Dennis Cardinal Dougherty ordained him to the priesthood on May 30, 1942 at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, and appointed him as assistant pastor of St. Mary of the Eternal Church, Philadelphia. In 1945 he was appointed assistant pastor of St. Elizabeth Church, Philadelphia; in 1950, assistant pastor of St. David Church, Willow Grove; in 1955, assistant pastor of Visitation B.V.M Church, Philadelphia; and in 1962 assistant pastor of St. Anne Church, Philadelphia.

On May 27, 1968, John Cardinal Krol named Father McBride the Founding Pastor of Saint Vincent de Paul Church, Richboro. He accepted Father Martin's offer to take up residence at St. Bede the Venerable Rectory, and celebrated the parish's first Sunday Masses at Churchville School on June 23, 1968. On October 4, 1968, Father McBride moved into a temporary Rectory on Almshouse Road in downtown Richboro; on September 21, 1969, he broke ground for the Church at Hatboro and Tanyard Roads, and he celebrated the first Sunday Masses at Saint Vincent de Paul Church on November 15, 1970. John Cardinal Krol dedicated the Church and confirmed the first Confirmation class on May 8, 1971. Father McBride moved into the present Rectory in 1975, and opened the Religious Education Building in September, 1983. On June 1, 1993, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua appointed him Pastor Emeritus of Saint Vincent de Paul Church with residence at Regina Coeli, Warminster.

In retirement, despite health problems including two hip replacements, Father McBride continued to minister to his parish family whenever necessary. He died suddenly at Regina Coeli Residence on October 21, 1998, and continues to be remembered in the parish he founded.

After a year as assistant pastor of St Hilary of Potiers Church, Rydal, PA, Father McLaughlin was appointed professor at Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield, PA. In June, 1975, he was appointed principal of Lansdale Catholic High School, Lansdale, PA; in June, 1981, principal of Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, Philadelphia, PA; and in June 1988, principal of Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield, PA. He was appointed Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in June, 1993, succeeding Rev. William T. McBride, our founding pastor.

In 1968 Father McLaughlin began studying, then teaching, computer programming. In 1982 he began writing the JEN-A-SyS software package, now maintained and expanded by others, which is still used for tuition accounting, grade reporting, attendance, etc. in the secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. His programming skills are in C, COBOL and UNIX shell-scripts and utilities (e.g. awk).

Father Rudy grew up in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia. He attended All Saints School and Northeast Catholic High School before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. During his deacon year he assisted at St. Patrick Parish in Norristown, and he was ordained to the priesthood in May, 1976.

All of his priestly ministry has been in parish work, including Holy Family in Manayunk, Nativity B.V.M. in Port Richmond, St. Anselm in Northeast Philadelphia and St. Dominic in Holmesburg. Father Rudy came to St. Vincent de Paul Parish from St. Matthew Parish in Mayfair where he spent 13 years.

In January, 2003, Deacon Golaszewski became the Business Manager at St. Vincent de Paul Parish

Bill first felt the desire to become a deacon 16 years ago when he and Terry lived in Connecticut; however, his work schedule at the time prevented his entering the program in Stamford. Then a career oportunity brought the Iacobellis family to Pennsylvania and to our parish.

Two years after moving to Richboro, Bill began studies in the Church Ministry program at St. Charles Seminary — he attributes to Divine Providence both his personal growth since the time of his first "call," and a new work schedule that allowed him to attend class. After two years of the Church Ministry program, Bill was accepted into the diaconate program. His wife, Terry, accompanied him in his journey, attending classes, workshops, and days of recollection. Academic studies in Scripture, Christology, Moral Theology, Liturgy and Sacramental Theology provided both challenges and blessings.

At the noon Mass on Sunday, April 14^th, 2002, Sister Geraldine celebrated with the Parish Community the Golden Anniversary of her first profession as a Religious. Immediately after Mass, in the Church Hall, parishioners continued the celebration with Sister, her family and friends with a meal, music and dancing.

On November 12, 1966, Jeanne married Robert Flowers from Salem, MA. Bob graduated from Bryant College in 1973 and moved the family to Darby, PA on March 19, 1973. The family moved to Richboro in March, 1977. Jeanne is the mother of Brian, born 9/7/68, who resides in Rumford, RI, and twins, Amy and Jason, born 1/29/78. Amy, a graduate of Bloomsburg University, is employed at Bio-Imaging Company, Newtown, PA. Jason, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, is employed by SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, PA. On June 7, 2000, Jeanne became a grandmother to Alexander James Flowers. Alex was born to Brian and his wife, Karen.

A member of St. Vincent de Paul Church since 1977, Jeanne was named Parish Secretary in May, 1994 by Father Joseph J. McLaughlin. She has coordinated the parish's monthly Meals for the Homeless Program for St. John's Hospice in Philadelphia since 1990, served as the Senior CYO Adult Advisor for three years, served as a Lector and Minister of Hospitality, and is currently an ex-officio member of the Parish Pastoral Council.

Jeanne has keen interests in Our Lady's Apparitions, especially Our Lady of La Salette, and in Icons.

Joanne Donahue is a member of St. Joseph Parish in Warrington. She began her ministry at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in August, 2004, coming to us well-recommended, and eager to continue and build on the musical tradition established by Tom Bateman.

For several year prior to assuming her present position, Joanne was Choir Director and Organist at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, and an organist at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Philadelphia. Prior to that, for nine years she was Director of Music, Organist and Pianist at St. Christopher Church in Philadelphia. Her first experience in liturgical music, which continued for many years, was as accompaniest for Sunday liturgies and school liturgies at Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in Philadelphia.

Susan was born in Lawrence, MA on January 15, 1950. She was raised and educated in North Andover, MA.

Susan graduated from Perry Normal Teaching School in 1971. She taught 2^nd grade at St. Patrick's in Lawrence, and Kindergarten at Atkinson Elementary in North Andover.

On August 29, 1971, Susan married Stanley Hesketh, Jr. from Cambridge, MA. They have four wonderful children: Daniel 5/1/75, Sarah 11/20/76, Matthew 5/5/79 and Kathleen 2/19/92. The family moved to Richboro in August, 1979.

A member of St. Vincent's since 1979, Susan taught in the Nursery Program from 1982-1992. She took a few years off to raise Katie. She returned to the E.C.L.P. on 9/11/2001 — A day we will all remember!

"Being a part of St. Vincent's has given me a wonderful feeling of love and friendship that will last a lifetime."

Gary and his family moved into the parish in 1984. He and his wife, Sue, have been very much involved in our Parish Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Gary assumed his present position in November, 2003.

His weekly column in the Parish Newsletter, Gary's Yankee Workshop is a parish favorite.