The Funny Friar

Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day is January 28, is not often thought of as a funny man. After all, his work is dense, lucid, brilli...

Not long ago, I was walking into a hospital and a woman in wheel chair asked me “what religion are you?” Dozens of people have asked me ...

The answer to this question is yes and no and maybe. Yes, denominations are bad. They are a visible sign of division within the body of...

The answer is no and yes. No. There are lots of people who never darken the door of a church and yet identify themselves as Christian....

Imagine Christmas without carols. Imagine Christmas without packages wrapped with care (and torn open with glee). Imagine Christmas with...

Easter is unusually early this year. Lent started in the darkness of the winter and while in in the global north Easter has long been ti...

Funny Friar Ministries is challenging you and everyone across the world to move toward forgiveness during the fifty days of the challenge,...