Welcome to St. Bartholomew's Church

Fr. Damian B. Breen whose Christian name is Brian, is the only son of the late Edward Breen and Nancy Blackmon of Catonsville, MD. He was born on February 21, 1969. Having grown up in Catonsville, MD a suburb in Baltimore County, his home parish was St. Agnes Church.

Having discerned an early vocation to the priesthood, he attended the Vincentian High School Seminary of St. Joseph in Princeton, NJ and was graduated from there in 1987. Continuing his study and formation with the Vincentians, he attended St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY and was graduated in 1991 with a B.A. in English with minors in Theology and Philosophy.

He attended St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA where he completed his theological studies for the priesthood receiving a MA in Sacred Scripture in 1997 and a M. Div. in 1998 and was then assigned as a Deacon to the parishes of St. John the Evangelist Church in Latrobe, PA and St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Linden, NJ. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Frank Rodimer on June 6, 1998 and took up the tasks of teaching English & Religion and the work of campus ministry at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ. While teaching at Delbarton School, his first assignment as a priest was a Weekend Assistant at St. Joseph’s Church in Mendham, NJ. In July of 2000, he was assigned as a full time Parochial Vicar to St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Linden, NJ.

Having completed his tenure of service at St. Elizabeth of Hungary in January 2006, he was then assigned as a Weekend Assistant to Nativity of Our Lord Church in Monroe, NJ. Having finished there in September of 2006, he was then assigned as Parochial Vicar to the following parishes: St. James of the Marches Parish in Totowa, NJ: 2006-2007, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, South Plainfield, NJ: 2007-2009 and now St. Bartholomew’s Church effective June 30, 2009.