During the 90s, I did a lot of pro bono work for a Catholic Church on Park Avenue in New York City called Church of Our Saviour.

The church was led by a fantastic man named Reverend Monsignor Thomas Heneghan. Reverend Heneghan used to be a lawyer in the Vatican. He was very smart, funny and well-traveled. I used to have dinner with him quite a bit and loved working with him.

I was on the Finance Committee at Church of Our Saviour where we dealt with the usual stuff such as declining revenues, and rising expenses including one of the best choirs and music programs in New York City. But the best part was that I donated 3-5 PCs to the church to computerize it. This was in the early 90s before the internet, email, and networks.

There were chatroom however and the funniest story I will never forget was when Monsignor Heneghan and the young woman who was the cook/housekeeper were exploring the internet and stumbled across a chat room.

All conversation in the chat room came to a screeching halt when Monisgnor Hengehan entered. After a few seconds, someone wrote, “I could care less, I’m Jewish!” They were reacting to the “handle” or nickname Monsignor Henghan had chosen. In the room, it said, “Our Saviour has entered the room.”

We all got a good laugh out of that.