Press Conference Video

On July 3, 2016, an announcement was made at the Vatican that Pope Francis had appointed Father Mark O’Connell and Father Robert Reed as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston. At a press conference that morning Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, shared the joyful news.

Announcement Day Photos

Following the Holy See’s early morning June 3 announcement that Pope Francis named Father Robert P. Reed and Father Mark O’Connell auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston, the archdiocese introduced the two new bishops-elect to the media at a press conference held at St. John’s Seminary the same day.

St Paul Choir Photos

Saint Paul’s Choir School at Saint Paul Church, Cambridge is a musically intensive, academically rigorous Catholic day school for boys in grades four through eight, striving to engage young men in the development of their intellectual and musical talents and to inspire them to use their gifts for the greater glory of God and in service to his people. Saint Paul’s Choir School in the Archdiocese of Boston is the only Catholic boys’ choir school in the United States.