Brendan Murphy Appointed Family Life Director
 

Brendan Murphy has been appointed to the position of director of family life, marriage preparation and adult faith formation in the Office for Parish Life, effective July 1.

He will assume all responsibilities for the family life apostolate in the Diocese, including marriage preparation and Natural Family Planning (NFP), Beginning Experience and Retrouvaille. He will continue his efforts to serve the parishes by fostering adult catechesis and evangelization.

“All of us in the Office for Parish Life look forward to cooperating with Brendan to serve the parishes in the Diocese in these areas of family life,” said Janet P. Benestad, Diocesan Secretary for Parish Life and Evangelization.

Mr. Murphy came to the Diocese in 2001 as director of youth and young adult programming at St. Pius X Seminary/Fatima Renewal Center. In May 2005, he became an associate in the Office for Parish Life assisting with religious education, most particularly adult education by teaching courses in the Pastoral Formation Institute.

He has assisted with the development and implementation of a revised marriage preparation format which includes theology of the body catechesis in the pre-Cana program.

Mr. Murphy has a master’s degree in theology from Fordham University. He is married to Heather Murphy who, like Brendan, is a certified NFP instructor. They have two children, Eoghan, 3, and Clara, 1.