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- In real life, Matt Foley is a mild-spoken priest who has spent his career bringing faith to some of the toughest places in the world. He spent six years at a mission in Mexico, eight years in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and did four tours of duty in Afghanistan as an Army chaplain before becoming head pastor of St. James in 2013.
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Oct 26, 2015 · October 26, 2015 — The late comedian Chris Farley and his friend, Fr. Matt Foley — the inspiration for Farley’s famous “Saturday Night Live” character — met as members of the rugby team at Marquette University in 1982.
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Aug 3, 2015 · But the real Matt Foley, a long-time friend of Farley’s, is the head pastor at St. James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights and was recently interviewed for a documentary on Farley, I Am...
Nov 10, 2020 · Father Matt Foley may have been an inspiration for Chris Farley’s exaggerated Saturday Night Live character, but the exaggeration was just a joke. The real Matt Foley has accomplished much in life — as a pastor in a mission parish in Mexico, as Captain in the U.S. Army and pastor at St. James Parish in Arlington Heights.
Fr. Foley is BACK for part II where he gets into his favorite sacraments to perform, what it was like going to college with Chris Farley, being friends with ...
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Matt Foley is a fictional character from the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live performed by Chris Farley. Foley is a motivational speaker who exhibits characteristics atypical of someone in that position: whereas motivational speakers are usually successful and charismatic, Foley is abrasive, clumsy and down on his luck.
Aug 1, 2015 · The real Matt Foley — the one Chris Farley named his iconic “Saturday Night Live” character after — is head pastor at St. James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights and still misses his good...
Feb 15, 2024 · Chris Farley’s motivational speaker character was named after his longtime friend, confidante, and priest Father Matt Foley. Almost five years ago, Adam Sandler brought his moving (and...
