Liam O'Doherty

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Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Augustinian friar
Location Fukuoka 福岡, Fukuoka 福岡, Japan
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Introduction Friar of the Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians). I joined the Order in 1967. Served in Japan from 1977 until 1995. From 1996 until 2008 I worked in telecom and IT, usually in software development project management. Then in May 2008 I returned to the Order. Was pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish (Staten Island, NY) from August of 2010 until June of 2016. Then Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish in Bryn Mawr, PA until June of 2021. Assistant pastor at St. Mary's in Waterford, NY and St. Augustine's in Troy, NY until June of 2024. After a short time serving at St. Nicholas of Tolentine in the Bronx, I returned to Japan in February of 2025. Currently pastor of St. Augustine (Sasaoka) Church in Fukuoka, Japan. You may find random thoughts, photos, poems, essays, etc. from me here from time to time.
Interests Classical choral singing, playing ukulele, photographing things, getting enough sleep, movies, Christianity, Catholicism, gardening, interfaith activities, Classical Chinese poetry, especially Tang Dynasty.

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

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