Msgr Moroney's Blog: Introduction to the Sacred Liturgy at PSJXXII

26 August 2025

Introduction to the Sacred Liturgy at PSJXXII

It was a delight to meet the first year seminarians at Pope Saint John XXIII National Seminary today for our first class in INTRODUCTION TO THE SACRED LITURGY!

Click here to download a link to the slides for our first class!

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.