FATHER JAMES F. FINLEY, a member of the Paulist Fathers,
is currently stationed at their novitiate in Oak Ridge, New
Jersey, where he tutors the novices in homiletics. He brings to
his instructions, and to Wake Up and Preach!
almost 40 years
of experience in the preaching apostolate. The creator of the
Sunday Mass Mission, a format for the spiritual revival of a
parish that has become the basis for much of today's parish
mission effort, Father Finley has written extensively on the
techniques of preaching and composition for various homiletic
and liturgical journals. While on the New York Mission Band,
Father Finley, with Father John Reynolds, presented the famous Paulist technique of the Dialogue Mission on the NCCM's
Catholic Hour for two seasons over NBC Television and gave
two series of radio talks on the Catholic Hour in the U.S.A. and
Canada. Father Finley has conducted countless missions and retreats in his lifetime, served
as Vicar General of the Paulist Fathers, founded the Paulist Public Relations and Communications Department and has been pastor and superior of the community's foundations in
Boston. Author of James Gillis, Paulist, a biography of the distinguished Paulist lecturer and
editor, Father Finley has published more than a dozen pamphlets and a book of verse. His
short stories, articles and poetry have appeared in a number of Catholic and secular
magazines.