https://www.thebostonpilot.comOfficial newspaper of the Archdiocese of BostonLast Spring, at the invitation of Ed Freni, who was then the Director of Aviation for Massport, I had the opportunity to visit Logan Airport. I joined Director Freni and many heads of departments and representatives of airlines and other partners for the morning briefing and then I enjoyed a rather extensive tour of the airport and its operations. 9/11/2026 4:12:17 PMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203305https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=2033059/11/2026 1:22:33 PMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203301https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203301Widely respected and even more widely admired, Msgr. Kevin J. O'Leary, who is best known for his 18-year tenure as rector of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Cross, became a senior priest of the archdiocese on May 1, 2026. 9/11/2026 9:57:12 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203299https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203299One of six children of the late Gerald and Beatrice (Morin) Callahan, Father Callahan was born in Lawrence on Sept. 2, 1952. He grew up initially in North Andover, and then in the "Immigrant City," Lawrence, in St. Patrick Parish. The parish school, which young David attended, had been staffed since its founding by the Sisters of Charity of Halifax. The parish gave sons and daughters to religious and priestly vocations in enviable numbers. 9/11/2026 9:55:49 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203298https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203298Born in the "Boxer City," Brockton, on Sept. 19, 1965, Father Connor was one of the children of the late Myles and Sarah (Coyne) Connor. He was raised in Marshfield and recalls his early relationship with the parish priests of his home parish, St. Ann. He named the late Fathers Patrick Gilmore and Leo Cormier as influences on his sense of priestly vocation. 9/11/2026 9:54:16 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203297https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203297A priest of the archdiocese since his ordination on June 25, 1988, at Holy Cross Cathedral by Bernard Cardinal Law, Father Mark J. DeAngelis was granted senior priest retirement status by Archbishop Richard G. Henning on June 24, 2026. 9/11/2026 9:53:00 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203296https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203296A Hub native born on May 19, 1949, and raised in the Jamaica Plain section of the city, he was one of the three sons (Albert is the oldest, the two other sons are Robert and Thomas); and two daughters (Margaret and Mary Benson) of the late Albert and Elizabeth (Leahy) Faretra. 9/11/2026 9:51:39 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203295https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203295One of Boston's well-known priests and one with extensive service to the priests of the archdiocese, as well as to her parishes, Father Charles J. Higgins became a senior priest on Feb. 1, 2026. 9/11/2026 9:50:35 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203294https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203294The rector of St. John Seminary since Dec.17, 2019, Msgr. Stephen E. Salocks was granted senior priest retirement status on June 24, 2026, by Archbishop Richard G. Henning. 9/11/2026 9:49:16 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203293https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203293Raised in the Garden City, Newton, and in its Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish, Father John E. Sheridan is an alumnus of Newton South High School and archdiocesan seminaries. He is the eighth of the nine children of the late Denis and Elizabeth (Henebury) Sheridan born on Jan. 30, 1964. He has four brothers: Denis, James, Mark, and Patrick; and four sisters: Catherine Carver, Elizabeth Harris, Ellen Geary, and Mary Martin. 9/11/2026 9:48:04 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203292https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203292Three decades in a single assignment is unusual. Three decades as a hospital chaplain in a large urban hospital is rare. Father Richard W. Visbisky served for three decades -- Oct. 1, 1995, to Oct. 1, 2025 -- as chaplain at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton. Archbishop Richard G. Henning granted him senior priest retirement status on that 30th anniversary date. 9/11/2026 9:47:05 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203291https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=2032919/11/2026 8:52:01 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203288https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203288BRAINTREE -- Colleen Donohoe nunca olvidará el olor. "No puedo explicarlo", dijo. "Todavía me ahoga. Era el olor de la muerte, el olor del mal". 9/11/2026 8:52:01 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203289https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203289BOSTON -- El 8 de septiembre fue la primera vez que Brianna habló frente a una multitud de más de 100 personas. 9/11/2026 8:52:00 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203287https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203287BRAINTREE -- Colleen Donohoe will never forget the smell. "I can't explain it," she said. "Still chokes me up. It was the smell of death, the smell of evil." 9/11/2026 8:43:19 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203280https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203280CAMBRIDGE -- As classes began at Catholic schools around Labor Day, the school community at St. Peter School in Cambridge had something extra special to celebrate. Sept. 8 marked not only the first day of a new school year but also the 125th anniversary of the school's founding in 1901. 9/11/2026 8:42:14 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203279https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203279BOSTON -- Sept. 8 was Brianna's first time speaking in front of a crowd of more than 100 people. 9/11/2026 8:41:08 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203278https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203278Many people are unaware that in July 2025, Congress passed a new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program that will begin this January. The optional program is available for states where governors select to opt in. If Massachusetts participates, children in grades K-12 across the Commonwealth (public and private school students) will benefit from a variety of educational resources and services that would be fully funded through individual federal tax donations. Through this unique program, taxpayers may choose to donate up to $1,700 to an approved Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) of their choice and receive a full dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. SGOs will use the donated funds to support students with family incomes below 300 percent of Massachusetts's median income, with tutoring, after-school care, transportation, books, tuition, technology, hearing equipment, speech services, and much more. There are no public funds involved or impacted; most Massachusetts families would qualify, and multiple scholarship-granting organizations with links to numerous educational programs would be established. 9/11/2026 8:24:47 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203276https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203276If we believe that God's providence oversees our nation, then for some events we ought to interpret what that event means for us, under that providence. 9/11/2026 8:22:59 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203275https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203275The first place of formation is the liturgy itself. Surely the Mass, but also the other liturgies of the sacraments, sacramentals or other prayer, especially the Liturgy of the Hours, are "classrooms" of formation. 9/11/2026 8:21:41 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203274https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203274It's hard to believe that in a few short weeks I will be attending the beatification of a personal hero to me and to many -- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. When our National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies announced that they had a block of tickets available, I jumped at the opportunity to use one. 9/11/2026 8:20:12 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203273https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203273Mercy and forgiveness should be at the heart of the Christian life. Yet, as today's First Reading wisely reminds us, often we cherish our wrath, nourish our anger, and refuse mercy to those who have done us wrong. Jesus, too, strikes close to home in today's Gospel with His realistic portrayal of the wicked servant who won't forgive a fellow servant's debt, even though his own slate has just been wiped clean by their master. 9/11/2026 8:18:54 AMhttps://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203272https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=203272