MASSACHUSETTS
The Pilot
Cardinal Seán O’Malley has granted senior priest/retirement status to Father Eugene P. Sullivan. Until July 1, 2013 he had been pastor at St. Francis Xavier parish in Weymouth.
Eugene Sullivan was born in Boston’s Brighton section on May 3, 1936; his parents were the late Jeremiah and Mary Sullivan who raised their family in St. Columbkille parish. Young Gene completed his elementary school studies at the parish school (1949) under the watchful eye of the Sisters of St. Joseph. He went across the city to Boston College High School (1953) and returned to the easier commute at Boston College graduating in the class of 1957. He received an M. Ed. from Boston State College in 1958 on for the next five years taught in the Woburn Public Schools (1958-1963).
He entered St. John’s Seminary in the fall of 1963, a member of the class of 1968. Following his ordination by Cardinal Cushing at Holy Cross Cathedral on May 29, 1968 he was appointed assistant at St. Joseph Parish in Holbrook, serving there until 1971.
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