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Pilsen priest Tonne spurs humor with joke books
In Pilsen, Monsignor Arthur Towne, pastor of St John Nepomucene Church, uses humor to enliven sermons. He has published joke books for clergy, selling thousands of copies by mail from his home, with Volume 1 and 2 titled Jokes Priests Can Tell. Towne plans more works including Pushups and Prayer and another Jokes Priests Can Tell volume.
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