My good friend and mentor, Fr. Joe, passed away December 14th. His life was celebrated in a wonderful ceremony a week later. I was honored by Joe in his asking me to give the homily when the time arrived. In the homily I mentioned Joe was a gospel man and a wonderful storyteller. A while back I had the opportunity to meet Joe at one of our houses of formation in Silver Spring, MD – the purpose was to capture Joe on video telling stories. We did several videos with just Joe reminiscing, but there was a “spark” missing. I suggested we try a another video but this time with a dialogue partner. All good storytellers need an audience.

Below is the video. The plan was to go for about 7-8 minutes, but as the conversation evolved, I just let the camera roll. The whole video is 35 minutes, so grab some popcorn and a beverage, and enjoy!

Thanks to Russ Murray, OFM: you were a great audience!