80 YEARS

Sister Mary DePaul Sabella, SSJ

     In her 80th year of ministry, Sister Mary DePaul Sabella, SSJ, often is seen tending to the plants and flowers at the Sisters of St. Joseph Community Living Center in Erie, where she resides. Born in Crossingville, Pennsylvania, she attended Crossingville Grade School and received a religious education certificate from Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart in 1952. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on August 15, 1945, from her home parish, St. Philip in Crossingville, and professed her final vows in 1950.
     During her long service, Sister Mary DePaul ministered as a housemother at St. Joseph Home for Children in Erie and she served on the motherhouse support staff. She spent many years teaching religious education at Houtzdale Catechetical Center, Mercer County Catholic Center, Our Lady of Peace Parish in Erie, St. Francis Catechetical Center in Bradford, St. Agatha and St. Brigid parishes in Meadville and St. Patrick Parish in Erie. Sister Mary DePaul also served as a pastoral minister at St. Michael, St. Ann and Immaculate Conception parishes in Erie, and she ministered in pastoral care at Saint Mary's Home of Erie.


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75 YEARS

Sister Margaret Ann Hardner, SSJ

     A native of Erie, Sister Margaret Ann Hardner, SSJ, attended St. Patrick School, Villa Maria Academy and Villa Maria College, all in Erie, before attending Xavier University and Providence College. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Patrick Parish on September 2, 1949, and she professed her final vows on August 15, 1955.
     Sister Margaret Ann taught at schools throughout the Diocese of Erie including Blessed Sacrament, St. John and Villa Maria Academy in Erie, and St. Francis in Clearfield. Following her teaching career, she served at Saint Vincent Health Center for 34 years, including 22 years as chief executive officer.
     Sister Margaret Ann was instrumental in establishing the Courage to Come Back program in Erie, which later became the SSJ Spirit of Courage, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph. For 18 years, the SSJ Spirit of Courage event honored people who overcame tremendous adversities by sharing their stories, recognizing their courage and inspiring others.
     In 2007, Saint Vincent Health Center dedicated its new medical office building and named it the Hardner Building in honor of Sister Margaret Ann. She was involved with the Shankar Service Foundation, established by local physician Dr. Kripa Singh. Sister Margaret Ann made many mission trips to India to assist with St. Joseph School and a hospital, both established by Shankar Service Foundation.


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70 YEARS

Sister Placida Anheuser, OSB

     Sister Placida Anheuser, OSB, holds the record as the longest-living Benedictine Sister of Erie — as of this printing, she is 106 years old. She was born in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1917 and as an infant, fell ill during the 1918 pandemic. The doctors told her mother to give her drops of whiskey, a story she enjoyed telling after also surviving more than one bout of Covid-19 during the 2020 pandemic.
    Sister Placida originally entered the Benedictine Sisters of Holy Family Priory in Benet Lake, Wisconsin, after earning a degree in journalism from Marquette University. She served in pastoral ministry in parishes in Wisconsin, Texas and Arizona, in the process, growing quite fond of the Southwest. In her Benet Lake community, she served as subprioress, monastic council secretary, novice mistress and scholastic director.
    From 1960-1964, Sister Placida spent summers feeding her great love for Scripture by participating in the Benedictine Institute of Sacred Theology at St. John’s Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota.
    In 1986, the sisters of Holy Family Priory began a merger process with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. Once in Erie, Sister Placida served as portress, welcoming guests to the monastery. She also was a clerk at Chapter 57, the monastery gift shop. In 2012, she retired from active ministry.
Sister Placida continues to enjoy digital photography and shares her images via email.


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70 YEARS

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

     From the time she was young, Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, knew that she wanted to go to St. Benedict Academy and that decision shaped her life in more ways than she could have known.
    Always a writer, one of Sister Joan’s earliest books, Wisdom Distilled from the Daily, has become a classic text on the Rule of Benedict. Since that book, she has become one of the most influential religious and social leaders of our time. For more than 50 years, she has passionately advocated on behalf of peace, human rights, women’s issues and monastic and church renewal.
    A much sought-after international speaker, she has written more than 60 books and hundreds of articles, and has an online column for the National Catholic Reporter. Sister Joan was an Elected Fellow and Von Hugel lecturer at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, England. She has appeared with dignitaries, presidents and religious leaders and has walked in solidarity with women’s groups seeking justice in countries around the world.
    For twelve years, from 1978-1990, Sister Joan was prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. She also served as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, president of the Federation of St. Scholastica and president of the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses. She was instrumental in the forming of Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB), the international organization of Benedictine women.
    Sister Joan is executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality, which she began with Sister Mary Lou Kownacki after completing her ministry as prioress in 1990. In 2010, again with Sister Mary Lou, she became the animator of the online movement Monasteries of the Heart.


