WELCOME RECEPTION FOR FATHER PEFFLEY

Meet Our New Vicar

Fr. Francis Peffley comes to us from St. Mary or Sorrows in Fairfax County where he served as Parochial Vicar since 2016.  Father Peffley was born on March 16, 1963, in Norristown, Pennsylvania.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Christendom college, and he attended Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he received his Master of Divinity and Master of Arts Degrees.  He was ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1990, by Bishop John Keating.  He served as the founding Pastor of Holy Trinity in Gainesville VA and was the spiritual director for numerous presidia of the Legion of Mary.  Please give Fr. Peffley a warm welcome!