Thought for the Day:
"The first Catholic Family Day occasioned such a surplus of couples that several upstate celebrations in county seats were necessary to take care of the overflow. The outpouring of affection for the Church was in itself an inspiration to those organizing these events. One Italian patriarch telephoned the Chancery so often about his seating that by the third call we were chatty. I asked him why so many Italians survived together for fifty years, while the golden jubilarians among the Irish were so few. His answer in broken English was classic: 'Most of us from the old country had to fight our bosses every day to make a living. But when I went home at night, I was the boss. The Irish papa, he fight the boss all day and the wife all night. He die at sixty.'"
Page 73 of Inside
My Father's House
by Msgr. George Kelly,
Doublelday, 1989
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