Kiwanis Club of Houston
December 19th Luncheon

This luncheon will be at Brennan's!!

Speaker: Fr. Maurice Restivo, CSB

Fr. Maurice Restivo, CSB, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He professed vows in the Basilian Fathers in 1983, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1986. Since ordination he has served in various capacities in parishes in Texas, in Cali, Colombia, at St. Anne’s in Detroit, Most Holy Trinity in Angleton, Texas, and more recently as Pastor and then Associate Pastor at Assumption Parish in Windsor, Ontario, which merged with two other parishes and became the “Windsor Heritage Catholic Family of Parishes”. He has a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and has taught at the University of St. Thomas School of Theology in Houston, the University of St. Michael’s College Faculty of Theology in Toronto, and St. Joseph’s College in Edmonton. He is also a member of the Community Peacemaker Teams and has served on team in Hebron in the Palestinian Territories. He is passionate about justice issues, vegan food, and pottery.

Now, some 36 years after first going to Cali, Fr. Maurice has returned to the Basilian Fathers’ Missions, this time as Procurator (director). In this capacity he preaches in parishes around North America to raise awareness and help finance our works in Mexico and Colombia, and works with our seminarians there in areas of preaching and Sacramental presiding.

He has also been named Assistant Director of Scholastics. In that role, he assists in the formation of our two seminarians in North America, helping to prepare them to serve as ordained