Show 6A Standard-Examine- Sunday June 5 1988 r National Oldest Catholic priest ordained CHICAGO (AP) — Just 24 days short of his 80th birthday William R Schumacher on Saturday became the oldest man ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in US history Schumacher the father of six the grandfather of 13 and the of one became the father of a much larger family r in a service at his hometown church “What he’s taught all of us is there’s nothing you can’t do if you really want to do it — he believes that” said Fran Lipton 48 Schumacher’s daughter She attended the service with her five brothers and several of the new priest’s grandchildren Wearing a simple white robe d the bespectacled widower was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Tschoepe of Dallas Tschoepe gave Schumacher a chance after he was rejected by scores of others because of his age Schumacher shrugged off his historic status which was confirmed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops “Being a priest is all that concerned me” he said after the ceremony at St two-hou- Tarcissus Catholic Roman Church The service culminated a childhood dream for Schumacher who first took steps to attend a seminary when he was 17 but deferred his plans to care for his widowed mother Then he got married and had a family of his own A few weeks after his wife of died in 52 years Genevieve 1984 Schumacher telephoned the CONCORD Chicago archdiocese and said he wanted to be a priest “That’s when I knew I was released” Schumacher said “I no longer had responsibility because the kids were all taking care of themselves “I was then free to do what I originally wanted to do” But officials in Chicago turned him down saying he was 35 years beyond the cutoff age of 40 for archdiocesan sponsorship After 49 Catholic dioceses either rejected or ignored letters great-grandfath- er white-haire- Mother Teresa visits prisoners from Schumacher one-by-o- her work with the poor Her missionary order runs 360 shelters around the world staffed by 3500 nuns but she brushed aside reporters’ questions about her achievements “It’s not my work” she said “I’m just a little instrument in (God’s) hands” She was invited to the state by an inmate at the Walpole maximum-security prison who has been corresponding with her for two years She was to have a private talk with him later in the day and also visit a women’s prison Many of the inmates who attended the Mass at Concord joined in singing hymns and appeared genuinely moved by the service cheered whistled and clapped Saturday as Nobel laureate Mother Teresa told them “You are precious to me” “It’s very important for you to share that joy of loving — that little smile some compassion” the founder of the Missionaries of Charity religious order told inmates at the state prison here “It will help you stay together and stay beautiful” visit Her more than to the prison included a brief stop with inmates in protective custody among them Rod MatCanton thews the a of convicted killing youth classmate Mother Teresa 77 won the medium-s- ecurity two-ho- Tschoepe promised to give him an assignment in his diocese Tschoepe’s backing allowed Schumacher to enter the seminary and in May he graduated from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell Conn “Bill impresses me as a vigorous man of about 60 or so” said Tschoepe 72 A man almost 80 years old “can be a good priest” the bishop said “With the experience they have they can be very very effective especially in counseling and their understanding of what other people are going through is one of ‘I’ve been there’ ” Though he will serve in Dallas Schumacher requested to be ordained in his neighborhood church where he had been a lay leader for 31 years About 300 people attended the service and scores of parishioners lined up in the church’s reception hall afterward to be blessed by the new priest Schumacher embraced them praying laughing and talking with them Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for Mass (AP) — Hundreds of prison inmates Press 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