• Welcome to my website!  I am a Franciscan religious and a Roman Catholic Priest currently serving as Associate Pastor of Saint Francis Xavier Church in New Milford, Connecticut. I also serve as the Executive Secretary of the English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor.  Spend some time checking out my site and I hope you'll find what is here useful.  God bless and come back again!

• PERSONAL INFORMATION:

   • Entered Religious Life - August 31, 1991

  • Received into the Novitiate - August 14, 1992

   • First Profession of Vows - August 16, 1993

   • Solemn Profession of Vows - August 23, 1997

   • Ordained a Transitional Deacon - May 12, 2000

   • Ordained a Priest - September 16, 2000

• EDUCATION:

   • Graduated St. Francis Xavier School - June 1982

   • Graduated New Bedford High School - June 5, 1986

   • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, St. John's Seminary - May 19, 1996

   • Master of Divinity, Weston Jesuit School of Theology - May 14, 1999

   • Master of Theology in Sacred Liturgy, Weston Jesuit School of Theology - May 19, 2001

   • Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology - anticipated

Email: frtom@sfxnewmilford.org • IM: TOMWAS