Father Ronald L. St. Pierre was granted senior priest retirement status on June 3, 2025. His active priestly ministry spanned 42 years since his ordination on June 21, 1983, in the last class of Bosto ...

A Boston native born April 11, 1946, he is one of the six children of the late Frederick and Mary (Browne) Arens. An alumnus of the Boston Public Latin School and Newman Prep, he attended archdiocesan ...

A son of St. Catherine of Genoa Parish in Somerville, Father George P. Evans was born on Aug. 2, 1951, in Boston and was the only child of the late George and Marguerite (Desveaux) Evans. He attended ...

A son of St. James Parish in Arlington, Father John M. Rowan was raised in Arlington and is one of the three children of the late John and Margaret (Harrington) Rowan. He was born on Dec. 3, 1949, and ...

Born on Dec. 30, 1949, Father Francis E. Sullivan was one of the children of the late Bernard and Esther (Connor) Sullivan. His early years were spent in Maryland, where he attended Parklawn Elementar ...

A Somerville native, Father Brian F. McMahon was born July 31, 1946, a son of the late Robert and Mary (Keane) McMahon. He is one of seven siblings, the others being a brother, Robert, and five sister ...

He grew up in one the archdiocese's largest and most fabled parishes. And he has stories to tell about it, and he loves to have the audience to do so. Father Michael J. Harkins is one of the thre ...

Palardy was born in Boston on Jan. 14, 1960. He went to grammar school at St. Mary of the Hills; there, one of Boston's legendary and most ...

Father Thomas J. Reilly hails from the Empire State and the Archdiocese of New York. He is the second son of the late Edward and Mary (Cody) Reilly, the older brother is Kenneth. He was raised in the ...

Father John J. Healy was called "Father" by his parishioners in Lynn, Belmont, and Walpole. Before that, he was called "father" by his three children: Kristin, Leanne, and Matthew. A Hub native, born ...

Cantabrigian, related to Cambridge, originally Cambridge, England, but more locally to our Cambridge, or better, Father Toomey's Cambridge. Born there on Oct. 6, 1951, he was the second of the five ...

Following the example of Jesus, who, as the Gospel of Luke (4:16-30) relates, went to the Temple as was his custom, and he proceeded to read from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. The Word of God was an ...