Msgr Moroney's Blog: National Association of Catholic Theology Schools

08 October 2016

National Association of Catholic Theology Schools

Father O'Connor and I are joining other Seminary Rectors and Vice Rectors this weekend at the annual meeting of the National Association of

Catholic Theology Schools in Chicago. This morning we heard great reports on the development of the Sixth edition of the Program of Priestly Formation and many other exciting initiatives. Windy and cold in Chicago, but many encouraging talks and valuable sharing between seminaries across the United States!

NACTS also recognized the extraordinary contribution to Catholic Seminaries in the United States of Dan Aleshire, longtime president of the Association of Theological Schools. Here an award is presented to Dr. Aleshire by Monsignor Todd Lajiness, President of NACTS.

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.