Alumnus Priest Named Pastor of Two Parishes

Four years after his ordination as a priest in the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, Rev. Jonathan Perrotta (’95) has been named the pastor of not one, but two parishes.

As of July 1, Fr. Perrotta is the pastor of St. Mary Parish in Durand and St. Joseph Parish in Gaines. His new positions come after four years at Holy Family Parish in Grand Blanc, where he began as the parochial vicar before being named the parish’s administrator in 2014.

Fr. Perrotta sees the hand of Providence at work in his being reassigned from a parish named for the Holy Family to churches that fall under the patronage of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mother. “I have to share with you the blessing I felt when I realized that God is still keeping me under the protection of the Holy Family,” the pastor wrote in a letter to his new parishioners. “This special protection and guidance of the Holy Family started before coming to Holy Family parish, and now, it continues as I will be shepherding us at St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the One Shepherd. God is good.”

An audio archive of Fr. Perrotta’s homilies is available via the St. Mary’s website.