Msgr Moroney's Blog: SJS Faculty Christmas Dinner

02 January 2018

SJS Faculty Christmas Dinner

The busy schedules of the majority of the Faculty finally came together this evening with our annual Christmas Dinner at La Campania Restaurant. A wonderful time was had by all!

Our Joyful'st Feast

Lo, now is come our joyful'st feast!

Let every man be jolly,

Each room with ivy leaves is dressed,

And every post with holly.

Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,

And Christmas blocks are burning;

Their ovens they with baked meats choke

And all their spits are turning.

Without the door let sorrow lie,

And if, for cold, it hap to die,

We'll bury it in a Christmas pie,

And evermore be merry.

George Wither 1588-1667

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.