St. Patrick Parish

Hello and welcome! Last Friday, I met at the cathedral with the Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi, who came accompanied by some of his priests and seminarians.  We have a very good relationship with the Archdiocese of Hanoi, and he came to see me because he has had seminarians studying at St. John’s […]

Hello and welcome! Last Friday, I attended the wake of Marylou Parrish, the mother of Father Bryan Parrish, who had been living with her husband at St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham.  She was very active in the Church, and had a great devotion to the Little Flower. She had a long and beautiful life and […]

Hello and welcome! As I mentioned in my previous post, last week we had our plenary meeting of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. The Spanish magazine Vida Nueva did a wonderful write-up of the commission and our plenary session. They reprinted the text of my opening address for the session in Spanish, […]