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ABOUT US

Office and 
Staff

Rev. Maurice Restivo CSB and Mr. Aron Fernandez oversee the main offices of the Basilian Fathers Missions located at the St. Joseph Center in Houston, TX.

Here they serve at the budgetary hub for all missionary activities in Mexico and Colombia.

Father Maurice Restivo CSB

Mission Procurator 

Father 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. Mchael'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.

In 2023, some 36 years after first going to Cali, Father Maurice 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.
Aron

Aron Fernandez 

Director of Operations

Aron Fernandez is an alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science from the College of Communications. A Houston native, Aron returned home and began working at the St. Joseph Center in August of 2016.  As Director of Operations, he serves the Basilian Fathers Missions in a variety of tasks from coordinating Mission Appeal preaching to Newsletter publication. Ministering to the finances of the apostolate is Aron's foremost responsibility.  Aron is a parishioner of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land and is active in the parish's Faith Formation ministry.
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