https://father_joe1986@msn.comAlthough born in LaPlata, MD, Father Joe's family moved from Issue to Forestville in PG County when he was a young boy and he grew up in Mount Calvary Parish.  The family continued to grow and Father Joe would be one of five boys and two girls.  He graduated from Suitland High School in 1978.  Accepted into the seminary, he spent his freshman year at St. Francis Seminary and College (now University) in Loretto, PA, where he studied with the Franciscan TOR’s.  The seminary closed that year, and he was transferred to the Seminary of St. Pius X in Erlanger, KY.  He loved the structure and rules there and earned 159 credit hours (largely in History and English) with a degree in Philosophy.  St. Pius X closed its doors a year after his departure.  Then he was sent to Theological College at the Catholic University of America where he studied Theology.  He was ordained a deacon in 1985 and a priest on May 17, 1986.  He has worked in numerous parishes:

1983-1984         Mount Calvary in Forestville, MD  (as a seminarian/janitorial work)

1984-1985         Mary, Mother of God in Chinatown, NW DC   (as a seminarian/sick calls) 

1985-1986         St. Ann in Tenleytown, NW DC  (as a deacon)

1986-1993         St. Ann in Tenleytown, NW DC  (as a parochial vicar)

1993-1998         St. Mary of the Assumption in Upper Marlboro, MD  (as a parochial vicar)

1998-1999         St. Peter in Waldorf, MD  (as a parochial vicar)

1999-2000         St. Thomas More in SE, DC  (as pastor)

2000-2007         Church of the Holy Spirit in Forestville, MD  (as pastor)

2007-present      Holy Family Church in Mitchellville, MD  (as pastor) 

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