A Celebration for Fr. Vinny McKiernan, C.S.P.
Fr. Vinny is celebrating his 90th birthday on Jan. 15 and this year also marks his 30th anniversary at the Newman Center. We’ll be celebrating these wonderful occasions with a couple of events:
- Friday, Jan. 15: Join Fr. Vinny for daily Mass at 5:30 p.m. Watch the Mass on YouTube.
- Saturday, Jan. 16: Beep, honk, yell and wave…it’s Fr. Vinny’s Drive-by Birthday/Anniversary Parade! Join us from 1-3 p.m. in the Newman Center parking lot.
- Saturday, Jan. 16 & Sunday, Jan. 17: Fr. Vinny will be remote preaching at all the Masses.
In lieu of personal gifts, Fr. Vinny would like you to consider supporting the following:
Any questions, please contact Suzana Silva.
- The new Paulist Fathers Seminary Building in Washington, D.C. - The Paulist House of Mission and Studies will be a new, right-sized home for Paulist seminarians, novices and the Paulist Fathers who live and work in Washington, D.C. The new building will be just steps from the Catholic University of America, where our seminarians study.
- Become a Fr. Vinny Visionary - Join the St. Thomas More Newman Center Legacy Society.
Any questions, please contact Suzana Silva.
All About Fr. Vinny
Years of Paulist support for his education:
Involvement in Paulist education and formation:
- 8 years of elementary school at Good Shepherd, Paulist parish in NYC (1936-1944)
- 6 years at the Paulist juniorate in Baltimore MD: 4 years of high school and 2 years of college (1944-1950)
- 1 year of novitiate, Mt. Paul Novitiate, Oak Ridge, NJ (1950-1951)
- 6 years at St. Paul's College (last 2 years of college and 4 years of theology) (1951-1957)
- Ordination (May 11, 1957)
- 1 year at Catholic University, Master's degree in Greek & Latin (1958-1959)
Involvement in Paulist education and formation:
- 1959-1968 at St. Peter's College, Baltimore, MD, teaching Greek & Latin
- 1968-1976 Novice Director at Mt. Paul, Oak Ridge, NJ
- 17 years doing Paulist formation
Check out a collection of photos and information about Fr. Vinny on Pinterest.
This video was made in celebration of Fr. Vinny's 60th Anniversary of his Ordination as a Paulist Father, which was celebrated by our community on Thursday, May 11, 2017.