Joseph MacDonald:  

Life It’s a little awkward trying to write about myself. It seems kind of vain, but here it goes anyway. I hope its not too boring. After high school I went to Boston Conservatory and have worked, at least part time, as a musician ever since. Some of my other jobs have included insurance sales (don’t recommend it) and I owned a cleaning business for a while as well. I met my bride in 1978 and we got married in the spring of 83. We’ve been happily married ever since. We have two children. Our daughter graduated from college last year and is now working in the Quincy school system. Our son is now in his second year of college and doing well. We are proud of them. My family and I live within a mile or so from the home where I grew up. Several years ago I felt a calling to ministry, went back to school to study, and was ordained in 2004 as a Catholic deacon. One of the most interesting and most fulfilling aspects of my training was a chaplaincy internship some of us did at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After ordination I was first assigned to St. Elizabeth’s Parish in Milton and I’m now assigned to Saint Benedict’s pari...Expand for more