Msgr Moroney's Blog: Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

31 October 2014

Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

I have been honored to be a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre since 1975. This group of more than 30,000 men and women around the world support the largest school system in the Holy Land, contribute to extraordinary charitable works and are devoted to growing in their Catholic Faith. Monsignor Johnson and I were promoted this evening to the rank of Knight Commander in recognition of our contributions to the mission of the Order. Tomorrow evening two dozen good Catholic men and women will be installed by our Grand Prior, Cardinal O'Malley at Holy Cross Cathedral. Please keep the Knights and the Ladies and their good works in your prayers.

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.