August 13, 2021

Men with ties to local Church ordained priests for religious orders

Criterion staff report

Three men who grew up in archdiocesan parishes were recently ordained priests for religious orders in the Midwest.

Holy Cross Father Geoffrey Mooney was previously a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany. Dominican Father James Pierce Cavanaugh grew up as a member of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis. And Jesuit Father Jeffrey Sullivan was previously a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Beech Grove.

Holy Cross Father Geoffrey Mooney poses on April 10 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana with his parents, Sharon and Tom Mooney, after being ordained a priest for the Congregation of Holy Cross. Father Mooney grew up in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany, where his parents continue to be members. (Submitted photo) 

Holy Cross Father Geoffrey Mooney poses on April 10 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana with his parents, Sharon and Tom Mooney, after being ordained a priest for the Congregation of Holy Cross. Father Mooney grew up in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany, where his parents continue to be members. (Submitted photo) 

Dominican Father James Pierce Cavanaugh greets his mother, Marianne Cavanaugh on May 22 in St. Pius V Church in St. Louis after a Mass in which he was ordained a priest for the Chicago-based Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great. Father James Pierce grew up as a member of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, where his mother is still a member. (Submitted photo)

Dominican Father James Pierce Cavanaugh greets his mother, Marianne Cavanaugh on May 22 in St. Pius V Church in St. Louis after a Mass in which he was ordained a priest for the Chicago-based Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great. Father James Pierce grew up as a member of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, where his mother is still a member. (Submitted photo)

Jesuit Father Jeffrey Sullivan exchanges a sign of peace with Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki during a June 12 Mass at the Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee during which he was ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus’ Midwest Province. Father Sullivan grew up as a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Beech Grove. (Submitted photo by Jeff Zmania)

Jesuit Father Jeffrey Sullivan exchanges a sign of peace with Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki during a June 12 Mass at the Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee during which he was ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus’ Midwest Province. Father Sullivan grew up as a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Beech Grove. (Submitted photo by Jeff Zmania)

 

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