Talk:Fulton J. Sheen

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Fulton J. Sheen

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[edit] Vampire spamming

Would someone kindly remove the silly vampire references in this article?


[edit] Patton

Sheen was once defeated in a biblical knowledge competition by Gen. George S. Patton Jr. according to recent Patton biography, if memory serves.

That's interesting - but do you have an actual source?

Yoda921 05:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)Yoda

[edit] Views on Evolution & Racial Issues

The articl includes the following sentences:

"One of his first converts was writer Heywood Broun, who had been critical of Sheen's stance on evolution, but after countless discussions with the priest, changed his mind."

"That situation was compounded with his controversial stance on racial issues and his denunciation of the Vietnam War in August 1967."

The author(s) never informs us of what these "controversial" were.

Would someone please remove the juvenile, gross and offensive homosexual references. Whoever is doing this should be ashamed.

[edit] Trivia facts

  • Sheen often referred to his "angel", who would erase the blackboard when Sheen stepped away from it. This duty was performed by a never-seen stagehand.
  • "JMJ"--the initials Sheen wrote on the blackboard before using it on his television programs--stands for "Jesus, Mary, Joseph."

I removed these from the page for two reasons, firstly that they should be merged into the larger article, and secondly because I have absolutely no idea how these two sentences are related to the article. Nowhere else does it refer to a blackboard, so I'm confused. Can someone please figure out how these two sentences are related to the article and improve the quality of this article by integrating them in an appropriate place?

[edit] Martin Sheen name source

"Sheen adopted his stage name in honor of Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen. Sheen lived on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood, and was one of 10 siblings (9 boys and one girl). He attended Chaminade High School (now Chaminade-Julienne High School). He was raised as a Roman Catholic." <-- from the Martin Sheen article on Wikipedia. Shouldn't this info also be on the Fulton Sheen page, as trivia or something more significant? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.214.24.27 (talk) 23:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Patrick's parish

Any ideas which St. Patrick's he was asked to pastor? There are something like twenty in the Peoria diocese. /blahedo (t) 04:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction!

How many books did he write--90 or 73? Dynzmoar (talk) 00:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that would depend on how to define books. Some short works can be classified as books or pamphlets. I also doubt there is any publication than has counted his published books. Pending a new citable source becoming available, I'm going to edit the article to say more than 70 books. Dgf32 (talk) 02:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
On second though, the 73 number appears multiple places in the article. I'm going to change the one 90 to 73. If anyone can find a source with an exact count, please update the article. Dgf32 (talk) 02:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Youth

The article says "His youthful appearance was still evident on one occasion when a local priest who was unable to celebrate Mass asked Sheen to substitute for him." Why does this show he looked young? --Shanedidona (talk) 00:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

My recollection is that when he came to the sacristy to prepare for Mass, the pastor saw him and thought he was one of the altar boys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.82.101.199 (talk) 17:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)