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Horace PRIEST of the POOR Horace PRIEST OF THE POOR Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown HORACE B. McKENNA, SJ. APRIL 6, 1982 Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown HORACE PRIEST OF THE POOR John S. Monagan GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS Washington, D.C. Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown 788455 iEOBGETOWU UNIVEBSI3C2 LIBRARIES MAY 27 1886 COPYRIGHT© 1985 BY JOHN S. MONAGAN All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Monagan, John S. Horace, priest of the poor. Includes index. 1. McKenna, Horace Bernard, 1899-1982. 2. Catholic Church—United States—Clergy—Biography. 3. Poor— United States. I. Title. BX4705.M4765M66 1985 282'.092'4 [B] 85-10042 ISBN0-87840-421-X PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Book design by Stella D. Matalas Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown To Rosemary and our children Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown With deep appreciation to Ann O'Donnell and R. Emmett Curran, S.J., for their encouragement and support. A tip of the hat to Robert O'Brien and John B. Breslin, S.J., for their inspiration and advice. And a bow to Evelyn Bence, Deborah McCann, and Eleanor Waters for their editorial and production know-how that helped turn a manuscript into a book. Warmest thanks also to those who cheerfully and even eagerly talked to me about Horace and whose names appear throughout this book. A natural question arises as to the propriety of using Horace's given name throughout this study. Some have suggested that this usage is disrespectful to such a saintly and dedicated priest. In this matter, I defer to his own judg- ment. When he was once asked which address he preferred, "Father McKenna" or "Horace," he replied, "I take what I can get." Since he had no objection to the familiar form, since most of his friends, both lay and clerical, used it, and since it retains something of the uniqueness of his character and the warmth of his personality, it seemed appropriate to aban- don the more stilted description and refer to him as Horace. -JSM Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown Contents THE FUNERAL IX HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS 1 "HE'LL BE THE FIRST" 7 THE NEW MAN IN CHRIST 22 "GIVE ME BREAD, BROTHER!" 30 OUT OF THIS WORLD 43 PASTOR BONUS 59 STANDING FIRM IN THE HARD TIMES 69 DEARLY BELOVED 7 7 FLUTTERING THE DOVECOTES 85 THE GROUND IS HARDER 98 PHILADELPHIA IN THE MORNIN' 106 SECOND HITCH IN WASHINGTON 1 13 LIFTING UP THE HEARTS 125 Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown CONTENTS Vlll TO SEE HOW MY BROTHERS IN CHRIST ARE TREATED 132 HUMANAE VITAE ET CONSCIENTIAE HUMANAE 140 A REAL SAINT 155 BOUQUETS AND BOMBSHELLS 163 "HE'S GOT A GOOD GRIP" 1 75 PERSEVERANCE, STRENGTH AND STUBBORNNESS 186 APOSTLE OF THE POOR 195 OUT OF THE BLUE 201 HIS TRUTH GOES MARCHING ON 209 INDEX 214 Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown The Funeral Rest! It spiraled through the Mass. I laughed at it within. I couldn't laugh out loud. Rest in peace! We sang it out; We spoke the word for Horace B. McKenna. Absurd! Imagine him at rest! I see him running back and forth interceding in the very ear of God himself, loving everyone around, wondering—if they were in need; if so, his heart would slip its moorings. Rest in peace? Augustine must have missed the point: "our hearts are restless ..." How can love lie calmly in Elysian grass with heart-leaps mind bounding fantasy flying entering into that joy of the Lord? He laughed and laughed. He said one time, when our God lets me into heaven, I will off into a cozy corner settle down and cry for half an hour because the strain is off, the work clean done. He never did sit down nor did he cry. —J. William Michelman, SJ. May 15, 1982 Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown He Has Done Great Things O N SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1982, MORE THAN A THOUSAND people gathered in Saint Aloysius Church in Washington, D.C. Among them, at the back of the church, sat a group of street people in various stages of decline. They had come to pay their respects to the priest they loved. Horace McKenna, S.J., had died four days earlier. At 11 A.M., the parish choir led the congregation as they sang the song written by Saint Francis of Assisi, "All Creatures of Our God and King," to the spirited tune from the Kolnisches Gesangbuch: And thou, most kind and gentle death, Waiting to hush our latest breath, O praise him, Alleluia! Thou