Deacon Jim was born in Beverly. He attended St. John the Evangelist School and Bishop Fenwick High School. After graduating from Georgetown University and The Georgetown University Law Center, he spent a number of years practicing law in Connecticut.
He, his wife Susan, and their two daughters moved back to Hamilton in 1985 where he continued to practice Law in Boston. He was admitted to the Boston Archdiocese Diaconate program in 1994 and was ordained as a Permanent Deacon in 1998.
Since that time, he has ministered at St. Paul (Hamilton), Our Lady of the Assumption (Brookline), St. Mary (Tampa, FL), Holy Redeemer (Palm City FL), and St. Martin dePorres (Jensen Beach, FL).
Recently, he moved back to Salem on a permanent basis and is very much looking forward to working with and serving the people at the Beverly Collaborative. In addition to his liturgical duties, Deacon Jim's diaconal service has focused on ministry at a number of assisted living facilities in the parishes where he has been assigned. Deacon Jim is excited about being back home on the North Shore where he grew up and to be assisting in the Beverly Catholic Collaborative Parishes.
Welcome home Deacon Jim!