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70 YEARS

Sister Perpetua Dickant, SSJ

     Sister Perpetua Dickant, SSJ, was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, and received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Villa Maria College, Erie, in 1972. Sister Perpetua entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from her home parish, St. Leo Magnus, Ridgway, on September 2, 1954, and professed her final vows on August 15, 1960.
     Sister Perpetua always had a desire to care for and help children. She taught at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Erie. From 1970 until its closing in 1981, Sister Perpetua was director of the Erie Day Nursery — Day Care Center. She then ministered at St. Joseph Home for Children as a housemother and nursery supervisor.
     Sister Perpetua also received a practical nursing certificate from the Erie School District in 1983. She was a nurse's aide and a licensed practical nurse in pediatrics at Saint Vincent Hospital. She served in pastoral ministry as a Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph/Bread of Life Community Parish in Erie.


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70 YEARS

Sister Mary Helen Forney, SSJ

     Sister Virginia Mary Helen Forney, SSJ, was born in Olean, New York. After graduating from Olean High School in 1953, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania from St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Olean on September 2, 1954. She professed her final vows on August 15, 1960, and was given the religious name Sister Mary Helen. She attended Villa Maria College, Erie, earning a bachelor's degree in elementary education while teaching at diocesan elementary schools.
     Sister Mary Helen taught for 25 years at numerous schools including St. Andrew, St. Patrick, Holy Rosary, Our Lady’s Christian and Our Lady of Peace schools in Erie; St. Bernard in Bradford, St. Francis in Clearfield, Notre Dame in Sharon and Holy Rosary in Johnsonburg. She also taught at Eaglemount Family Ministries in Lewisville, Texas. She served as a pastoral minister at St. Bernard Parish in Bradford and was a founding sister of the House of Prayer in Erie.
     She earned a master's degree in graduate theology at St. Bonaventure University. She holds a spiritual direction certificate from the Cenacle of Our Lady of Divine Providence School of Spirituality in Clearwater, Florida. After a short time in pastoral care, she was a substitute teacher for ten years while living in Olean, assisting at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. She returned to Erie in 2007 and ministers at Nightingale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as an activity aide.


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70 YEARS

Sister Margaret Frank, SSJ

     Born in St. Marys, Sister Margaret Frank, SSJ, graduated from St. Leo High School in Ridgway. She received her bachelor’s degree from Villa Maria College, Erie, and her master’s in education from Edinboro University in 1974. She also studied at Fairfield University, Connecticut, and at Boston College, Massachusetts. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 2, 1954, from her home parish, St. Leo in Ridgway, and professed her final vows on August 15, 1960.
     Sister Margaret served as administrator/principal of Villa Maria Elementary School for more than 30 years. Previously, she was an assistant professor and program director of elementary education at Villa Maria College, and served as principal at Sacred Heart School, Erie. She taught at St. Peter Cathedral, St. Patrick, Blessed Sacrament, St. Andrew, and Villa Maria Elementary School, all in Erie; St. Bernard School, Bradford; and St. Agatha School, Meadville.


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70 YEARS

Sister Josette Marie Gocella, SSJ

     For 35 of her 70 years as a Sister of St. Joseph, Sister Josette Marie Gocella, SSJ, ministered outside the Diocese of Erie, both nationally and internationally. Born in Bradford, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 8, 1954, from her home parish, St. Bernard in Bradford, and professed her final vows on August 15, 1960.
     Sister Josette Marie received a bachelor’s in English from Villa Maria College, a master’s degree in religious studies from the University of Chicago and a master’s in English from Gannon University. She studied journalism at the University of Minnesota and film studies at New York University and Fordham, New York. She received spiritual direction training from St. Louis University and Milford Retreat Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
     She was the supervisor of volunteers for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and provided special services and grief outreach for the Jefferson County Coroner's Office in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a founding administrative team member of the Centre International St. Joseph in LePuy-en-Velay, France, where the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph was founded in 1650. Her ministry career also includes serving as chairperson of RCIA committees in the Diocese of Memphis and Archdiocese of Louisville. She ministered as a pastoral associate at the Church of Epiphany, Louisville, Kentucky, and Holy Rosary Parish, Memphis, Tennessee.
     Sister Josette was the principal of Villa Maria Academy in Erie, teaching English, Latin, French, religion and journalism. She also taught at St. Andrew, St. John, and Villa Maria Elementary schools in Erie.


