Before entering the seminary, I worked for a few years at the chancery of the Archdiocese of Boston in the Canonical Affairs office and Metropolitan Tribunal, and I have served for thirty years as an organist in different parishes in the archdiocese.

The call to priesthood first appeared in my early teenage years while I served my home parish in Weymouth, Massachusetts, as an acolyte and, later, an organist. After speaking with some local priests, I spent time in my early twenties visiting religious orders in the area, but plans changed and I pursued a master’s degree and spent several years in college textbook retail management.

Within the last year, a priest with whom I worked suggested I reconsider the vocation to priesthood. The seminary’s focus on training men with prior careers greatly appealed to me. The late Monsignor Peter Martocchio, a pastor at my home parish in Weymouth, was one of the first and greatest influences on my vocational journey.

Liturgical music and the spirituality of the early Church are ceaselessly fascinating to me.