Father Roger J. Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, is National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, the full-time duties of which he will assume in January 2025. Presently he serves as Catholic Chaplain to Columbia University in New York City and to the Thomas Merton Institute for Catholic Life. He is also Ecclesiastical Assistant to Aid to the Church in Need USA, a Papal Missionary of Mercy, Chaplain to the New York Chapter of the Leonine Forum, a Member of the Board of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville, New York, and a National Eucharistic Preacher for the USCCB’s National Eucharistic Revival. He helped lead the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage from New Haven, CT, to Indianapolis from May through July 2024 in preparation for the Tenth National Eucharistic Congress.
A graduate of Harvard College (1992) and the Pontifical North American College in Rome (1999), he served as Attaché to the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York (2015-2022), and has been a pastor, newspaper editor and high school chaplain in the Diocese of Fall River. He writes for many publications, appears regularly on television and radio, and is the author of Plan of Life: Habits to Help You Grow Closer to God (Pauline Books and Media 2018). His homilies, articles, retreats, conferences, educational videos and other offerings are available for free at catholicpreaching.com.
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Biographical and Autobiographical Articles
- Father Landry Takes the Helm of The Anchor, The Anchor, July 8, 2005. (pdf)
- Striving to Live in Truth, USA Today, June 11, 2002 (link to article)
- Striving to Live in Truth, USA Today, June 11, 2002. (pdf)
- The Life of a Priest, USA Today Photoessay, June 11, 2002. (pdf)
- The Luckiest Man in the Universe, The National Catholic Register, November 2, 2003. (pdf)
- One Good Priest Can Make a Difference, Columbia Magazine, January 2004. (pdf)
- Father Landry Proud of Anchor’s Accomplishments As He Leaves The Helm, The Anchor, June 22, 2012. (pdf)
- Interview with Randy Hain for His Book, Joyful Witness: How To Be An Extraordinary Catholic, February 26, 2014
- Interview with Kathryn Lopez on the Plan of Life, February 16, 2018.
- Interview with Elise Harris of Catholic News Agency on the Appointment and Ministry of the Missionaries of Mercy, April 5, 2018.
- Abbreviated Interview with Randy Hain, “God Is Asking Something Heroic of Us, October 17, 2019.
- Article Upon Departure After Seven Years of Work for the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, February 5, 2022
- Interview with Sr. Alicia Torres about the Eucharist, in preparation for service as a National Eucharistic Preacher, February 5, 2022
- Priest Prepares for ‘Crazy’ 1500-Mile Eucharistic Pilgrimage