During the month of August, Father Robert Reed will be featured on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) website, www.usccb.org.
Each day, usccb.org offers a video reflection on the daily Mass readings. This initiative is funded by the Catholic Communications Campaign. Daily reflections are given by priests, religious, and lay people. Father Reed will offer video reflections on the Mass readings on the following dates: August 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.
Father Reed is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and the President of the CatholicTV® Network. He was born in Boston and currently lives in the historic West End of the city. He was educated at St. John’s Preparatory School and prepared for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Father Reed also studied Broadcast Administration at Boston University's School of Communication.
After having been ordained a Catholic priest in 1985, Father Reed served in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Boston. He was appointed director of CatholicTV in May, 2005. He works at the national headquarters of the network, the Monsignor Frank McFarland Center in Massachusetts.
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