Father Malcom O’Leary, SVD, is pastor of St. Mary Parish, Vicksburg.

+ Last book read — "The Leptin Diet" by Byron Richard
+ Favorite Male Saint — St. Arnold Janssen
+ Favorite City to visit — Opelousas, La.
+ My hobby or hobbies — Golf, deer hunting and fishing
+ Person I'd like to invite to dinner — President Barack Obama
+ On my 75th birthday i'll eat — It has been so long, I cannot remember what I ate on my 75th birthday. Probably, it was seafood.
+ Most enjoyable holiday — Christmas
+ Most cherished religious article — Recent articles about the pope in which people think they can make the pope speak on certain issues about the clergy.
+ Favorite place to pray — The chapel in the rectory
+ Favorite childhood memory — Attending eighth grade at Holy Ghost grammar school in Jackson taught by Sr. Rosata
+ Favorite class in high school — French
+ Who influenced my vocation — Father Clarence Howard, SVD and Father Andrew Lawrence, MSST
+ Best part of job as a priest — Probably saying Mass and trying to influence people to live their Catholic faith.
+ Best blessing — My parents
+ Greatest challenge — My greatest is to give a good sermon every Sunday and enjoy doing it.
+ Do you have a wish — My wish is to stay healthy and spend many more years in the active ministry

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