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Meet our Pastor, Fr. Chris:
Father Chris was born in Boston and attended local schools. His home parish is Our Lady of Good Counsel in Methuen. He graduated from Merrimack College in North Andover, then completed seminary studies at St. John’s in Brighton, Massachusetts. During this time, he served as a deacon at St. Joseph Parish in Needham, and after ordination he served as parochial vicar for Living Water Catholic, the collaborative of Holy Family Parish in Amesbury, and Star of the Sea Parish in Salisbury. Fr. Chris is co-founder of the Merrimack Valley Catholic Youth Conference.
Fr. Chris was installed as pastor of our parish in June of 2018.
Many of the initiatives he has prioritized as a pastor are to help our parish become a stronger community so that we may understand, engage with, and meet the needs of everyone God has placed in our lives. Fr. Chris encourages each parishioner to establish daily habits of prayer and contemplation, as well as commitment to liturgical worship and participation. He asks that each of us prayerfully consider getting more involved in community activities and ministries to share time and talents, and to participate in the New Evangelization.
Talk with Fr. Chris after Mass or at a parish event, or any time call 978-372-7721 or email with questions or to set up time to meet one-on-one.
Meet our Parochial Vicar, Fr. Marcos:
Father Marcos is originally from El Salvador, Central America. Since he was very young, he has been a lover of sports, especially soccer and basketball, as well as music and dance.
He entered the seminary in 2003 and was ordained as a priest on December 8th, 2009. He has been in three parishes before coming to All Saints Parish. The first one is called the Nuestro Señora de Lourdes Parish in El Salvador; the goal of the Pastoral Plan in this parish is to stablish small communities, in which every parishioner can pray, know the faith and evangelize. The second parish is in Logroño Spain, and its name is San Pío X – because since 2012 to 2015 Fr. Marcos was studying in Spain, during this time, he also was the chaplain of San Pedro de Logroño hospital. Finally, he was the Pastor of Santa Marta de Bethania Parish in San Salvador for three years, and during that time, he was also formator in San José de la Montaña Seminary.
In his work as a parochial vicar, Fr. Marcos has as a priority to bring the Spanish speaking community into All Saints Parish, because he speaks Spanish as his mother language, in order to do so, he works together with Fr. Christopher Wallace, who is the All Santis Parish Pastor.
Since he arrived at All Saints Parish, he has integrated very well in it and he is very happy to be part of this community. He lives in the rectory with Father Chris and one senior priests, and is available to meet and speak with everyone, personally at the appropriate times, by phone (978 372 7721 Ext. 12) or by email ([email protected]).
El padre Marcos es originario de El Salvador, Centro América. Desde muy pequeño ha sido amante del deporte, especialmente el futbol y básquetbol, así como de la música y el baile.
Entró al seminario en el año 2003 y fue ordenado sacerdote el 8 de diciembre de 2009. Ha estado en tres parroquias antes de llegar a la parroquia de todos los santos. La primera fue la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Lourdes en El Salvador, una parroquia organizada pastoralmente según el Sistema Integral de la Nueva Evangelización (SINE), cuyo objetivo es evangelizar a los parroquianos para que, unidos en pequeñas comunidades: recen, conozcan la fe y evangelicen. La segunda parroquia fue San Pío X y se encuentra en Logroño, ciudad española - ya que del 2012 al 2015 estuvo estudiando en España, durante el tiempo en que estuvo en esta parroquia, fue también capellán del hospital San Pedro de Logroño ubicado a unos cuantos metros de la parroquia. Por último, fue párroco durante tres años de la parroquia Santa Marta de Bethania en San Salvador, y mientras era párroco, también era formador en el Seminario Central San José de la Montaña.
Una de las prioridades del padre Marcos es acercar la comunidad de habla hispana a la Parroquia de Todos los Santos, trabajando de la mano del Párroco, el Padre Christopher Wallace, ya que siendo salvadoreño habla español como lengua madre.
Desde que ha llegado a la parroquia de todos los santos se ha integrado muy bien en ella y está contento de formar parte de esta comunidad. Vive en la casa parroquial junto al padre Chris y dos sacerdotes más, y está disponible para encontrarse y hablar con todos, personalmente en los momentos que sean oportunos, o por medio del teléfono (978 372 7721 Ext. 12) o correo electrónico ([email protected]).