Redemptorist Father Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R., will return to Holy Name Church in East Nashville to lead a three-night eucharistic mission, “Speak Lord, Your Servant is Listening,” April 17-19.
Father MacDonald led the first part of his mission series at Holy Name in December. The upcoming mission will be from 7-8 p.m. each of the three nights. There also will be mission Masses following the daily Mass schedule on those three dates.
Father MacDonald is from Woburn, Massachusetts, about 10 miles north of Boston. He entered the Redemptorist Missionary Order after attending Boston College and playing seven years of professional baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and overseas in Holland and Australia. He is a member of the Boston College Hall of Fame.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1991 and has worked as a parish priest in Dominica, New York, Boston, St. Lucia, and the Virgin Islands. He is currently assigned to the Redemptorist Community in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.