Richard Cushing
Richard James Cushing (24 Agustus 1895 - 2 November 1970) adalah seorang pejabat tinggi (prelatur) Gereja Katolik Roma dari Amerika Serikat. Ia menjadi Uskup Agung Boston dari tahun 1944 hingga 1970, dan diangkat menjadi kardinal di tahun 1958.
- He was a member of the NAACP.
- Cushing founded the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle in 1958 to "serve the needs of the poorest of the poor in South America".[1]
- He wrote the foreword for the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition of the Bible, and gave his imprimatur to the Oxford Annotated Bible.
Richard James Cushing | |
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| Archbishop of Boston | |
| Berkas:Cushing-mosaic.jpg Mosaic depiction of Cardinal Cushing in the foyer of the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral | |
| Takhta | Boston |
Awal masa jabatan | September 25, 1944 |
Masa jabatan berakhir | September 8, 1970 |
| Pendahulu | William Henry O'Connell |
| Penerus | Humberto Sousa Medeiros |
| Jabatan lain | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (1939-44) |
| Imamat | |
Tahbisan imam | May 26, 1921 |
Tahbisan uskup | June 29, 1939 |
Pelantikan kardinal | December 15, 1958 |
| Informasi pribadi | |
| Lahir | 24 Agustus 1895 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Meninggal | 2 November 1970 (umur 75) Boston, Massachusetts |
Legacy
- In 1947, founded St. Coletta by the Sea with sponsorship from the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi ([1]). The organization, now Cardinal Cushing Centers ([2]) continues to support developmentally disabled individuals ages 6 through the life continuum with campuses in Hanover, Massachusetts and Braintree, Massachusetts and community homes throughout the South Shore of Massachusetts.
- The now-closed Cardinal Cushing College, a women's college in Brookline, Massachusetts, was named after him. St. Coletta's School in Hanover, where he is buried, was subsequently renamed in his honor.
- In 1950, Richard Cardinal Cushing founded the Bon Secours Hospital, now Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, in Methuen, Massachusetts. Through his guidance and leadership, the hospital has become one of the top Catholic hospitals in the state of Massachusetts
- Emmanuel College's Cardinal Cushing Library Building is named in his honor. The building houses the campus' library, a lecture hall, and various classrooms.
- Boston College has two buildings named in his honor: Cushing Hall, a freshman dormitory on the Newton Campus as well as another Cushing Hall, the home of the Connell School of Nursing.
- St. John's Seminary (Massachusetts) has their third theology classroom named after the Cardinal: The Richard Cardinal Cushing Classroom.
- The main student center of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire is named the Cardinal. The Cushing houses, among many other significant groups and offices, the Meelia Center for Community Service, a service outreach organization in the greater Manchester area.
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