Fr. Donovan was a fixture at many of our family meals over the years. Mom and Dad always called him "the flame", which had to do with a sermon he preached during one of the many sermons preached by him - the Paulist Fathers were great homilists. Fr. was stationed in San Francisco at Old St. Mary's when I was growing up, and I was happy to have had lunch with him at a local chinese restaurant right before he died. He was an often Bridge partner at our house when Uncle Arnold Seibel came over. Fr. would also bring over a bottle of Scotch for dad (which in later years I sampled)
From Left to right - Maurice Murphy, Alice Seibel Murphy, Sr. Clarine, Fr. Donovan, Arnold Seibel, Tom Murphy
Link to Paulist on Chinese Mission in San Francisco
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Old St. Mary's, San Francisco
Back Row - Alice Seibel Murphy, Maurice Murphy, Charles Donovan, (unknown priest)
Charles Donovan (on horse) with Henry Laberge (Daly City circa 1940)
Charles Donovan and Maurice Murphy, 1943
Fr. Charles Donovan to Alice Seibel Murphy, 11/28/1951
Fr. Charles Donovan to Alice Seibel Murphy, 2/15/1994
