Colletti, Local Parishes, Celebrate 50 Years of Priesthood

Rev. Arnold Colletti, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish and St. Brigid Parish, is celebrating 50 years of priesthood on Feb. 2, including 30 years in Lexington. To mark his anniversary, there will be a Mass and reception in his honor on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 1 p

  The following press release was provided by Nancy Keebler, from Sacred Heart Parish. After serving as a Catholic priest for 50 years, Fr. Arnold Colletti reflects that it was probably only through divine intervention that he was ordained in 1962. Born in Braintree into a nonreligious family, he was baptized at age 7 only after a babysitter suggested it. After the family moved away from Braintree a year later, he received little encouragement to remain Catholic, and even less when he decided to become a priest. His mother supported his decision, he says, but his father spent 3 years trying to talk him out of it.   Colletti never changed his mind. On Sunday, Feb. 5, the Catholic parishes of Sacred Heart and St. Brigid will commemorate his …

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