Msgr Moroney's Blog: The Redemptoris Mater Gala

14 June 2015

The Redemptoris Mater Gala

After a bit of ill health, I'm on the road to recovery, as tonight I took part in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary annual Gala, at which it was announced that Cardinal O'Malley has approved the building of an expansion of Redemptoris Mater at its present site in Brookline. Our congratulations and prayers accompany all our brothers at Redemptoris Mater!

It was a magnificent evening with song, film and the presentation of the Evangelization Award to Dr. Robert George (who gave a stirring keynote) and Mr. John Zofchak, whose acceptance was faith-filled and beautiful.

Here, Dr. George, Cardinal O'Malley and Father Medeiros, Rector of Redemptoris Mater, listen to Mr. Zofchak's words of acceptance.

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.