The Speakers

Fr. Stephen Zukas was born in Worcester and raised in Norwood by his parents Paul and Louise with his sister Barbara and brother Peter. He joined the Navy after graduating Norwood High School in 1978. After six years serving in the United States Navy, four of them aboard the U.S.S. Halsey (CG-23) as a Machinist’s Mate, he was honorably discharged after 1 1/4 Western Pacific tours. He then entered St. John Seminary College. He graduated in 1988 and went on to St. John Seminary Theology School. Upon completion, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest June 13, 1992 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End of Boston. His first assignment was St. Margaret Parish in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. After five years there, he was sent by the Archdiocese of Boston to Vilnius University in Lithuania to study both the language and the customs associated with the church’s liturgical year. He was then appointed pastor of St. Peter Lithuanian Parish in South Boston for 17 years. In October - November 2013, he also served as Administrator of St. Ann Parish, Dorchester. During his last year, he was also parochial vicar of St. Agatha Parish, Milton. He was then appointed administrator of St. Elizabeth Parish, Milton, in 2015, serving there for three years before being appointed as pastor of the Collaborative of Medfield and Norfolk Parishes on June 1, 2018. He resigned his pastorate there in January 2023 for health reasons and began his present assignment as parochial vicar of Christ the King Parish, Reading in February 2023.

Fr. Kwang Lee is one of the two sons of Kyung Bai and Hyang Won Lee and a son of St. Joseph Parish in Somerville. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

He completed his seminary studies at St. John’s in Brighton and served his deacon assignment at St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Beverly.

Fr. Kwang has served at Holy Apostles, Hanson-Halifax and St. J’s Collaborative in Ashby, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, and Townsend