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70 YEARS

Sister Mary Andrew Himes, RSM

     Reflecting on her seven decades as a Sister of Mercy, Sister Mary Andrew Himes says she has enjoyed serving in all of her apostolic placements. “St. Mark Seminary was the place where I served the longest, from 1983 until 2016,” she says. “It was a privilege to have been there.” Sister Mary Andrew also served in several Erie parishes and schools, including St. Andrew and Blessed Sacrament.
     Mercyhurst Preparatory School was one of her first placements, where she taught private piano, music appreciation and chorus. In 1993, she began a personal project, St. Joseph Vestments, sewing liturgical vestments for the celebration of Mass. The 20-year task had a two-fold purpose: to provide vestments for her priest brothers and to assist those priests and seminarians with whom she worked.
     Sister Mary Andrew entered the Sisters of Mercy from Immaculate Conception Parish in Brookville on September 8, 1954. “I first became really aware of God’s call for me to be a sister while in eighth grade,” she says. “I believe that I was greatly influenced by my family and also by the Sisters of Mercy who were my teachers in grade school. The sisters made a deep impression on me because of their prayerfulness, kindness and humor. They were, as a group, great role models.” She earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Mercyhurst College and a master’s in music education from Duquesne University.
     Sister Mary Andrew considers her vocation as a Sister of Mercy to be a blessing. She adds, “I am grateful for all the opportunities for prayer and for the interactions which have brought me into contact with so many.”


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70 YEARS

Sister Lucia Marie Surmik, OSB

     Sister Lucia Marie Surmik, OSB, was born and raised in New York City. She attended Slovak Girls Academy in Danville, Pennsylvania. After graduation, she entered the Sisters of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Danville. Two of her siblings, Therese Marie and Claire Marie, also were in the community.
    Sister Lucia was a primary school teacher and then a principal in diocesan schools in Pennsylvania, New York and South Carolina until 1990. It was then that she began the transfer process to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, where her sister Claire Marie had already moved.
   A desire to serve the poor and work for peace and justice is what brought Sister Lucia to the Erie Benedictines. She celebrated her final incorporation into the community in 1993.
    In Erie, she began working with Emmaus Ministries, eventually becoming the coordinator of the soup kitchen and food pantry. She continued this ministry for 30 years until she retired in 2020, but her love for God’s special ones at Emmaus remains strong.
    For twelve years, while working at Emmaus, Sister Lucia also served as oblate co-director with Sisters Claire Marie Surmik and Karen Kosin.
     Sister Lucia is an award-winning photographer with a gift for seeing beauty through her camera lens and capturing it at just the right moment. Her work has been in juried and other shows and has appeared in many Benetvision publications. She displays her photography in shows at the monastery and offers photographs for sale at Chapter 57, the monastery gift shop.
    Retirement has not stopped Sister Lucia from active participation in works for peace and justice. She continues to be active in local peace vigils and climate justice rallies.


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60 YEARS

Sister JoAnne Courneen, RSM

     Sister JoAnne Courneen, a past president of the Sisters of Mercy New York, Pennsylvania, Pacific West Community, entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1964, the year she graduated from Mercyhurst College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She and her family attended St. Teresa Parish in Union City.
     Of her many early ministries as teacher, principal and administrator, in regional leadership, as finance director at Mercy International Centre in Ireland and as community president, she says, “I was assigned various ministries and many I would probably not have chosen, but all of them offered inspiration and became ‘home’ to me. Those whom we served taught me many life lessons.”
     Sister JoAnne says she was led to the Sisters of Mercy “by the collective example of the sisters whom I encountered at Mercyhurst. I recognized their humanness, love of life and the bond of community that existed among them. There seemed to be a deep peace in them that our student antics could not disrupt no matter how hard we tried.”
     Sister JoAnne went on to receive certification in mathematics education from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a master’s in administration and supervision from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Following Erie teaching assignments at St. Luke and St. George schools, she was assistant principal and later president at Mercyhurst Preparatory School.
     Appointed as director of special programs for the Diocese of Erie, Sister JoAnne also was tapped for director of the Mercy Institute at Mercyhurst College. She is on the board of trustees at Mercy Terrace Apartments and serves on the finance committee of the Mercy Center for Women. Active in the House of Mercy ministry, she assists in projects for homes needing structural rebuilding or replacement.
     Looking back over the years, she says, “My life as a Sister of Mercy has challenged far beyond what I would have ever expected. I have been made to look beyond my comfort zone. I can say that I have learned more about myself and have been stretched to be more that I could have imagined.”


