"The Eucharistic Heart of the Priestly Vocation."

Most Reverend Edwin F. O’Brien

Archbishop of Baltimore

Tuesday September 20 - 9am-10am

Archbishop O’Brien was born April 8, 1939 in the Bronx, New York, son of Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Sr. and Mary Winifred O’Brien. He attended St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961, a Master of Divinity in 1964, and a Master of Arts degree in 1965. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York on May 29, 1965 by Francis Cardinal Spellman.

While his first assignment was as a civilian chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he would later be commissioned to become a military chaplain and in 1970 and officially became an Army Chaplain with the rank of Captain, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division, serving a tour of duty in Vietnam.

In 1973, he left the military and began his doctoral studies at Rome’s Angelicum University, concurrent with his graduate studies at the Pontifical North American College. He studied moral theology and completed his doctoral dissertation, entitled The Origin and Development of Moral Principles in the Writings of Paul Ramsey, in 1976.

He returned to continue his service to the Archdiocese of New York, serving as vice-chancellor and associate pastor at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, coordinating Pope John Paul II’s visit to New York. In 1986, he was elevated to Monsignor and served two terms as rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary from 1985-1989 and 1994-1997. From 1990-1994, he served as rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

On February 6, 1996, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of New York and bishop of the titular see of Thizica. He was consecrated by Cardinal John O’Connor at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on March 25, 1996. On April 7 of the following year, he was named co-adjutor bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services and on August 12, 1997, he succeeded as archbishop. From September 2005 to June 2006, he served as the Holy See’s coordinator for the Papal Visitation of Seminaries and Houses of Priestly Formation and this spring was appointed a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education and Seminaries.

On July 12, 2007, his appointment as Archbishop of Baltimore by Pope Benedict XVI was announced. He succeeded Cardinal William H. Keeler, who served as the 14th Archbishop of the nation’s oldest diocese from 1989-2007, whose resignation was accepted having reached the age limit.

"The Liturgy as the Wellspring of Vocations."

Rev. Msgr. James Patrick Moroney

Thursday September 22 - 9am-10am

Monsignor Moroney has been a priest of the Diocese of Worcester (Massachusetts) for the past 30 years and most recently served as rector of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul. He is a member of the faculty of Saint John’s Seminary in Boston and serves as Executive Secretary of the Vox Clara Committee. Monsignor Moroney is also adjunct faculty to the Liturgical Institute in Chicago and the International Consultation on Theological Education in Rome.

A past chairman of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, Monsignor Moroney was Executive Director of the Secretariat for the Liturgy for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1996-2007. Pope John Paul II appointed him as a consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 1999, a position to which he was recently reappointed by Pope Benedict XVI.

He is a consultant to the Rohn Design Group (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a member of the Board of Directors of Sacred Spaces (Arlington, Virginia) , and a member of the Advisory Board of Ephemerides Liturgicae.

A frequent lecturer on liturgical matters, Monsignor Moroney has addressed close to 20,000 priests and deacons in recent years at the invitation of more than 100 bishops in the United States and Canada. He is also a frequent Retreat Master, most recently leading spiritual exercises for the priests of Saint Lucia, Gethsemane and Saint Benedict Saint Benedict Abbeys and the Archdiocese of Boston.

Both his popular guide to liturgical spirituality, The Mass Explained (Catholic Book Publishing), and his DVD, A New Translation for a New Roman Missal (Midwest Theological Forum) have been recently reissued.

Monsignor Moroney pursued graduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Liturgy Institute at Saint Anselmo’s and the Catholic University of America. His blog may be found at dignumetiustum.blogspot.com.