Fr. Seán Connolly is from Ossining, New York. He attended Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx and then the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts where he received a Bachelor of Arts in the Classics.

Immediately following college, Fr Connolly entered Saint Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie to begin his priestly formation for the Archdiocese of New York. There he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome and a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts from Dunwoodie.

Fr. Connolly was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on 23 May 2015.

He enjoys studying Catholic history and liturgy, but has a particular interest in the Holy Land