St. Francis de Sales Church

Our Pastor
Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney

Ordination to the Priesthood
February 2, 1956

Assigned to Saint Francis de Sales Parish

February 15, 1968

Appointed Pastor

June 2, 1978

Appointed Assistant Chaplain, Boston Fire Department

October 1, 1964

Promoted to Senior Assistant Chaplain

July 1, 1972

Promoted to Chief Chaplain

October 1, 1991

The priest is not a priest for himself; he does not give himself absolution; he does not administer the Sacraments to himself. He is not for himself, he is for you. After God, the priest is everything. Leave a parish twenty years without priests; they will worship beasts.

St John Vianney