Just for laughs, he speaks in churches, libraries and religious conferences about the power of humor to elevate the spirit.
People are so stressed and tense and angry.
A native of Fitchburg, Driscoll has been wisecracking since he was a tyke. In high school, he gravitated toward comic theater and dreamed of a career in acting. But a religious retreat turned his aspirations upward, and he eventually studied theology in Rome. A self-confessed bad cook, he says his brotherhood never considered making jam or some other food, as some monasteries do to help support themselves. But he knew how to write.