Fr. Timothy Roth, MIC
Chaplain and Religious Department Chair for Marianapolis Preparatory School
Thompson, Connecticut
First Vows: 8/15/1967
Final Vows: 8/15/1973
Priestly Ordination: 9/14/1974
Additional titles:
House Secretary for the Thompson (Marianapolis) House in Connecticut
Weekend assistant at Our Lady of LaSalette in Brooklyn, Connecticut and Our Lady Lourdes in Hampton, Connecticut
On the Board of Directors and acting Board Secretary for Matulaitis Nursing Home in Putnam, Connecticut
Assisting the Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience’s team community for Albany, Connecticut, Western Massachusetts and Vermont – Region 20
Assignments and dates:
Novitiate, Thompson, Connecticut: August 1966 - August 1967
Student at St. Procopius College (Benedictine University), Marian Hill Seminary House, Clarendon Hills, Illinois: August 1967 - August 1968
Student at Xaverian College, Marian Novitiate House, Brookeville, Maryland: August 1968 - June 1969
Student at Catholic University of America (BA in Philosophy), Marian Scholasticate, Washington, DC: August 1969 - May 1971
Student at Sacred Heart School of Theology (MA in Divinity), Hales Corners, Wisconsin: August 1971 - May 1974
Associate at St. Peter’s Parish in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Director of Religious Education, and Teacher at St. Peter’s Elementary School: May 1974 – December 1975
Religious Studies Teacher, Marianapolis Preparatory School: December 1975 - June 1977
Dean of Students and Resident Director, Marianapolis Preparatory School: April 1976 - June 1977
Junior Varsity Basketball Coach: December 1976 - March 1977
Student at Assumption College (M.A. in Education): 1977 - 1978
Weekend Assistant, Holy Trinity Parish, Pomfret, Connecticut: January 1976 – August 1980
Vocation Director, St. Casimir‘s Province: June 1977 - June 1985
Psychology Teacher, Marianapolis Preparatory School: September 1978 - June 1980
Postulant Director, St. Casimir’s Province and St. Stanislaus Kostka Province, Brookeville, Maryland: August 1980 - May 1981
Weekend Assistant, St. Joseph’s Parish, Dayville and St. Ignatius Parish, Rogers, Connecticut: June 1981 – August 2007
Novice Master and Director of Formation, Thompson, Connecticut: August 1981 – August 1988
Fourth Provincial Counselor, Second Marianapolis House Counselor: August 1987 -1993
Psychology Teacher, Marianapolis Preparatory School: August 1987 – June 1988
Headmaster, Marianapolis Preparatory School: June 1988 – June 2001
Second Provincial Counselor, Provincial Secretary, House Superior, Thompson, Connecticut: August 1993 - August 1999
Vice Provincial of St. Casimir Province, Provincial Secretary, First Counselor at the Marianapolis House: August 1999 - 2006
Theology Instructor: September 2000 - June 2001
Chaplain, Marianapolis Preparatory School: June 2001 – Present
Marianapolis Preparatory School Ministry: June 2001 – Present
Third Provincial Councilor, Provincial Council Secretary, First House Counselor and Secretary, Marianapolis House: August 2006 – 2007
Second Provincial Councilor and Provincial Secretary, Marianapolis House: August 2007 - August 2012
Second Provincial Councilor, Provincial Secretary, and Provincial Treasurer, Marianapolis House: August 2012 - May 2017
House Superior and Secretary, Marianapolis House: August 2009 – August 2021
First House Councilor, Marianapolis House: August 2021 - August 2024
Secretary, Marianapolis House: August 2021 – Present
Do you have a devotion to a particular Saint?
Blessed Archbishop George Matulaitis.
Do you have favorite stories from your ministry?
46 years of presenting and experiencing Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends
Almost 50 years working with the international high school community at Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, Connecticut
More than fifty years celebrating weekend Masses in local parishes
Favorite quote from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska?
Jesus, I trust in You. (Diary, 47)
Favorite prayer to Our Lady?
The song, “Mary the Dawn, Christ the Perfect Day.”
More on Fr. Timothy:
The History of Marianapolis
