Msgr Moroney's Blog: Praying for a Beloved Spiritual Director

03 May 2013

Praying for a Beloved Spiritual Director

As the day of the announcement of the appointment of Bishop-elect Barber to Oakland draws to a close, we think back to what an immense difference he has made in our Seminary community. We will miss you Bishop-elect Barber!

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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.