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    Mary McNamara: Bishop O'Connell couldn’t bring me back to the church, but he restored my faith in faith

    by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Feb 21, 2023 4 minutes
    Mourners hold a vigil at a Catholic archdiocese-owned home where slain Roman Catholic Bishop David O'Connell resided on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Hacienda Heights, California. County Sheriff Robert Luna identified Carlos Medina, 65, as the suspect in the slaying. O'Connell, 69, was killed Saturday afternoon in the Catholic archdiocese-owned home in Hacienda...

    When I learned that Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell had been shot to death in his home, I felt as if I had been turned to stone. I was standing in the house he had blessed, about to head out on a long-planned trip with my youngest daughter.

    Years ago, when I told him I was pregnant with her, he had laughed. “A third, at your age? Sure, you’re still a Catholic at heart.”

    Over the years, O’Connell had done his best to coax me back to the church. Though it never quite worked, he achieved something more miraculous: He restored my faith in faith.

    I don’t know many people who have lived a life of loving service without that love at some point

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