Pecuniary, Purpose and Prayer

"Your potential pecuniary success, the big bucks you may earn playing in the NHL, matter not one iota to me," Father O'brien once told Seamus. "You will excel at hockey here at St. Kevin, of that I've got little doubt, son. But what will your true purpose be? Who among us knows the answer until we've been tested. I will pray for your soul, Seamus, not your earning power."

St. Kevin Parochial School Hockey: Fundamentals, not Foofaraw

Seamus J. O'Sheehan's hockey coach at St. Kevin Parochial School despised behind–the–back and between–the–legs passes—too much foofaraw for youngsters. What they needed to survive in hockey and in whatever vocation they chose to pursue after hockey was dedication to mastering the fundamentals.

Penny-Wise: Path to a Parochial Education

Kieran's penny-wise ways and Gráinne's insistence on a sound education, afforded the opportunity for Seamus, the O'Sheehan's only offspring, to attend St. Kevin Parochial School.

Vanward: A Fictional Account

Seamus J. O’Sheehan, a vociferous reader even at nine years old, found the fourth-grade reading material at St. Kevin’s Catholic School uninspiring, but he reckoned he could convince Ms. Donnelly, the school librarian, to provide him more vanward books like Island of theBlue Dolphins.