Priests for life adds
staff
Priests for Life, the international association of clergy headed by Father
Frank Pavone, announced the exciting news today that yet another priest has
joined its ranks as a full-time priest associate.
Father Walter J. Quinn, O.S.A., has been released by his Ordinary, Father
John Deegan, Prior Provincial of the Augustinian Order, St. Thomas Villanova, to
devote 100 percent of his time to Priests for Life.
The addition of Father Quinn to the Priests for Life staff brings the number
of full-time priests in the organization to five. Assisting the priests is a
rapidly growing, nationwide lay staff of 23.
Father Quinn brings to Priests for Life nearly four decades of experience in
the priesthood, having served mostly in parishes throughout the Northeastern
U.S. He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and for a time
worked in industrial sales before being ordained in 1961. He has been actively
involved in pro-life work since the late 1960's, and has founded prolife
organizations in Philadelphia and New Jersey. He was also recently appointed by
Bishop Colin Campbell, of the diocese of Antigonish, to be spiritual director of
the "U. S. Hearts of Jesus and Mary," an international lay organization that has
chapters in the U.S., Canada, England and Ireland.
Father Pavone, who has headed Priests for Life since 1993, today said: "We
are thrilled to have Father Quinn as part of the Priests for Life team. Together
with Fathers Hogan, West, Wilde and myself, Father Quinn will be traveling the
country, teaching, training, motivating and encouraging his brother priests to
speak up for life.
"Even more exciting, though, is what all this indicates for the future. There
is a specific charism in the Church, a charism for the defense of human life.
That charism is fittingly embodied in a number of institutional structures. If
it is in accordance with God's will and the desire of the Church, Priests for
Life could provide a natural launching point for an eventual Religious Order or
Society of priests dedicated to pro-life ministry."
Jerry Horn - Priests for Life Media Director
Priests for Life in the News
