This week, a new priest has come to serve God by serving our community: Fr. Arthur F. Rojas. Fr. Rojas is a native of Queens Village, New York (b. 1968) and was ordained for our archdiocese in 2006. A ‘late vocation”, Fr. Rojas had practiced law and participated in the civic and political life of Queens County before answering God’s persistent call to the sacred priesthood. Our new parochial vicar is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A., Foreign Affairs, 1990), Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1993), and St. Joseph’s Seminary (M.Div/S.T.B.. summa cum laude, 2006). He has been published in Eastern Churches Journal, Sacerdos, and The Dunwoodie Review.

The eldest son of Colombian immigrants, Fr. Rojas is fully fluent in both English and Spanish. He is grateful for this opportunity to add a chapter in beautiful Putnam County to his ten years of ministry, having served in Yonkers, the South Bronx, and Monticello (his last assignment was Administrator of a parish in Yonkers). Fr. Rojas looks forward to meeting all of us, whether personally or in the sacred rites of our Church.