{"id":409,"date":"2011-10-18T23:11:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T03:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=409"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:19:54","slug":"yes-i-know-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/yes-i-know-jack.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I Know Jack."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Well, I don\u2019t actually know<\/em> him, but I met him today. Who am I talking about? Father Jack Collins, CSP of course. Old hands around here know that during my lunch hour, I usually go to Mass at the parish located downtown about a 10 minute walk from my office.<\/p>\n

Last week, see, there were these little flyers in the pews alerting the faithful about the upcoming parish mission, who the visiting Paulist priest was, etc. I looked it over, but I admit that I didn\u2019t think much more about it. Not my parish, right?<\/p>\n

Well today I remembered it, because once you\u2019ve seen Fr. Jack, you\u2019re not likely to forget him. How had I seen him before? Well, when he\u2019s not doing the most important part of his vocation, providing the Sacraments, preaching at parish missions around the country, and such, he works for Busted Halo<\/a><\/em> making videos of \u201cman in the street\u201d interviews, sort of like how Jay Leno does in his Jaywalking<\/em> pieces on The Tonight Show<\/em>. Remember those? Check this one out on religion questions from last year,<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SSdbHXjHtX0<\/a>\n

Have mercy!<\/p>\n

Fr. Jack goes around the streets of New York City, asking similar questions of folks about Catholic topics. He gets similar replies to Mr. Leno, for sure. But the difference is, he also teaches about the topic during the questioning, thereby spreading the Good News, in a light hearted way.<\/p>\n

After Mass, I told him I really enjoyed his You Don\u2019t Know Jack About the Assumption<\/em> video.<\/p>\n