Msgr Moroney's Blog: Congratulations to Deacon Ryan Healy and Deacon David Wong!

23 June 2018

Congratulations to Deacon Ryan Healy and Deacon David Wong!

Deacon Ryan Healy was ordained on May 19th by Bishop Da Cunha at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River. Father Cessario was present to represent Saint John’s Seminary.

Deacon David Wong (left) was ordained on May 26th by Bishop Libasci at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Manchester. Monsignor McLaughlin was present to represent Saint John’s Seminary.

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.