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60 YEARS

Sister Carolyn Gorny-Kopkowski, OSB

     An Erie native, Sister Carolyn Gorny-Kopkowski, OSB, graduated from St. Benedict Academy where she was the 1958 SBA Girl. Four years later, after earning a degree from Mercyhurst College, she entered the Benedictine Sisters of Erie.
    Sister Carolyn taught school and then served as principal for many years before moving into other ministries. In the 1970s, she moved into Pax Center, a Benedictine community ministry that engaged in peace education, action for nuclear disarmament and other social issues. Pax Center also offered hospitality to homeless women. As part of Pax Center, Sister Carolyn was one of the “founding mothers” of Emmaus Soup Kitchen in 1974.
    In the 1990s, after studying Creation Spirituality, Sister Carolyn began creating and leading spirituality programs while serving as director of the community’s Glinodo Center. She led “Spirit of the Seasons” and then “Seasons of the Spirit” retreats for more than 30 years, and in the process brought many spirituality seekers to the monastery where they became friends and benefactors of the community.
    Sister Carolyn has served her Benedictine sisters in many ways throughout her 60 years in community: as human development director, as monastic formation director and as subprioress.
   When she concluded the retreat programs she began a podcast, “Creation Spirituality with Sister Carolyn,” that can be found on the community website.


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60 YEARS

Sister Helen Heher, OSB

     Sister Helen Heher, OSB, grew up in Oil City, where she attended Catholic schools staffed by Erie Benedictines. She came to Erie after high school graduation to enter the Benedictine Sisters. She taught at grade schools in the diocese for a number of years before becoming an administrative assistant at St. Benedict Academy (SBA).
    While still at SBA, Sister Helen became director of the Glinodo Summer Camp Program. After seven years of summer camp and the conclusion of her ministry at SBA, she became recreation program director at Glinodo, spending nearly fifteen years creatively bringing children and adults into closer relationships with nature. A degree in therapeutic recreation, which she earned from Villa Maria College in 1984, supported Sister Helen’s work.
    In 1993, Sister Helen left Glinodo to focus on the well-being of her Benedictine sisters as the community’s wellness coordinator. For more than 25 years, she offered regular and creative opportunities geared toward wholistic well-being for the sisters. During this time, she also served young people who were sentenced to community service by the Harborcreek Juvenile Court. Many of them grew to love her and the programs she planned for them to fulfill their service.
    Sister Helen’s artistic arrangements for special dinners and her creativity in liturgy have inspired sisters and guests. Throughout her 60 years in the community, Sister Helen regularly astounded others with her creative way of looking at the world.


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60 YEARS

Msgr. Andrew Karg

     A native of Oil City, where his home parish was St. Stephen, Msgr. Andrew Karg spent 13 years in administration at Kennedy Catholic High School in Hermitage, first as assistant headmaster and then as headmaster, a post he held from 1972 to 1980.
     He later served as pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Punxsutawney, administrator of St. Joseph Parish in Sharon, and pastor of St. Michael Parish and St. Margaret Parish, both in Greenville. He also served as weekend assistant at Notre Dame Parish, Hermitage; Good Shepherd Parish, Middlesex; Sacred Heart Parish, Sharon; and Our Lady of Peace Parish, Erie.
     He has held many diocesan posts as well, including vicar for education, membership on the Presbyteral Council and membership on the Clergy Continuing Education Committee.
     Msgr. Karg was ordained in December 1964. He is now retired and resides in Seneca, PA.