leadest home the child of God, And Christ our Lord the way hath trod. One hundred and twenty vested priests marched to their places in the forward pews on the side aisles, and then Father Joseph P. Whelan, Provincial of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, pronounced the greeting and the blessing of the body, now resting in its simple casket, covered by a white pall with a surmounting red cross. Before he began the formal liturgy, Father Whelan acknowledged that he was a "stranger" to most of the large Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown HORACE congregation and, in simple language, explained his super- visory position in the Jesuit order and his reason for being there. Immediately, the people of the street let him know of their approval. "No problem"; "Don't worry"; "Tha's awright," was the chorus from the back of the church. The first reading, Isaiah 61:l-3a, was delivered by Adrienne Cato, Director of the House of Ruth, a shelter for homeless women, which Horace had christened and in which he had been especially interested. "The spirit of the Lord is upon me," she read, "because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, ... to comfort all who mourn; to place on those who mourn in Sion a diadem instead of ashes, to give them oil of gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit." These ringing words clearly expressed Horace's mission. The choir then sang the 27th Psalm, with its fitting admonition to "Wait for the Lord with courage; be stout- hearted and wait for the Lord." The second reading, 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, was delivered by the Reverend Imagene Stewart, Pastor of the What's Happening Now Church, and a great friend of Horace. Slim and youthful, garbed in a flowing robe with flower-like patterns in orange and red and a Roman collar, she read in a strong and musical voice the familiar and glowing words that described Horace's guiding belief: "So there abideth faith, hope and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." She almost crooned the word "luhv," and concluded, "God bless Father McKenna." Then, as she walked back to her pew from the lectern, she gently touched the casket with her hand. When the Alleluia had been sung, the Gospel, Matthew 9: 35-38, was read by Horace's dear friend, Charles Hill, a black permanent deacon of the archdiocese, who voiced the plaint that the harvest was great, but the laborers were few. "Pray, therefore," he read, "the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest." Content made available by Georgetown University Press and Digital Georgetown HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS The homily was delivered by Father James L. Connor, S.J., theologian and pastor of Holy Trinity Church in George- town. Having been Horace's provincial superior during some of his stormy days, Connor was intimately acquainted with Horace's character, his dedication, his ministry, and his sanctity. He had received enough ill-typed reports on execrable paper from Horace to be aware of his humor, his acidity, and his gift of clear expression. With sensitivity, felicitous choice of language, and an ingratiating delivery, Connor successfully carried out his difficult preaching assignment. Basing his eulogy upon a hand-written sum- mary of Horace's life which Horace had prepared nearly seven years before, the speaker pointed out that the frequent use of the word integration in the "Personal Odyssey" suggested the word was a characterization of Horace, since he had given his life "for integration, for reconciliation, for the unity of love among all people." Like Jesus, as described by Saint Paul, Horace had broken down the barrier of division and had destroyed hostility. "Look around you," the preacher suggested. "What do you see in this congregation, this gathering of people? We see rich and we see poor; we see blacks and we see whites; we see men and women—of every segment of our society. And why are we here? What has drawn us together? . We are bound together in our love and affection for him, for Father Horace. We are one today because of him. In his own person, he had broken down all lines, barriers, and distinc- tions between us. He is our reconciler, mediator, and peacemaker. He is the door through whom we pass to friendship with one another." Our tribute to him, he concluded, must be a pledge to strengthen that friendship with one another, to rededicate ourselves to integration, to continue his work with the poor, and to reverence the Gospel which he read.
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