Msgr Moroney's Blog: Father Boland and Father Omolo and Father Peschel

11 June 2014

Father Boland and Father Omolo and Father Peschel

Last weekend saw the ordination of Father Jim Boland (Worcester), Father Chris Peschel (Fall River) and Father Charles Omolo (Worcester).

Hear us, we beseech you, Lord our God, and pour out on these servants of yours the blessing of the Holy Spirit and the power of priestly grace, that these men, whom in the sight of your mercy we offer to be consecrated, may be surrounded by your rich and unfailing gifts.

(Rite of Ordination of Priests, no. 156)

Fathers Omolo and Boland at the laying on of hands.

And here's a video of Father Peschel's ordination!

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.