Archbishop Sheen Memorial Mass
The video is finally up on Catholic TV, so here it is:
A particular highlight of Archbishop Dolan’s homily: he recalled being in St. Peter’s Square in 1973, watching Archbishop Sheen sign autographs for a crowd of international admirers. They asked him what he was doing in Rome, and he replied that he’d just had an audience with Pope Paul VI. “What did you talk about?” he was asked. Embarrassed, Sheen replied, “The Holy Father told me I’d have I very high place in heaven.” “And what did you say to that?” someone asked. Eyes twinkling, Sheen replied, “I asked him, ‘Holy Father, would you mind making that an infallible declaration?’”
A little correction: Archbishop Sheen’s cause was actually started in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois in 2002; the Vatican phase was opened in 2008. Here’s a quite riveting video about Bishop Sheen and his cause from EWTN.
