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\u201cI had a warm friendship with Dolores because she was a girl from the Bronx and I grew up across the water in Jersey City.\u00a0 We had all kinds of chats about old New York, but mostly we would talk about life and the spiritual aspects of life.\u00a0Dolores was very careful, as far I can remember, never to be critical of private or public persons.\u00a0Her sister, Mildred, came to live with her in her fragile old age.\u00a0 After Bob\u2019s death, the house was very quiet and prayerful.\u00a0 The help were kind and gentle.<\/p>\n

\u201cDolores represented a group of remarkable people who were clear-sighted and determined, and well-balanced Catholics of the old days.\u00a0 It was a wonderful time in Church history; with many public figures both in the clergy and the laity.\u00a0 There was always a healthy sprinkling of\u00a0devout Catholics in Hollywood.\u00a0 They were led by people like Bing Crosby,\u00a0 Loretta Young and Dolores Hart, who is now a cloistered Benedictine nun.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of her life, nearly 100 years old, one would\u00a0be startled by the clarity of Dolores\u2019s mind.\u00a0She had very decided points of view on her own faith and could not be\u00a0described in religious terms as a liberal or a conservative.\u00a0 She was an old-fashioned Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Fr. Benedict Groeschel, on the CNS blog. \u00a0 Read more. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"