Bishop Foley

Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: John Patrick Foley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Gerry; your parents were married by father Edward Thompson,his brother david was his twin....they lived down the street from us on ellsworth st in philadelphia and both ordained the same day....both are Bishops in the church.....one resides in the allentown area ,the other is station in the south,Raleigh i believe....The mention Bishop Foley was studying in Rome in july 1964.....we also know him ...he grew up in Sharon Hill,only minutes from Drexel Hill....he went to St.joes Prep and St.Joes college and was the editor of our catholic newspaper....he has married a close friend of mine,four children.....he would fly over from Rome,perform the wedding and go right back to Italy......note,the day before Tim Russert flew back to Washington and died.....Bishop Foley had dinner with the Russert family in Rome..They had become good friends he is mentioned in Russerts book.Bishop Foley is a holy man......did you ever get the picture of Pops family i sent about 3 weeks ago..??? anything you need to know,i think i know just about everything....tom sr and tom jr along with robert judge just got back from the republican convention.....uncle Bill and aunt Dolores will celebrate their 59th wedding anniv,on sept.17th........uncle rob