Together in Christ
for the  Greater Glory of God

? For General Parish Information,
Contact: Sue Greaney
978-388-0330 Ext. 104
parishoffice@hfamesbury.com


Pastoral Leadership

Pastor
Rev. Louis R. Palmieri (Father Lou)
978-338-0330 Ext. 107
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Father Lou grew up in East Boston, attending East Boston Central Catholic Grammar School there through grade 6. His later grades were accomplished at the Carroll School, a dynamic independent day school in Lincoln, MA dedicated to meeting the educational needs of children diagnosed with language-based learning disabilities. Father Lou then graduated  Boston College, completing a double major in Philosophy and Theology.

After college, Father Lou taught a year at St. Stanislaus School in Chelsea, then entered St. John's Seminary where he graduated with a Masters degree in Divinity and was ordained a priest in 1993. His first priestly assignment was to St. Bridget's in Abbington, where he served as an associate pastoral vicar from 1993 through 1999. From 1999 through 2003, his assignment as pastoral vicar was to St. Joseph's in Holbrook. He then served successfully from 2003 until 2010 as pastor of St. Michael's in Avon. And on September 26, 2010, Father Lou  came to Holy Family Parish  as its pastor. He then took responsibility, within a dual pastorship with Holy Family, for Star of the Sea Parish in Salisbury on March 1, 2011.


Parochial Vicar
Rev. Michael J. Farrell (Father Michael)
 978-338-0330 Ext. 105
Fr_michael@hfamesbury.com
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With his parents living in Charlestown, Father Michael was born May 28, 1974 in Melrose Hospital, the second of two sons. He attended Saint Catherine's School for grades 1 through 3; and when his family moved to Brockton in 1983, Father Michael continued grammar school at Saint Edward's School, graduating in 1988. He then attended Coyle and Cassidy Memorial High School in Taunton, graduating  in 1992.

After high school, Father Michael worked in retail and then as a "techie" in the ISP world (TIAC and Genuity) before entering the seminary in 2003 when he started his college/seminary studies at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary near Philadelphia. He graduated St. Charles in 2007 magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Father Michael then continued his studies at Saint John's Seminary in Brighton, being ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 2011 with a Masters degree in Divinity; he was assigned by the Archdiocese of Boston to Holy Family Parish on June 1, 2011.


Deacons
Deacon Raymond E. Doucette (Deacon Ray)
978-388-9453
rayd@sanbornelectric.com
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Deacon Ray was born in Fall River, MA where he attended grammar school in his home parish of Saints Peter & Paul. He graduated from S.M.U. (now UMass Dartmouth) with a B.S. degree in Textile Technology and a minor in Business Administration. Deacon Ray and his wife, Paulette, moved to Amesbury in 1969 to engage in industry and engender a family; they quickly became active members of Sacred Heart Parish.  As Holy Family evolved during the transition of Sacred Heart and St. Joseph and thereafter, Ray's fervor and resolve for Christian stewardship grew.

After raising his two daughters with Paulette and with a continuing increase in his leadership role within the Parish, guided by the Holy Spirit, Ray took the steps for a diaconate journey; and was ordained as a deacon in 2004 by Archbishop O'Malley of the Boston Archdiocese. Deacon Ray has been assigned to Holy Family Parish ever since.

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Deacon Paul V. Specht (Deacon Paul)
603-926-6683
pkspecht@gmail.com
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Deacon Paul entered the Diconate Formation Program in 1990 and was ordained deacon in 1994 for the Archdiocese of Boston. He was then assigned as permanent deacon at St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence until he was reassigned to Holy Family Parish in July 2011. Born in Lynn, Paul grew up in Saugus, working at GE in his youth and from where he attended Tufts University, graduating in 1967 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He retired from GE in 1997, continuing to work as a part-time consultant until 1999. 

Raised a Methodist, Paul converted to Catholicism in 1979, partaking in the Sacramental Rites of Initiation at St. Theresa's Parish in North Reading. He and his wife, Kathleen, were married in 1966, have 4 children together and have been blessed with 7 grandchildren. Having lived in North Reading from 1967 until 2009,  Paul and Kathleen moved in 2009 to what had been their summer home in Hampton, NH.


Parish Staff

Business Manager
Paula Blair
 978-388-0330 Ext. 103
business@hfamesbury.com
Religious Ed, Youth Ministry and Liturgical Coordinator
Kathy Larsen
978-388-0330 Ext. 101
religioused@hfamesbury.com


Parish Secretary, Bulletin Editor and Cemetery Coordinator
Sue Greaney
 978-388-0330 Ext. 104
parishoffice@hfamesbury.com
For Bulletin matters: bulletin@hfamesbury.com