Fr. Joseph Palmisano, SJ, Ordained to the Priesthood

Joseph Redfield Palmisano, SJ, was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 2008 at the Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola, Fairfield University by The Most Reverend William E. Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport. Family and friends from Connecticut, New York, Dublin, and Jamaica joined in the celebration.  

Fr. Joseph Palmisano, SJ, Biographical Profile

Fr. Palmisano, 33, comes from Monroe, Conn. Joe attended Fairfield Prep ('93) and graduated from Boston College in 1997 with a B.A. in theology. Joe entered the Society of Jesus on August 23, 1998 and pronounced vows on August 12, 2000. During his years of Jesuit formation, Joe did First Studies at Fordham University, earning an M.A. in Philosophical Resources. 

After Fordham, he also earned an M. Phil. in ecumenical theology at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland (2002-03). Joe then spent two years at Campion College, Kingston, Jamaica teaching religion and doing campus ministry, while living and serving pastorally at St. Anne’s Parish and in Annotto Bay.

In 2005 he returned to Ireland and graduated in 2007 with an S.T.L. degree in systematics/missiology from The Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, also in Dublin. In September 2007, Joe returned to Trinity College in Dublin to undertake doctoral studies in theology, with a concentration in Jewish-Catholic dialogue. Joe is also taking part in a two-year program in Spiritual Direction training sponsored by the Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Dublin. 

Read Fr. Palmisano's Vocation Story.