Edward Connors graduated from Holy Cross College in 1927, and then graduated from Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland in 1931. He was ordained a Catholic priest in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1931. He began service at Saint Peter’s Church in Worcester, then at Sacred Heart. From 1936 to 1942 he served as curate at Saint Bernard’s Church and was director of athletics at Saint Bernard’s High School. He entered military service in 1942, and was commissioned a U.S. Army chaplain. He served with the 9th Infantry Division during the invasions of Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany. After his discharge in 1945, he returned as curate at Saint Peter’s Church, and in 1950 was named pastor of Saint Phillip’s Church in Grafton, and then at Saint Mary’s parish in North Grafton. In 1952 he became pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Worcester, during which he was instrumental in the construction of a new church building. He retired from active ministry in 1980.