Msgr Moroney's Blog: SJS at the Danvers Carmel

27 September 2014

SJS at the Danvers Carmel

Close to thirty seminarians joined Father Riley and me for a pilgrimage to the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Danvers this morning. After Mass the seminarians had a chance to spend some time speaking with the cloistered sisters through the cloister grill. I am very grateful to the third order Carmelites, and especially our own Loretta Gallagher, for making this visit possible.

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.