The Mighty Macs
of Brotherly Love is three PM.
ln the news this hour,
President Nixon's re-election campaign
was interrupted today
by Vietnam protestors,
despite 25,000 American casualties,
the President reiterated his plan
to stay the course.
Thousands of women rallied
in Times Square this afternoon
to demand equal pay for equal jobs.
Feminist leaders took to
the podium to voice,
we should be training to be a doctor,
not training to mary a doctor.
l wish l could say that life
was always this simple.
But, for me that really
came down to mo choices.
Could l deal with rejection
and temporay pain, or,
filled with regret
because l was afraid to take the risk?
At the time l only knew
a few things about the college.
lt was all girls,
their basketball team wasn't vey good.
And, the school was
founded and run by the Nuns.
l had no coaching experience,
so l was somewhat surprised
when they responded to my resume.
But, on the sumace,
it seemed like
the pemect opportunih for a woman
who wasn't ready to
assume her role in socieh.
Hi, l'm May-Margaret O'Malley,
and welcome to Immaculata College.
How may l help you?
Ah, Mother St. John's office?
Room mo menh, take the staircase
to the second floor...
...lt's menh eight steps...
Proceed through
mo walnut oak doors.
And all even rooms on your left.
Thank you.
No, thank you.
Oh, Rally for O'Malley.
Catherine Rush?
Yes. Thank you.
Are you named after
St. Catherine of Sienna,
or st. Catherine of Alexandria?
ls there ah...
St. Catherine of Atlantic Cih?
Well, if there is,
l hope she didn't sumer the same fate
as St. Catherine of Alexandria.
She was beheaded.
Ah, here's my ah...
lt's all right, l have one here.
l see you're married?
Yes, just a few months now.
Physical Educational degree
Westchester State College.
Did you play there?
Two years.
What do you know about coaching?
Well, l know for the first time,
it'll be five on five,
full court with unlimited dribbling,
so it's obviously not our Mother's game.
lt will be similar to the men's game.
Yes, similar to the men's rules,
but the, the game will be dimerent.
How so?
Oh, we'll actually play like a team.
And ah, ah, thim second shot clock
means better conditioned athletes.
Are you suggesting that
our girls will become athletes?
lf they want to win, yes.
l'll be satisfied
if you just use these activities
Huh, l'll ty to add
that to the playbook.
Well... seeing that no one else
has applied for the position,
four hundred and fim dollars
for the season.
That'll be just fine.
Do l get an assistant?
No, only if they volunteer.
Ah, this is our last ball.
Please ah, don't lose it.
Thank you.
Can l ah, have a key to the gym?
Oh, you won't need one.
Great.
The gym burned down
three months ago.
Here's the student's schedule.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
l must attend to
the needs of our Sisters.
Practice is scheduled to
begin in three days.
Ah, where?
l don't know, you're the coach.
Mrs. Rush...
l hope you're a better coach
than you are a negotiator.
Why is that?
l was prepared to offer five hundred.
That's okay,
cause l was willing to coach for free.
Congratulations.
Are you mad?
Why would l be mad?
You got that same look
when l beat you in tennis.
When do you start?
Tomorrow.
Like l said Cathy,
why would l be mad?
Come on Eddy, it's just a little
something to keep me busy.
Just like ah...
tennis was a little something to ah...
what, keep in shape?
l know how bad you wanted to
go on this vacation, honey, and l do...
lt's not about that, Cathy,
we both agreed to...
Will you...
will you just hear me out?
l, l want to have a family
with you...
more than anything
in the whole world.
But, if l don't ty this just once,
l'll always wonder,
what if, you know?
You know how much
l wanted this. Right?
Let not yours be the output
the dawning with radiant...
decoration of gold, and wearing...
but let it be the hidden person
of the heart.
Thank you.
And since you are the joint heirs of
the grace of life,
finally, all of you...
have unih of spirits...
Pass that to her.
That girl over there.
...the sympathy,
Iove of the brethren,
a tender heart and a humble mind,
do not return evil for evil,
or reviling for reviling.
For on the contray, bless, bless...
Yeah, right there. Right
...for this you have been called,
that you may obtain a blessing.
This is the word of the Lord.
Amen.
Bonjour.
Hey, l thought you were home
shopping for engagement rings?
Nah, he wants to wait till graduation.
He gave me his letter jacket,
as a pre-engagement ring.
Ah, vey nice Lizanne.
We're going out for team, right?
Why, so we can continue to
get crushed by all the bigger schools?
Look, they didn't recruit me either.
You need to let it go.
You know what,
l think l'm ready to get a job.
Yeah. Right. Trishy.
ln a week,
you'll be looking for an open gym.
You in? We're in, right?
We're also requesting, once again,
replaced in the Freshman dormitoy.
So, where do l find these numbers?
Page five.
What about the alumni support?
They're not banging
the buckets like they used to.
Yes?
Ah, Mother Superior, it's Cathy Rush.
l'm in a meeting.
l, l'll just wait out here.
Oh, excuse me.
What is it?
lt's bitterly cold outside,
Reverend Mother
and l can't find an indoor court.
Excuse me.
Sory.
The old activih center.
Oh, thank you so much,
and all of you, of course.
Thank you for this opportunih, l...
Please. Please.
l wonder if you'd
all excuse me for a minute,
l, l'd like a private word
with Monsignor.
Ah, you can't depend on the trustees
for continued financial support.
Now the board will be
meeting in three months...
Mother of God.
Don't take this personally.
This is...
the business side of our church.
But Tom, why can't we use
the insurance money from the gym?
Unfortunately, it will take
an act of God to save this school.
Well, that's exactly
what l've been praying for.
Come in.
Yes?
Reverend Mother
may l speak with yo'u?
Sit down.
How may l be of assistance, Sister?
l'm not sure l can do this anymore.
Admissions is always dimicult,
especially in these changing times.
That's not what l meant.
l'm sory, but,
l'm requesting some time off.
l'm not surprised.
Did you ever struggle
with your calling?
lf we didn't have to struggle,
we could never harvest the gloy.
l'm sory Mother Superior,
l thought my service would be dimerent.
l'll be glad to
reassign you to Chapel,
that should give you plenh
of time to ask for guidance.
Trish Sharkey.
Here.
Lizanne Caufield.
lcei, it's French for here.
Merci, it's French for be
a team player. Ah, what is it?
You will make a wondemul husband.
Gail Moore.
Here.
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