Vic Ferrari
Episode 192
3 OCT 2022
He ran cross country track as a student-athlete, has coached flag football, and – now residing in Florida – continues to play competitive co-ed softball. He is a retired New York City Police Department detective who has written six books over the last six years, the latest of which just came out in the latter part of June and is titled, “Confessions of a Catholic High School Graduate.” He also tells a fun story here about playing wiffleball in front of an eventual A-list celebrity.
Notable guest quotes:
“I had Catholicism on both sides of the family. My mother was Italian, and my dad was Irish.”
“I went to public school for my first eight years and my last year my dad said, ‘Next year you’re going to Catholic high school’.”
“It was a privilege to go to Catholic high school. Back then, the Bronx, specifically in my neighborhood, was Catholic.”
“Looking back (Catholic high school) was probably four of the best years of my life.”
“I was a big New York Yankee fan and I used to idolize the Yankees. And my father, he worked seven days a week, my father didn’t have time for sports, actually. And he would say, ‘I know you love these guys, but they’re not going to do anything for you… They’re not going to put a roof over your house. They’re not going to come to see you when you’re sick. They’re not your family… They’re entertainment and never lose sight of that’.”
“My four years of Catholic high school… I went from being this punk kid to, it definitely put me on the right path of discipline and faith.”
“It was kind of a wakeup call to explore your faith.”
“There was a LOT of Catholic members of the New York City Police Department… It’s challenging, I mean, you try to forgive… you try to help people when you can.”
Related link:
Vic’s author page on Amazon (showing all six books)
