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Solanus Casey

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (November 25, 1870-July 31, 1957)
    Born in Oak Grove, Wisconsin
    Catholic priest
    Well known for his personal holiness and spiritual guidance
    Real name: Bernard Francis Casey

Why he might be annoying:

    He flunked out of one seminary and barely graduated from another.
    Because of his poor grades he was forbidden to preach or hear confessions.
    He had a strange high-pitched voice.
    He never learned how to drive.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He usually went by Barney.
    Two of his sisters, two of his brothers, and two cousins all died young.
    He spent up to 16 hours per day counseling thousands of people during his career including protestants, non-Christians, protestant ministers and Jewish rabbis.
    His parents met at a Fourth of July picnic.
    He once wrote 'I have two loves, the sick and the poor.'
    He established a soup kitchen in Detroit during the Depression.
    He suffered from arthritis, eczema, and psoriasis in his old age.
    Before becoming a priest he worked at a variety of jobs including logger, street car operator, prison guard and hospital orderly.
    While working as a prison guard ,he met Cole Younger of the James Younger gang; after being paroled, Younger toured the lecture circuit and gave Casey much credit for his conversion to Christianity.
    He died, 53 years to the hour after becoming a priest.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 40 Votes: 47.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 54.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 61 Votes: 44.26% Annoying