Priesthood Using and Losing Power: Neil Connolly’s Ministry in the Puerto Rican Migration

This webinar will review how a priest, the Rev. Neil Connolly, came to a new understanding of power while serving the Puerto Rican Catholic population in the South Bronx from 1958 to 1985. Inspired by Vatican II, Father Connolly used political, clerical, and moral power to fight against institutional forces and socio-economic epidemics. However, his breakthrough came when he realized that his role as a priest called him to lose power and to follow a vision of the church that lets people power transform the church and the world.