Dolores Hope Remembered for Deep Catholic Faith

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Dolores Hope, the widow of entertainer Bob Hope and a supporter of many Catholic charities, was a Catholic of “deep abiding faith,” Archbishop José H. Gomez said in tribute to her life.

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I was saddened to read of her death, but 102 years is a long time to be on this earth.

I’m sure that her husband Bob and their son Tony were there to meet her in heaven.

At a shrine near my home in Upstate NY there is a donor’s plaque with the names of Bob and Dolores Hope on it. It’s on one of the doors of the main shrine church. I’ll try and see it this Sunday, and say a prayer for her eternal rest.

The Hopes’ marriage was a long one by Hollywood standards; sixty-nine years I think it was.

May she rest in peace!
 
+*Dolores Hope was a beloved long time close and trusted friend and supporter . . . and dear treasured sister in the Lord . . . of Mother Angelica of EWTN fame . . . *
:gopray2:
**The
23rd Psalm **

The
**Lord **
is my
shepherd;
I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures:
**he **leadeth me beside the
still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me
in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.

Yea,
though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
for **thou **art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou
preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
**thou **
anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.

Surely
goodness and mercy
❤️
shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell
in the house of the
**Lord **
for ever.
+

:gopray:The Hail Mary
Hail Mary . . . full of grace . . . the Lord is with thee . . . blessed art thou among women . . . and blessed is the* Fruit **of thy womb . . . Jesus . . . Holy Mary . . . Mother of God . . .pray for us sinners . . . now . . . and at the hour of our death . . . Amen . . . *

. . . all for Jesus+
. . . dear Holy Loving Shepherd of our Souls+
. . . bless the dear soul of this Thy beloved child come home to You+
. . . and may we be so very careful to give Thee+
. . . all the praise and all the glory+
:signofcross:​
 
If I remember correctly, she funded the majority of Mother Angelica’s new monastery in northern Alabama. I’ve been there and it looks fantastic! Like a Middle Ages cathedral, etc.
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
Was Bob Hope Catholic as well? I just watched an old movie with him and Lucille Ball.
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From an essay in the National Catholic Register. not sure of the date…

Seven years ago, after nearly six decades of marriage to an active Roman Catholic, Bob Hope was received into the Catholic Church, and became a frequent communicant. His funeral Mass was celebrated on July 30 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood, and on Sunday, August 3, he was remembered at a memorial Mass celebrated by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C. at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

For decades, Hope resisted baptism and Church membership, though he often attended Mass both with and without his wife, Dolores, and offered financial support to Church endeavors. An online acquaintance of my wife’s remembers attending daily Masses with Dolores Hope at St. Charles Borromeo and asking her, “Is Mr. Hope going to become Catholic soon?” — to which Dolores would reply: “Keep those rosaries coming, sweetheart.” Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles has stated that Hope used to joke that Dolores did “enough praying to take care of both of us” — but in the end the prayers she and others offered on his behalf finally won out.
 
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