Msgr Moroney's Blog: 2015 Knights of Columbus Lantern Awards

22 April 2015

2015 Knights of Columbus Lantern Awards

On Monday I was honored to attend the Lantern Awards with the Massachusetts Chapters of the Knights of Columbus. This year's recipient of the Lantern Award was Father Joe Bagetta, a Boston Priest who has dedicated his life to helping at risk youth. It was a wonderful evening with many of the Bishops from across the state in attendance.

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.