Msgr Moroney's Blog: Congratulations Deacon Brendan Rowley and Deacon Eric Silva!

23 June 2018

Congratulations Deacon Brendan Rowley and Deacon Eric Silva!

Bishop Robert Evans ordained Deacon Brendan Rowley and Deacon Eric Silva on May 26th at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence. Father O’Connor represented the Seminary at this wonderful celebration.

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.