Honoring the Priestly Golden Jubilee of

1956           July 1        2006

Brief Biography

Rev. Joseph Charles Henchey, CSS (Fr. Joe) was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, not far from Boston, in June 2, 1930. He entered the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata on January 6, 1946, and was ordained a Stigmatine Priest in Rome, Italy, in July 1, 1956.

Fr. Henchey received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome. He served in Rome teaching at the Pontifical University for over 20 years and also as Assistant Spiritual Director at the Pontifical North American College for about six years.

He has also served as Formator at various Stigmatine Houses of Formation, North American Provincial Superior and General Counselor of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata. For all his Stigmatine life he has been a student of St. Gaspar Bertoni, the Founder of his Congregation, and recently published a website honoring the Founder, at www.st-bertoni.com.

Fr. Henchey has also traveled widely giving retreats, courses and lectures to priests, religious and the laity. He served also as Assistant Spiritual Director at Blessed John Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, MA, until 2006, when he moved to Mundelein Seminary in Chicago, IL, as occupant of the Paluch Chair of Theology.