Msgr Moroney's Blog: The Reverend Doctor is Celebrated!

03 March 2017

The Reverend Doctor is Celebrated!

Last week I was honored to join a celebration of the successful completion of doctoral studies by one of our most esteemed adjunct Professors at the Theological Institute. All were so proud and grateful for the tremendous ministry of the Reverend Doctor Wayne Belchner, STD. Pictured above (left to right) are Father Scorzello, Bishop Kennedy, me, The Reverend Doctor Belchner and Father O'Connor.

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.