Rev. Joseph Henchey, CSS

St. Bertoni

Stigmatines

Rev. Joseph Charles Henchey, CSS, STD was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, not far from Boston, in June 2, 1930. He was ordained a Stigmatine Priest in Rome, Italy, in July 1, 1956.

He spent 32 years in Rome - 10 years as General Councilor - and also taught at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas [ANGELICUM] [PUST] in Rome for more than 20 years.  

In 1996, the North American Episcopal Conference appointed Fr. Henchey to the Pontifical North American College in Rome, as an Assistant Spiritual Director. Fr. Henchey held this position until 2002, when he was then appointed to the same position at Blessed Pope John XXII National Seminary in Weston MA, for second career men, desiring to spend their last years as priests. In the fall of 2006, he was appointed to Mundelein Seminary, nearby Chicago, IL, as occupant of the Paluch Chair of Theology.

Fr. Henchey has also traveled widely giving retreats, courses and lectures to priests, religious and the laity.

For all of his Stigmatine life, Fr. Henchey has been a student of St. Gaspar Bertoni, the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.

In 2006, he celebrated his Priestly Golden Jubilee (as may be seen in the website www.jchjub.org).

Rev. Joseph Henchey, CSS