Fr. Seán Connolly is from the Lower Hudson River Valley of New York. He is the fifth generation of the Connolly family from the Town of Ossining.

He’s a graduate of Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers where he was trained for ministry. He was ordained a Catholic priest at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2015.

In his spare time amidst parochial duties,  Fr. Seán  leads pilgrimages to different shrines across the world. He enjoys conducting thorough research on the sacred places he visits and writing about them for different publications.