Fr. Bill Kennedy is a Boston native and was ordained in 1987. After serving at Immaculate Conception parish in Salem, MA he was given permission by Cardinal Law to serve as an active-duty Navy Chaplain. He worked in that capacity from 1992 - 2021, with assignments witht he Navy, Marine Corps and US. Central Command.  He returned to the diocese and was assigned as the Temporary Administrator of Sacred Heart Parish in Waltham. He became the pastor of St Monica and St Peter (Lithuanian) Churches in February 2023.