Fr. Brendan McGuire is the pastor of St. Simon Parish in Los Altos. He was ordained a priest in 2000 and has an STB and Master’s degree in theology from St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, CA. He also has an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering and Master’s degree in Computer Science and Math from Trinity College, Dublin. He attended the Executive Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is a native of Ireland and the youngest of twelve children.
Fr. Brendan was Vicar General of Special Projects for 12+ years while also serving as pastor of Holy Spirit Parish and School for 16+ years. In those years he was involved in many diocesan wide projects. He was one of the founders of the Drexel Schools System which brought together a group of Catholic elementary schools into a network to operate collaboratively using blended learning and sharing best practices.
Also Fr. Brendan a co-founded of St Joseph Financial Services (SJFS) which is a finance and accounting resource designed specifically for non-profit governance. SJFS leverages expertise in technology, process optimization and accounting to build an outsourced finance and accounting solution. Driven by a for-profit mind-set, SJFS brings deep understanding of non-profit governance and best-in-class technical solutions, delivering real-time information to decision makers.
He is a regular speaker for parish retreats and diocesan clergy gatherings on many subjects: Cairns on the Second Mountain of Life, Eucharist: Circle of Life, From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well, Forgiveness, How To Pray Series, Stewardship, Mobilizing the Parish for Mission, and Parish Leadership. Fr. Brendan is also author of four books on Sunday homilies with most recent published last year called Weaving the Divine Thread. He believes that the parish is the center of Church life and by reaching out to those most in need we become who we are called to be as Church—communities of true belonging.
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