About the Author

One day while hitchhiking from the catacombs to our hotel in Rome, Italy, my brother David and I met a priest who gladly gave us a ride after we promised we were good Catholics from Chicago.

That year, our adventure with Father Alfio, whom I nicknamed the Mobile Padre, was the inspiration for my first holiday story. Every year since, when possible, I write a holiday tale featuring something that happened to me.

My stories have become a way to document my family’s legacy. O Night Divine is the first I’m posting on a blog. If all goes well, I will post others.