One Church Square Franklin MA 02038 Rectory Office Phone: 508-528-0020

Contacting the Parish Staff at St. Mary's

Rectory:

Rectory Office: 508-528-0020
Rectory office is open from 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday.

Rectory staff:

Paula Coughlin
Parish Secretary / Desktop Publisher
email: parishpublishing@stmarysfranklin.org

Claire Perry
Parish Secretary
email: cperry@stmarysfranklin.org

Paulette Thomas
Receptionist
email: pthomas@stmarysfranklin.org

Parish Nurse / Parish Associate:

Nan Rafter
Nan is a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in health care administration. She is a graduate of Providence College, where she received a master’s degree in theological studies and pastoral ministry. Nan provides outreach to sick and homebound parishioners.
She also coordinates the Pastoral Visitor Ministry, a team of volunteers, who bring the Holy Eucharist to people in hospitals, nursing homes and their own homes. She co-facilitates bereavement support groups, and works collaboratively with Hospices, to provide end-of-life care to parishioners.
Nan coordinates the Child Abuse Prevention Team, and assists with the parish Health Ministry Team to provide health and safety education programs. Nan is a board-certified Catholic chaplain, adjunct faculty member of Saint Anne’s Hospital Parish Nurse Program, and a Pastoral Associate advisory member to the Archdiocese of Boston. She is married, and has two grown children.
email: nrafter@stmarysfranklin.org

Religious Education Office:

Office: 508-528-1450
email: religious.ed@stmarysfranklin.org

Administrators:

Isabel Coyne, Administrator
Karen Ackles, Administrator
Liz Bertoni, Secretary
Patricia Buckley, Secretary

Music:

Director of Music:

Alessandrina (Taddeo) Menard
Phone: 508-528-0498

St. Mary's Clergy:

Fr. Brian F. Manning
Father Brian Manning, our new pastor, assumed his duties here on May 12. His message to parishioners is that he is “honored, delighted and happy” to be pastor of our graced and wonderful faith community.
A native of Dorchester, he was raised in Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale. Father Brian attended St. John’s Seminary, and was ordained in 1974 at The Cathedral in Boston by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros. He has earned a B.A., B.D. and a M. Th. He also earned a M. Ed. from Antioch University.
He served as Parochial Vicar in Holy Redeemer Parish, East Boston; Church of the Presentation in Brighton-Newton; Immaculate Conception Church in East Weymouth, and the Cathedral in Boston.
After being elevated to Pastor, he served at St Catherine’s Church in Somerville. He was then transferred to St. Mary of The Nativity Church in Scituate, where he served as pastor, prior to his arrival at St. Mary Church in Franklin.
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bmanning@stmarysfranklin.org

Fr. Frank D. Campo
Father Frank Campo, Parochial Vicar, was ordained on May 23, 2009, and came to our parish on June 2, his first assignment as a new priest.
He is a graduate of Indiana University of PA, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He earned his Master’s Degree at New York University.
A widower for the past 18 years, he is an alumnus of Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston, for those choosing the priesthood as a late vocation. He has been a widower for 18 years, since his wife died while they were living in Chartres, France.
Formerly he was a writer, and, among those with whom he collaborated were the British historian, novelist and poet, Anthony Rhodes; Joseph Boyle, philosopher and academic; and Brent Bozell, religious writer and theologian. Prior to that, he owned a restaurant.
A native of Philadelphia, PA, and brought up in Montreal, he is the son of Lee (Butera) Campo and the late William Campo, both who were born in southern Italy.
Father Frank served as a deacon in St. Bridget Parish in Framingham, and celebrated his first Mass there on May. 24.
fcampo@stmarysfranklin.org
From Fr. Camo on Cardinal Sean's Blog: Experiences of a Priest on his First Assignment >>>