Happy 50th, archbishop (and classmates)
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What a time for a high school reunion.
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, who will be installed Oct. 1 as “archbishop of Baltimore,”:http://www.archbalt.org/ will be at “Kennedy Catholic High School”:http://www.kennedycatholic.org/ in Somers tomorrow evening for his 50th high school reunion.
You think he’ll get a congratulations or two? Boy, Ed, I always knew you would go far…
O’Brien, who grew up in Bedford, actually graduated in 1957 from St. Mary’s H.S. in Katonah, which was replaced by the larger JFK.
He’s a former secretary to Cardinals Cooke and O’Connor, a former two-time rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers and one of NY’s best-known priests. He spent the last decade overseeing the military archdiocese, which includes all Catholics in the armed services and their families.
Of course, O’Brien was long considered among the top contenders to become archbishop of NY.
But he’s done pretty well for himself. You have to figure that his classmates from long ago will make him feel at home, put him at ease a bit, before he goes under the spotlight.
O’Brien’s 68, so he has seven years before hitting retirement age.
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