Msgr Moroney's Blog: With Josh Wilbur in Rome...

07 July 2014

With Josh Wilbur in Rome...

Our Seminarian Josh Wilbur (Hartford) is spending part of the summer with the Tallis Scholars in England, but first he stopped off in Rome to visit with Kevin Leaver (Boston), studying at the North American College. Josh writes: "Here are some photos from my trip to Rome... most from St. Peter's Basilica. St. Peter's was exactly as I expected; marvelous and overwhelming! I had the opportunity to have private Masses three out of my four days there with Fr. Michael Casey (5th year priest at the NAC for the Archdiocese of Hartford, now back home at his new parish in Manchester, CT) and Kevin Leaver. The Pallium Mass on Sunday with Pope Francis was a wonderful experience... one that I won't soon forget. Kevin and I also climbed the 551-steps to the cupola of St. Peter's! Woof!

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.