for which a label was mailed in to Bishop Sheil. "I had no idea at the time...