Rev. Msgr. William J. Lynn
Pastor


Rev. Brian M. Kean
Parochial Vicar



Rev. Matthew W. Guckin
Resident



Rev. Mr. Edward R. Schiappa
Permanent Deacon

Monsignor Lynn was ordained in 1976 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He served as Parochial Vicar at St. Bernard in Northeast Philadelphia for four years and then at St. Katharine of Siena in Wayne for four years. From 1984 to 1992 he served as Dean of Men at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Monsignor Lynn served as the Secretary for Clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1992-2004. In June 2004, he was assigned Pastor at St. Joseph Church following the ordination of Bishop Joseph McFadden.

Father Kean was just ordained by Cardinal Rigali on May 17, 2008 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. Father Kean is from Saint Frances Cabrini Parish, Fairless Hills, where he attended grade school and first felt the call of a vocation to the priesthood. Father entered Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in the Fall of 2000 where he earned his B.A. and M. Div. Prior to entering the seminary, Father Kean attended East Stroudsburg University for two years, and is a graduate of Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, class of 1998.

Father Guckin is a teacher at Bishop Shanahan High School.

Deacon Ed, ordained June 1, 1997, has been a parishioner at St. Joseph Parish for 26 years, as long as he has been married to his wife Eileen, a 5th grade teacher here at St. Joseph School. He is originally from Holy Innocents Parish in Juniata Park, Philadelphia where he served as an usher and lector. He attended North Catholic High School, St. Joseph University, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, and St. Norbert College. Retired from AT&T in 1998 after 25 years of service, he now drives a school bus part-time for Krapf.