Msgr Moroney's Blog: The Eagles Make Us Proud!

29 January 2018

The Eagles Make Us Proud!

Saint John’s Eagles returned home yesterday, winning two out of three games in the USML Seminary Invitational! The Eagles’ only loss was to the winners of the tournament, the seminarians from Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach. The third game saw a 25-23 victory of the Eagles over the seminarians of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. Some predicted this victory of Boston over Philadelphia presaged the Superbowl next weekend!

A wonderful time was had by all and each of our seminarians played with their whole heart and soul, concluding the week with a celebratory banquet, which included a commemoration of the birthday of our own Peter Schirripa.

Congratulations to our great team!

Players

Gabriel Hanley

Joseph Kim

Bobby LeBlanc

Derek Mobilio

Joe Moynahan

Peter Schirripa

Dan Simard

Francis Trewin

Diego Valdez

Matt Valles

Coaching Staff

Alex Boucher

Brother Francis McCarty, O.S.B

Steven Restrepo

Nicholas Stano

Peter Schirripa

Monsignor John McLaughlin, Chaplain

Monsignor James Moroney, Rector

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.