Gerald T. Brennan

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Gerald T. Brennan


Born
in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, The United States
April 21, 1898

Died
January 20, 1962


Rev. Fr. Gerald T. Brennan attended Rochester’s St. Andrew’s and St. Bernard’s seminaries and was ordained in 1923. After serving as an assistant for nine years, he became pastor of Mount Carmel Church and later of St. Bridget’s.

He had a wonderful rapport with children, teaching those in his parish schools, as well as hundreds of public'school children. During the weekly children’s Mass at his parish, he preached directly to the children, modeling his homilies on Christ’s example of telling a story and drawing a moral from it.
A friend insisted repeatedly that Fr. Brennan publish the stories from his homilies, and when he finally dared Fr. Brennan to do so, Fr. Brennan accepted the challenge and wrote his first book: Angel Food, a book of s
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Average rating: 4.24 · 109 ratings · 18 reviews · 26 distinct works
The Good Bad Boy

4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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Angel Food for Boys & Girls...

4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1950 — 5 editions
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Angel Food for Boys & Girls...

4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1950 — 6 editions
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The Man Who Never Died: The...

4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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Angel Food: For Boys and Gi...

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1939 — 10 editions
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Angel Food for Boys & Girls...

4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1942 — 6 editions
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God Died at Three O'Clock

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings6 editions
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The Ghost of Kingdom Come

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings10 editions
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The Man Who Dared a King

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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The Most Beautiful Thing in...

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