BOSTON -- Shadi Lopez discovered her "calling" while studying in Catholic schools. The daughter of immigrants from El Salvador, Lopez graduated from East Boston Central Catholic School in 2015 and from St. Joseph Prep in 2019. She and her sister Daniela, who will begin attending Malden Catholic this fall, could not have attended Catholic schools if not for scholarships from the Catholic Schools Foundation.
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QUINCY -- Gabe Bresnahan was 14 years old when he first saw a child being born. He was in the community of St. Rock, Haiti, where he and his father, Dr. Stephen Bresnahan, would often volunteer with the St. Rock Haiti Foundation. The SRHF was founded in 2002 to provide healthcare, education, job training, food, clean water, and economic opportunity to the people of St. Rock. While in Haiti, Gabe befriended Father Peter Casey, then-pastor of St. Agatha Parish in Milton, who also regularly volunteered in Haiti with the foundation.
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Ryan, a Dame of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, was one of 151 people who received Cheverus Awards in 2023. The annual archdiocesan awards honor those who have dedicated their lives to serving the Catholic Church in Boston. Ryan attended the November 2023 Cheverus Awards ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, where Cardinal O'Malley mentioned her in his homily -- along with the fact that she was 101 years old. Ryan had heard that Cardinal O'Malley "never mentions people" like that, so she was "shocked" to hear him say her name.
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This is the eighth article in a series profiling the 11 men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 25, 2024. BRIGHTON -- "Music has the power to uplift our souls," says Deacon Christopher Letizia, a 32-year-old seminarian at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, "to bring us into that spiritual realm of peace. Music has the power to enhance our prayer and make it better. And singing pleases God."
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"I believe I am fortunate to call myself a student at Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School. The opportunities our school has afforded me are almost beyond my comprehension. I love NDCR completely! We are a school that makes dreams come true!" These are the passionate words of a senior student reflecting on her time at Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School (NDCR). She will soon graduate from NDCR and become part of an alum network whose foundations have been laid over the last 20 years.
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Last Friday, I was pleased to attend a luncheon at the Harvard Club celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ray Flynn's election as mayor of Boston. I was invited to give a blessing and make some remarks. When I became bishop of Fall River 31 years ago, Ray Flynn was already in office. I had met him a number of times, and at one point, he wrote a fanciful novel in which the Irish bishop of Fall River was elected pope. I accused him of writing science fiction! I told him that, in revenge, I was going to write a book about a basketball-playing mayor of Boston who became the president of the United States -- but I'm still working on it!
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