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Fr. Lawrence "Ren" Tocci Named Pastor of St. Cecilia Parish.
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Cardinal O’Malley has named Fr. Lawrence “Ren" Tocci the new pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, to be effective in July. Fr. Tocci will be the pastor of our parish only; the formation of the collaborative with St. John the Evangelist Parish is currently on hold. Fr. Tocci graduated from Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston and was ordained in May of 2014 at the age of 44. Since June 1, 2018, he has been the Administrator of St. Michael Parish in Hudson.
Prior to entering the Seminary, he was a theater artist, playwright and professor. He received his Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre History from Tufts University. He also holds two Masters of Fine Arts from Brandeis University, and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
St. Cecilia Parish offers Fr Tocci. a warm welcome and looks forward to his first Mass with us and his ideas for the future. As the Archdiocese makes more information available on the plans for the collaborative, we will pass it along.
