Aloysius J. Willinger

The following autumn, Bishop Willinger asked him to perfect his studies at the National Catholic School of Social Services at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.Shortly after his return to California in 1964, he was nominated diocesan director of the Catholic Charities and Social Service, a position that he held for 6 years.In 1964 he also became administrator, and thereafter parish priest, of the Parish of St. Genevieve in Fresno.

Among his many positions, he was Executive Director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau and the Infant of Prague Adoption Service, and Chaplain of the diocesan society of St. Vincent de Paul.During this period he also found the time to teach at the State University of Fresno and at Coalinga College.