Parish mission planned
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
St. Martha Parish, Point Pleasant, has planned a parish mission from Sept. 15 to 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. each evening in the church at 3800 Herbertsville Road. Augustinian Father Michael P. Sullivan will speak at all of the weekend Masses. Several priests will be available for Confessions after Father Sullivan speaks. He will also speak at the 8 a.m. morning Masses Sept. 17 – 19 with an extended homily, and on Sept. 19 from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by a social gathering.
Augustinian Father Sullivan was born in New York City in March 1940. He received a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and his master’s degree in theology from Augustinian College. Father Sullivan did graduate work at the Catholic University of America and received a master’s degree in counseling from St. John’s University. Ordained in 1967, he spent eight years in parish ministry. Father Sullivan served as pastor in the Albany Diocese and as pastor of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, the parish of his youth in N.Y.C. He has been a member of the executive board of Worldwide Marriage Encounter, and in this capacity has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. In 1980, he was appointed to full-time retreat work and parish renewal preaching.
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St. Martha Parish, Point Pleasant, has planned a parish mission from Sept. 15 to 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. each evening in the church at 3800 Herbertsville Road. Augustinian Father Michael P. Sullivan will speak at all of the weekend Masses. Several priests will be available for Confessions after Father Sullivan speaks. He will also speak at the 8 a.m. morning Masses Sept. 17 – 19 with an extended homily, and on Sept. 19 from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by a social gathering.
Augustinian Father Sullivan was born in New York City in March 1940. He received a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and his master’s degree in theology from Augustinian College. Father Sullivan did graduate work at the Catholic University of America and received a master’s degree in counseling from St. John’s University. Ordained in 1967, he spent eight years in parish ministry. Father Sullivan served as pastor in the Albany Diocese and as pastor of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, the parish of his youth in N.Y.C. He has been a member of the executive board of Worldwide Marriage Encounter, and in this capacity has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. In 1980, he was appointed to full-time retreat work and parish renewal preaching.
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