Fr. Alejandro Lopez-Cardinale

Rev. Alejandro Lopez-Cardinale is a diocesan priest from Archdiocese of Caracas, Venezuela, ordained in Dec 07th, 1991. He has ministered in the Archdiocese of Boston since April 2017 and he is parochial administrator of St. Benedict, in Somerville.
 
After almost ten years ministering in Venezuela, he was sent by his bishops, Cardinal Velasco and Cardinal Urosa to complete his studies. He has two masters: in Catechesis from Catholic University, Paris-France (Institut Catholique de Paris), and in  Pastoral Juvenil -Youth and Young Adult Ministry (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Quito). He is a doctorate candidate at Université Laval, Doctoral Ministry in Practical Theology (thesis in preparation),
 
In between 2004 – March 2017, he worked with RENEW International under an agreement between Archdiocese of Caracas and Archdiocese of Newark. He served as Director of Hispanic Services and belonged to the RENEW International Team. He continues to collaborate with RENEW as Director for América Latina, supervising RENEW‘s effort in South America.
 
He also continues a full collaboration with Latin American Bishops Council, CELAM (as consultant). He is the coauthor of a book named “Youth people in front of solidarity issues”, printed by the CELAM (Latin American Bishops Conference). Since 2011, he belongs to SCALA (Sociedad de catequestas latinoamericanos), Latin America Catechetical Society, representing USA (he currently serves as a treasurer).
 
He currently serves as president of La RED, National Network of Pastoral Juvenil Hispana since 2013, and collaborates with Instituto Fe y Vida as member of the pastoral team since 2007. Because his involvement with Pastoral Juvenil at national level, he is part of the VELT, V Encuentro Leadership Team.
 
He joined the Archdiocese of Boston in April 2017. Besides his parish ministry, he collaborates with the Office of Evangelization and Discipleship as Chaplain for Faith Formation and Missionary Discipleship for Ethnic Communities and V Encuentro Nacional de Pastoral Hispana/Latina Archdiocesan Sub-Coordinator.