Dennis O’Neill was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. He received his education in the seminary
system of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and was ordained a priest in 1973. He graduated
with...ver maisDennis O’Neill was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. He received his education in the seminary
system of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and was ordained a priest in 1973. He graduated
with a Bachelors Degree in English Literature from Loyola Universtiy in 1969 and a Masters of
Divinity from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, in 1973. In 1974, he received
an S.T.B and an S.T.L. from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary. Since ordination, he has served in
four parishes in Chicago and is currently pastor of St. Martha Parish, in Morton Grove, Illinois.
He is author of Lazarus Interlude: A Story of God’s Love in a Moment of Ministry (Notre
Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1982). And he has written either the introductions of the texts for
several books published by British Celtic Artist, Courtney Davis: the Introduction to Celtic
Illumination: the Irish School New York: Thames & Hudson, 1998); co-authored St. Patrick: A
Visual Celebration (London: Blandford, 1999); and Celtic Beasts (London: Blandford, 1999),
authored 101 Celtic Crosses (Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 2004), and Passionate
Holiness (Trafford Publishing in 2005 and Second Edition in 2010).ver menos