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60 YEARS

Sister Christine Kosin, OSB

     Sister Christine Kosin, OSB, grew up in Erie, graduated from St. Benedict Academy in 1962 and entered the Benedictine Sisters that fall. The community called Sister Christine to a path of ministry with young children. She taught primary grades in diocesan schools and then began a ministry in early childhood education. She taught preschoolers at St. Benedict Day Care and Head Start Center and later at Mercyhurst University Child Development Lab, where she was also an administrator. She then became a case manager at Early Intervention, a program for children with disabilities from birth to age three. Sister Christine was director of the East Coast Migrant Head Start Program when it was housed at Mount St. Benedict Monastery.
    She ministered at St. Benedict Education Center for ten years in the Meadville office, supporting adults seeking to move from welfare to work. At present, Sister Christine is on the staff of the United States Secretariat of the Alliance for International Monasticism (AIM USA), where she directs the Missionary Cooperative Program and coordinates the AIM USA newsletter. Her work introduces the public to — and educates them on — monastic values in various cultures of monastic communities around the globe.
    Sister Christine has served her community over the years as human development director, monastic formation director, monastic council member and as a member of the formation team.


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60 YEARS

Sister Kathryn Preston, RSM

     Sister Kathryn Preston was born and raised in East Brady and attended St. Eusebius Parish there with her parents, the late Walter and Rosemary (Crawford) Preston, and her seven brothers and two sisters. She entered the Sisters of Mercy Community in 1964. During high school, Sister Kathryn attended several women’s retreats at Mercyhurst College sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. After meeting and talking with the young sisters, she made her decision to enter the community.
     Sister Kathryn earned her bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst and pursued further studies at Edinboro University and at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, before earning a master’s degree from Clarion University. Sister Kathryn taught in several schools throughout the Diocese of Erie: Mercy Center of the Arts, St. George and St. Luke schools, Erie, and DuBois Central Catholic High School, DuBois. She was principal at St. Luke’s before named principal at two diocesan schools: St. Joseph School in Warren and St. Catherine in DuBois.
     Sister Kathryn was co-director of religious education at St. Cyprian Parish in Waterford. At Holy Rosary School in Johnsonburg, she was educational programs coordinator before returning to Erie as assistant motherhouse local leader, while also managing and serving as administration assistant/receptionist at the former Hilltop Center.
     Since 2018, she has been a presence of the Sisters of Mercy in Ryan Hall at Mercyhurst University. Sister Kathryn has always journeyed with and answered to her motto: “Yes, God, my Father.”


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60 YEARS

Sister Carmel Rojek, SSJ

     Sister Carmel Rojek, SSJ, was born in Lackawanna, New York, and graduated from Lackawanna High School. She earned an associate’s degree from Holyoke Community College and a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts School of Nursing.
     Sister Carmel initially was accepted into the Sisters of St. Joseph of Buffalo, New York, before entering the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi, where she spent 44 years, primarily in nursing ministry. She worked in psychiatric nursing and as a nurse practitioner at Northampton State Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts. She was a school nurse at St. Stanislaus Parish in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and served as a nurse for retired sisters. She received a certificate of studies in 1991 from the Pontifical Institute of Regina Mundi in Rome, Italy. She then returned to the United States and served six years as a provincial of her congregation.
     Sister Carmel taught religious education for many years at St. Stanislaus Parish, as well as at Holy Cross Parish in Holyoke and at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Grandby, both in Massachusetts. After participating in the religious renewal program at the former Ecclesia Center in Girard, Sister Carmel sought guidance for transfer to another congregation, and after completing a three-year formation program, she was accepted and made profession to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania in 2011.
     She is now retired from ministries and serves as a caregiver with Home Instead Senior Care of Erie and as sacristan of the chapel at the Sisters of St. Joseph Community Living Center.


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60 YEARS

Father Joseph Staszewski

     It was while he was an altar server at Christ the King Parish in Houtzdale that a young Joseph Staszewski first thought about the priesthood, an inkling that led him eventually to six decades as a priest of the Diocese of Erie.
     Father Staszewski says he was inspired by the priests he met back then, and by the way they cared for their people. “I felt an attraction to the priesthood,” he recalls. “That attraction grew stronger as the years went by.”
     He entered St. Mark Seminary in 1957, later studied at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore and was ordained on May 7, 1964. His early assignments as a parochial vicar — first at St. Bartholomew Parish in Sharpsville and later at Holy Trinity Parish in Erie and Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Farrell — were like an apprenticeship, he says, during which he learned “the tricks of the trade” in running a parish.
     Father Staszewski spent a year as a part-time history and theology teacher at Kennedy Catholic High School in 1965-66, and earned a master’s degree in psychology from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Reserve in 1972 and served as a reservist for 28 years.
     During his career, Father Staszewski served as pastor of St. Bonaventure Parish, Grampian; St. Joseph Parish, Lucinda; and Immaculate Conception Parish, Brookville. He also served as administrator of St. Mark Parish in Emporium and Christ the King Parish in Houtzdale. Father Staszewski was dean of the DuBois Deanery for nine years until his retirement in 2009. He lives in Houtzdale.


