Western Mass Catholic

Sister John Mary Sullivan, FSE, LMFT

Sister John Mary Sullivan, FSE, LMFT is the Director of the Meriden-based Franciscan Life Center and a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is a graduate of the University of Dallas, has a Masters of Theological Studies from the John Paul II Institute, and a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from CCSU.

Fr. Brad is a native of upstate New York and a member of the Our Lady of the Angels Province of the Conventual Franciscans. He professed final vows as a Franciscan in 1989 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1993. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and Franciscan studies from St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, MA, a Master of Divinity degree from Washington Theological Union in Washington, DC, and a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Fr. Brad’s ministry has been primarily in initial formation for his Franciscan community and in parochial ministry. Since June 2021 he has served as Rector/Pastor of the Basilica of St. Stanislaus in Chicopee, MA.