Father Charles E. Maher
was born in Connecticut and attended
St. Pius Elementary School,
LaSalle Academyand
Providence College. He graduated from Our Lady of Providence College Seminary in Warwick before completing his seminary studies at the
American College, Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Father was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop McVinney on June 4, 1960 in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence. He served as assistant pastor at St. Francis de Sales, Wakefield; St. Benedict, Warwick; Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence; St. Sebastian, Providence; and Our Lady of Mercy, East Greenwich. Father Maher was pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Providence from 1979 until his retirement in 2001.