Rev. Lawrence J. Fama

Pastor

Father Larry joined St. Thomas as Pastor in 2019. He was born in Newark where his family moved three times (all three houses were on the same street!) and eventually settled in a house right across from the hospital in which he was born. Fr. Larry attended Immaculate Conception High School in Montclair, then majored in Political Science and Urban Studies at Rutgers University in Newark — where he changed his major at least seven times. For as long as he could remember, Fr. Larry always wanted to be a priest. He entered Immaculate Conception Seminary in 1987 and was ordained on May 30, 1992, at the age of 29, to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark.

Fr. Larry has served at St. Philomena in Livingston (1992-1998), St. Mary’s in Rutherford (1998-1999), and St. Helen’s in Westfield as a parochial vicar (1999-2007). He was most recently the pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Maywood (2007-2019).

frlarry@stachurchbloomfield.org

Susan Loizzi Laurenzo
Administrative Assistant to the Pastor
susan.laurenzo@stachurchbloomfield.org


Fr. Lukasz Rokita
Parochial Vicar

Deacon Brian J. Murphy
Permanent Deacon

Michael Pasquale
Permanent Deacon

michael.pasquale@stachurchbloomfield.org

Tracey Hann
Director of Religious Education

tracey.hann@stachurchbloomfield.org

Dr. Patricio Molina Ph.D., D.M.A.
Director of Liturgical Music Ministries

patricio.molina@stachurchbloomfield.org

Kim Mesiti
Assistant Liturgical Music Minister


Rev. Charles J. Miller
Pastor Emeritus

Rev. Charles Pinyan
Priest in Residence

Deacon Thomas Coyle
Permanent Deacon

Jim McKittrick
Anne Marie Rogalcheck Frissell

Trustees

Patrice Maher
Pastoral Associate
patrice.maher@stachurchbloomfield.org

Carmen Hidalgo
Business Manager
businessmanager@stachurchbloomfield.org