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Bishop
Fintan Monahan
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Marion
Mulhall
Marion Mulhall - Founder & CEO (Ireland & USA)
Marion is the founder/CEO of Worldpriest Global Apostolate, a lay organisation of professional communications people formed in 2003 to ‘Affirm the dignity, beauty and gift of the priesthood of Jesus Christ to humanity’.
Marion and her team are the developers and the inspiration behind the Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification Priests,. The idea is a simple one: each of the participating prayer locations prays a particular mystery of the Rosary at a particular allocated time throughout one entire day in thanksgiving to God for our priests and to implore the protection and loving care of Our Lady, Mother of all priests, for all her priestly sons. At midnight on the Annual Global Rosary Relay day – which falls on the feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus annually – the entire world will have been encircled in prayer for our priests.
This Annual Global Rosary Relay Day has now become the largest gathering of a world at prayer for one purpose, one prayer, on one day.
Marion has appeared on international television programmes including EWTN’s Live in Alabama USA. She has addressed the USA Bishops’ Conference, the International Institute for Ongoing Clergy Formation at Seton Hall University, also at the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of Good help at Green Bay in Wisconsin USA and many other prestigious gatherings globally, sharing her life’s passion and mission of supporting our priests who serve us in Christ’s name.
Worldpriest is a not-for-profit organisation with offices in Dublin, Ireland and New York, USA.
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Niall
Kennedy KCSG
Niall Kennedy - Chairman (Ireland) & Director (USA)
He runs the Irish division of a UK manufacturing company, is a director of a number of companies and is a member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland, He is the Chairman of World Priest.
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Anne
Brady
Anne Brady - Director (Ireland)
Anne Brady is Senior Partner with Anne Brady McQuillans DFK, a progressive firm of chartered accountants. Anne is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute. She is also a member of the Institite of Internal Auditors and the Life Insurance Association (LIA). Prior to starting her own practice in 1992 Anne both worked and trained with KPMG. Anne specialises in advising charities and not for profit entities and has acted as Project Director on a number of construction projects for charity clients. She is an expert in advising business start ups, fund-raising, implementing internal controls and assisting with restructuring and reorganisation of companies. Anne is a well-respected member in the accounting community and sits on the Chartered Accountants Ireland Technology Conmittee and the EMEA Board of DFK International. She lectures regularly for Chartered Accountants Ireland, Accounting Technicians Ireland, and Certified Public Accountants and is a regular speaker at DFK international and national conferences.
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Colm
Flynn
Colm Flynn - Director
I present and produce TV for RTÉ One, the national public service broadcaster and number 1 channel in Ireland. I’m a reporter on it’s flagship TODAY Show where I travel the country covering a huge range of stories and events.
I also report and occasionally present ‘Nationwide’, one of the countries most viewed and longest running TV shows. In the past number of years my work with Nationwide has brought me all over the world, to places like South Africa, Ecuador, Australia, New York, London, the list goes on. The show is all about positive Irish stories and reflecting Irish society and it’s people.
When I’m not making TV, I’m making radio. I started my career in my local radio station, Clare FM when I was still in school filling in for a late night show ‘Smooth & Sexy’ (shudder). Ever since then I’ve loved the intimate medium of the ‘wireless’. My radio reports are regular features on RTÉ Radio 1 and the BBC World Service. I travel the world interviewing inspirational people who have remarkable stories.
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Bishop
John O'Hara
Bishop John O'Hara - Director (USA)
Born on February 7, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the first of three sons of the late John Joseph and Helen Elizabeth O’Hara, Bishop O’Hara was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in 1959, Don Bosco High School in Ramsey, New Jersey in 1963, and Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, with a BA degree in English in 1967.
Prior to entering Saint Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, New York in September, 1980, the future bishop worked in the communications field, serving first at Radio Station WERA in Plainfield, New Jersey, from 1967 to 1969, and later, from 1971 to 1980, at Radio Station WMTR/WDHA in Morristown, New Jersey, where he was named the station’s News Director in 1978.
Upon completion of his priestly formation at Dunwoodie, the future bishop was ordained to the priesthood on December 1, 1984 in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral by the late John Cardinal O’Connor. He served as parochial vicar at Saint Charles Parish in Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, from December, 1984, until October, 1992, when he was transferred to the Parish of Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus in Castleton Corners, Staten Island. After eight years as parochial vicar, Bishop O’Hara was appointed Pastor of Saint Teresa’s on July 1, 2000, by the late Edward Cardinal Egan. During his years on Staten Island, Bishop O’Hara was very involved in ecumenical/interreligious dialogue, seeking to build bridges of communication and understanding among the Island’s very diverse faith communities…an involvement that continues to this day and has expanded to include Manhattan.
Following twelve years as pastor, Bishop O’Hara was appointed the first Director of the Office of Strategic Pastoral Planning by Cardinal Dolan on July 1, 2012. In this capacity, Bishop O’Hara supervised the ongoing reorganization of parishes throughout the archdiocese…a process that is continuing under his guidance in his role as Vicar for Planning.
Bishop O’Hara was appointed by Cardinal Dolan as a member of the ecumenical/interfaith Committee of Religious Leaders, which meets on a regular basis to address issues of community concern and to provide leadership in promoting understanding and dialogue among all peoples living with the five boros of New York City. A chaplain to and member of both the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, Bishop O’Hara also serves as a board member of the Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America.
His Holiness, Pope Francis, appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of New York on June 14, 2014. In April, 2015, Bishop O’Hara returned to Staten Island to take up residence in the rectory of Saint Charles Parish, where he began as a newly ordained priest in December, 1984.
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Richard
G. Stewart
Richard G. Stewart - President of WorldPriest INC (USA)
- Entrepreneur/Educator/Developer
- Inspirational Speaker – Removing Barriers to Financial Independence
- Founder of Source Inc. – Source Inc. owns powerful intellectual property and technology that has developed an information and data management system for various business rules management systems.
- Creator of Help Worldwide, Inc. – HELP stands for Humanitarian Empowerment Loyalty Program. Help Worldwide, Inc. is dedicated to raising funds for charitable organizations around the world with technology that tracks loyalty regardless of the method of payment.
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James
A. Diroff
James A. Diroff Director - WorldPriest INC (USA)
James serves on the Board of Directors of Worldpriest and on the Worldpriest U.S. Advisory Board, helping advance the apostolate’s mission of upholding the dignity, beauty, and gift of the priesthood of Jesus Christ. In particular, he is deeply committed to promoting the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, inviting the faithful—especially young people—to take up the Rosary and join this worldwide “relay of prayer” encircling the globe for priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Through his work with Worldpriest, he encourages greater love for the priesthood, increased prayer for vocations, and a renewed sense of spiritual support for those who serve at the altar.
A spiritual son of Mother Adela, Foundress of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, James has shared his testimony at Catholic schools, military chapels, and youth events across three continents. He has appeared on EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SiriusXM’s Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd, local news networks, Forbes Magazine online, The Air Force Times, and Jay Leno’s Garage.
A devoted husband and father of two daughters, James speaks with conviction about purpose, discipline, and the inexhaustible grace and mercy of God. Whether piloting an aircraft, serving in law enforcement, leading a nationwide company as CEO, or kneeling in adoration before the Eucharist, he invites others to live courageously, pray fervently for priests, and embrace the great adventure of discovering God’s plan for their lives.