To help you keep track of the people mentioned on my blog, below is a list of all the characters from Since My Last Confession. To learn more about a person, just click his or her name (functionality a work in progress).
Francis the Franciscan Friar head of lay ministry committee
Father Bear-Daddy the Shrine’s holy terror
Father Abraham lector drill sarge
Father Myron McCormick benevolent “Let the People Vote” priest
Diocesan Priests and Jesuits
Picasso painter/GLBT Spirituality Group member
Father McSlutty promiscuous priest
Father Butterballino struggled with gay marriage directives
Father Pamplemousse married Ryan and Jezebel
Walter Cuenin testified against amendment banning gay marriage
Father John Sullivan Courage chaplain
Richard Lewandowski testified against amendment banning gay marriage
Thomas Carroll testified against amendment banning gay marriage
James Keenan testified against amendment banning gay marriage
Lay Ministers
Mary Flanagan fellow lay minister (a Hale Mary)
Mary Flaherty fellow lay minister (a Hale Mary)
Mary Fleming fellow lay minister (a Hale Mary)
Cosby competitive eucharistic minister
Her Highness competitive eucharistic minister
Other Shrine-goers
Chewbacca wheelchair-bound saint
Witchy Widow Ye Olde Piety Show participant
Haunted Man conversationalist with souls in purgatory
Mama Bear co-leader of G-L Spirituality Group
Job long-suffering Group member
Abacus group member with accountant’s soul
Thelma and Louise fierce lesbian couple
Ward and June straight couple with wayward gay son
Sherwin group member with especially strong prayer life
Alphaba skeptical lesbian member with caustic manner
Magoo self-described sissy-boy
The Landscaper self-loathing member on the prowl for dates
Martina boyish lesbian with necklace like rock candy
Angela lesbian from Castro parish
My families and friends
Scott Whittier boyfriend
Bruce my brother
Mikeala my godchild and Bruce’s daughter
Gram Scott’s grandmother
Dick Gram’s ex-husband
Clare Dick’s new wife
Rory Scott’s brother
Jezebel Ryan’s wife
Tim my college friend
Right-wing Nutjobs
Bill the Breviary threatening man with breviary
Ruben Israel anti-gay protestor
Mr. Sodomy anti-gay protestor
Pastor Bob anti-gay protestor
Gerry D’Avolio former Massachusetts Catholic Conference staff
Daniel Avila Massachusetts Catholic Conference staff
Ed Saunders Massachusetts Catholic Conference staff
Dan contact person for Boston Courage
Ewald man with creases in his jeans
Ben nerdy Courage newbie
Demetrius long-term Courage member
Legislators
Marian Walsh
Paul Kujawski
Paul Loscocco
Christine Canavan
Archdiocesan folk
Seán O’Malley Cardinal
Richard Erickson vicar general
Robert Kickham (Father Kick-Me) secretary to Seán Cardinal O’Malley
Daniel Hennessey vocations director
Richard Lennon former vicar general
Pope Benedict XVI B16, the Rat, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Pope John Paul II J2P2
Bernard Cardinal Law former Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Boston
Gabriele Amorth chief exorcist
Other
Michael my
first date in
Tony Cinnabonini co-worker; signed petition against gay marriage
Captain Handsome my favorite airline pilot
Sarah Butler
Seamus O’Dooley client at Saint Anthony Shrine legal center
Marianne Duddy Executive Director, DignityUSA
Holly Gunner lobbyist for marriage equality
Joan of Arc/Clare of Assisi lesbian couple in Fr. Butterballino’s parish