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60 YEARS

Father George Strohmeyer

     Much of Father George Strohmeyer’s life as a priest has been dedicated to L’Arche, an international federation of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities live together, work together and support and learn from one another.
     Erie became the first American city to have a L’Arche community when the local affiliate was founded by Father Strohmeyer and the late Sister Barbara Karsznia, OSB, in 1972. Today there are 17 L’Arche communities in the United States and the organization operates in 37 countries around the globe.
     A native of St. John the Baptist Parish in Erie, Father Strohmeyer is a 1956 graduate of Cathedral Preparatory School. He attended St. Mark Seminary and Gannon University and earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland.
     He earned his master’s degree in sociology with a concentration in marriage counseling at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He has studied Christian contemplation and Zen meditation, along with spiritual direction and retreat leadership.
     Father Strohmeyer has served St. Stephen Parish in Erie as administrator and as parochial vicar, and is a past member of the Priest Personnel Board for the diocese. He also has been a teacher, campus minister and chaplain at Gannon University, where he resides in retirement.


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60 YEARS

Sister Marian Wehler, OSB

     Sister Marian Wehler, OSB, entered the Benedictine Sisters of Elk County at St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, in 1962 after graduating from St. Marys Central Catholic High School. She grew up in St. Marys and taught in diocesan grade schools. She went to Tanzania in 1980, teaching at Oldonyo Sambu High School Seminary for seven years. Upon her return to the United States, she became a certified chaplain and became a pastoral care director and chaplain at Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.
    In 1996, Sister Marian began the transfer process to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, finalizing her transfer in 2000. When she moved to Erie, Sister Marian joined the staff at the Alliance for International Monasticism, U.S. Secretariat (AIM USA), where one of her responsibilities was coordinating the Commission for African Sisters. The commission sent Benedictine women from the U.S. to offer various workshops to their sisters in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. With Sister Therese Glass, Sister Marian established an English program for sisters in Tanzania. Since leaving AIM, Sister Marian has led other trips to Africa.
    In 2017, Sister Marian organized a trip to Tanzania for the 50th anniversary of the Oldonyo Sambu High School Seminary.
    Sister Marian joined the pastoral staff at St. Bernard Parish in Falls Creek in 2004. After three years at the parish, she and Sister Tina Geiger, R.S.M., began Catholic Rural Ministry in Oil City, where she continues to minister to people in the sixteen parishes in the deanery.


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50 YEARS

Father Zab Amar

     Father Zab Amar, pastor of St. Basil the Great Parish in Coalport, has been a priest of the Diocese of Erie since 1999, when he moved here from his native Philippines where he had been ordained 25 years earlier. He served first as pastor of Christ the King Parish in Houtzdale, then as pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Ramey, before being named to his current post. He also has served as parochial vicar of Beloved Disciple Parish in Grove City and St. Catherine Parish in DuBois.
     Father Amar believes that his grandmother may have known he would become a priest before he himself did.
     “She probably felt in her soul that she had to nurture it for me through her many devotions and prayers,” he says.
     These days, Father Amar nurtures both his flock and his garden. His long-time gardening hobby offers solace as well as exercise.
     “You’d be surprised at the wonders you encounter in playing with God’s gift of clean and good and living soil,” he says. “It is God’s gift to let us behold with wonder as these plants grow, blossom and produce their flowers and fruits.”


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50 YEARS

Father John Beal

     For the past 32 years, Father John Beal has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is an expert in canon law — the code of laws governing the Catholic Church – and teaches courses in marriage law, procedural law, temporal goods, as well as philosophy and theology of law. He earned his doctorate in canon law from Catholic University in 1985.
     Before joining the faculty at Catholic University, Father Beal served the Diocese of Erie in a number of ways including in the Chancery Office as assistant chancellor and judicial vicar. He also has served on the faculty of, and as assistant headmaster/dean of studies at, Elk County Catholic School in St. Marys.
     Father Beal was a weekend assistant at Holy Rosary Parish, Johnsonburg; Holy Trinity Parish, Erie; St. George Parish, Erie; Holy Cross Parish, Fairview; and St. John the Baptist Parish, Erie. He also has served as chaplain of the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse and as co-chaplain of the Mount St. Benedict Monastery, both in Erie.


