Have Faith

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Sitcom | creator = Nat Mauldin Jeremy Lew Alicia Urich | developer = | writer = Nat Mauldin Tony Sheehan | director = Noam Pitlik | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = (See article) | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Gordon Lustig | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 7 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = John Ritter<ref name=NY/> | producer = Alicia Ulrich Jeremy Lew | editor = | location = Studio 22, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles | cinematography = | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Pronoun Trouble Inc. Adam Productions 20th Century Fox Television | channel = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|1989|4|18}} | last_aired = {{End date|1989|6|13}} | related = }}

'''''Have Faith''''' is an American sitcom<ref name=NY>{{cite news|title=Have Faith|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/156238/Have-Faith/overview}}</ref> that aired on ABC for seven episodes in 1989.

==Plot== The story of a Catholic parish in a less-than-desirable Chicago neighborhood.

==Cast and characters== * Ron Carey as Father Vincent Paglia * Stephen Furst as Father Gabriel "Gabe" Podmaninski * Frank Hamilton as Father Edgar Tuttle * Joel Higgins as Monsignor Joseph "Mac" MacKenzie * Francesca P. Roberts as Sally Coleman * Todd Susman as Arthur Glass

==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width=100 |background=#00E5EE |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |prodcode= |episodes= |viewers= |aux4= |country=U.S. |aux4T=Rating/share (households) {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Teacher | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|4|18}} | ProdCode = 5R01 | Viewers=30.1<ref name="1.01">{{cite news |date=April 26, 1989 |title=Sitcom rewards ABC's faith |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306174966}}}}</ref> | Aux4=20.2/31<ref name="1.01"/> | ShortSummary = Father Tuttle returns to teaching, but a scandal erupts when he hits a student. Meanwhile, parishioner Mrs. Lund is convinced that Satan is haunting her dreams. Sally basically hires herself for the job of being Monsignor Mac's secretary. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Holy Smoke | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|4|25}} | ProdCode = 5R02 | Viewers=24.5<ref name="1.02">{{cite news |date=May 3, 1989 |title=We loved CBS' 'Lucy' tribute |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306197470}}}}</ref> | Aux4=17.1/27<ref name="1.02"/> | ShortSummary = Monsignor Mac is repeatedly asked to say last rites for a man who always seem to pull through. Gabe can't decide what to do when the handyman's new assistant confesses to being a pyromaniac who's in the headlines for an arson. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Window | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|5|2}} | ProdCode = 5R06 | Viewers=25.7<ref name="1.03">{{cite news |date=May 10, 1989 |title=Bright spots for No. 3 ABC |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306210811}}}}</ref> | Aux4=17.7/27<ref name="1.03"/> | ShortSummary = Monsignor Mac's seminary buddy Rick comes for a visit and decides he wants another shot at being a priest. Meanwhile, a woman tries to convince Gabe that she has a bathroom window that glows with a heavenly light. Father Tuttle buys useless novelties from a salesman. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Bingo | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Tony Sheehan | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|5|16}} | ProdCode = 5R03 | Viewers=21.4<ref name="1.04">{{cite news |date=May 24, 1989 |title=Everybody loved ABC's 'Baby' |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306198690}}}}</ref> | Aux4=15.5/24<ref name="1.04"/> | ShortSummary = Monsignor Mac worries about his personal safety when the parishioners become enraged over his cancellation of the weekly bingo game. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Letters from Home | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|5|30}} | ProdCode = 5R05 | Viewers=22.5<ref name="1.05">{{cite news |date=June 7, 1989 |title=Network specials sputter |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306209444}}}}</ref> | Aux4=15.3/26<ref name="1.05"/> | ShortSummary = Father Paglia refuses to meet with his dad, who is visiting him. Monsignor Mac inquires why and finds out that Paglia's father is a mobster. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Confession | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|6|6}} | ProdCode = 5R79 | Viewers=20.5<ref name="1.06">{{cite news |date=June 14, 1989 |title=Reruns top new contenders |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306213120}}}}</ref> | Aux4=14.3/23<ref name="1.06"/> | ShortSummary =One of the priests at the parish agonizes over whether to tell the authorities that a workman confessed to him about being a serial arsonist. | LineColor = 00E5EE }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = The Competition | DirectedBy = Noam Pitlik | WrittenBy = Nat Mauldin | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1989|6|13}} | ProdCode = 5R04 | Viewers=21.1<ref name="1.07">{{cite news |date=June 21, 1989 |title=NBC caps a year at the top |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306210130}}}}</ref> | Aux4=14.3/23<ref name="1.07"/> | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00E5EE }} }}

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0096608}}

Category:1980s American multi-camera sitcoms Category:1989 American television series debuts Category:1989 American television series endings Category:English-language American television shows Category:American religious television series Category:Religious comedy television series Category:Television shows set in Chicago Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms