Msgr Moroney's Blog: A Farewell to Father Quang Nguyen

19 December 2012

A Farewell to Father Quang Nguyen

The Faculty of Saint John's Seminary was joined by the Vietnamese Seminarians from Saint John's and the Redemptorist community in bidding farewell to Father Quang Nguyen. After several years of studies at Saint John's, Father Quang begins a course of studies in catechetics at Christendom College in Fort Royal, Virginia.

In the course of an authentic Vietnamese Banquet in the Rector's Apartment, Monsignor Moroney toasted Father Quang as a "son of Vietnam, faithful Catholic daughter of the Church," and prayed that "through the intercession of Our Lady of La Vang" God might prosper his ministry and help him to recall the continuing affection and friendship of the community of Saint John's Seminary.

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.