Msgr Moroney's Blog: Alex Boucher Receives Candidacy

25 December 2017

Alex Boucher Receives Candidacy

Amidst the snows of winter, Alex Boucher, seminarian for the Diocese of Portland, received candidacy from Bishop Deeley last weekend. The Candidacy celebration took place as a part of the annual Christmas gathering of Portland seminarians in their See city. Here are some photos from the event. Congratulations Alex!

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.