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Bishop John F. O’Hern distributes Kodak Brownie cameras to 12-year-old orphan girls on May 1, 1930.
In late 1931, he urged his pastors to cooperate with local welfare agencies and to establish parish aid societies to help those struggling during the Depression. He also created work opportunities for the unemployed by sponsoring building campaigns at diocesan institutions.
Also during his tenure, Bishop O’Hern forged interfaith and ecumenical relationships, and appointed priest-chaplains at non-Catholic colleges, encouraging the Newman Movement on secular campuses.
Bishop O’Hern attended the last ceremony of his life on May 7, 1933, when he dedicated All Saints Church in Cayuga County, which was one of the building projects he had encouraged during the Depression. He died of a heart attack at his residence on May 22, 1933.
Bishop John F. O’Hern speaks at a Holy Name rally on June 12, 1932.
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