Fr. Paul’s first assignment was as an assistant pastor at St. John’s Parish in Bergenfield from 1954-1964.This was followed by his assignment as administrator to the Sacred Heart Parish in Haworth in 1964. Three years later, Fr. Paul was appointed as Chaplain at the Martland Hospital in Newark. After spending 4 months in a monastery in Elmira, New York in 1973, Fr. Paul served the St. Michael’s Parish in Newark. 

From 1975-1985, Fr. Paul served as pastor of his home parish - St. Michael’s in Elizabeth. On June 10, 1977, Fr. Paul was baptized in the Spirit in Steubenville, Ohio. This ushered in Fr. Paul’s active involvement in the Catholic Charismatic movement, which included extensive interactions with covenant communities and prayer groups. For four months during his sabbatical year in 1985-86, Fr. Paul visited the Philippines and stayed with the Ligaya ng Panginoon community. When he returned to the US, Fr. Paul served the St. Aedan’s Parish in Jersey City from 1986-1989. His next assignment was as pastor of the St. Antoninus Parish in Newark, the only Catholic Charismatic parish in New Jersey. Fr. Paul served St. Antoninus from 1989-1999. 

In 1996, the then Archbishop Theodore McCarrick appointed Fr. Paul as the Spiritual Director of BLD Newark and Couples for Christ, New Jersey/New York. Fr. Paul serves these communities to this day. Fr. Paul retired from his parish duties in 1999 but continues to minister to God’s people and to give teachings, retreats and other faith seminars in the US & Canada.