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50 YEARS

Sister Diane Cook, OSB

     Sister Diane Cook, OSB, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She entered the Benedictine Sisters in Ridgley, Maryland, in 1971. She was sent to Erie for her novitiate year in 1973, and she remained in Erie. She earned degrees at Mercyhurst College and Edinboro University.
     Sister Diane successfully sat for the CPA exam and became a Certified Public Accountant in 2002. Her financial prowess is widely recognized in many religious organizations where she has offered consulting services.
    In Erie, Sister Diane’s first ministry was teaching, followed by two years as director of the learning disabilities program at St. Benedict Academy. In 1981 she became bookkeeper and secretary at Glinodo Conference Center and, in 1985, began working in the business office at Mount St. Benedict Monastery. In 1990, she was named treasurer of the community, a position she continues to hold.
    She has held multiple other positions including general accountant at Maloney, Reed, Scarpitti & Co. She served as bookkeeper for Erie DAWN (Dwellings and Advocacy for Women in Need), Treasurer for Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB), consultant and teacher for the National Religious Retirement Office, board member for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (serving on the Accounting Practices Committee), board member for the Catholic United Investment Trust and for the National Association for Treasurers of Religious Institutes. She has consulted for religious communities around the country.
    Sister Diane has served on the Monastic Congregation of St. Scholastica finance committee for more than ten years. She also served ten years on the Erie community’s monastic council.

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50 YEARS

Father Joseph Czarkowski

     When Father Joseph Czarkowski thinks back to his childhood, he remembers the faith and generosity of his parents, and the example they set for him. “My mom and dad lived what they believed,” he says. “God was important to them, and it rubbed off on me.”
     Father Czarkowski’s home parish was Holy Family in Erie. Ordained in 1974, he served as parochial vicar at St. Michael Parish, Greenville; St. Leo Magnus Parish, Ridgway; and St. Stephen Parish, Oil City. He has been pastor at the following parishes: St. Anthony, Tionesta; St. John, Tidioute; Holy Rosary, Erie; St. Eulalia, Coudersport; St. Anne, Wilcox; Holy Rosary, Johnsonburg; St. Anthony, Walston; St. Joseph, Lucinda; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Erie.
     Father Czarkowski taught and coached at Elk County Catholic School in St. Marys; he has served as dean of the St. Marys and Erie East deaneries and he has served on the Bishop’s Pastors Review Board and the Presbyteral Council.
     Currently he is priest in residence at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Erie.

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50 YEARS

Father Chad Ficorilli, OSB

     Father Chad R. Ficorilli, OSB, of McKeesport, a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is celebrating 50 years of monastic profession in 2024.
     Earning a BA in political science from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe in 1973, he entered the monastery that year, professing simple vows on July 10, 1974, and solemn vows on July 11, 1977. Father Ficorilli earned a Master of Divinity from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1978 and was ordained a deacon, serving at Saint Bruno’s Parish, South Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a priest on May 19, 1979, by the late Bishop William G. Connare at the Archabbey Basilica.
     Father Ficorilli’s pastoral service includes several years at Saint Gregory the Great Parish in Virginia Beach, staffed by the Benedictines. He was also administrator and pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Youngstown, Ohio, and St. Cecilia Parish in Whitney, Pennsylvania and served as moderator of Region 10 in the Diocese of Greensburg. He was pastor of Saint Bernard Parish in Hastings, Saint Gertrude Parish in Vandergrift, and Saint Nicholas Parish in Nicktown.
     He has held several monastic roles, including recent roles as assistant director of vocations, and he has previously served as operations manager for Saint Vincent Cemetery and project manager for deferred maintenance.
     He is presently hospital chaplain at Independence Health System, Latrobe.

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50 YEARS

Father Raymond Hahn

     For 34 years, beginning with his ordination in 1974, Father Raymond Hahn worked full-time teaching theology and social studies at Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie. He was appointed assistant headmaster at Prep in 1977 and served as acting headmaster from 1994 to 1995. After stepping down from his full-time teaching role, he continued to teach at the school part time while serving as adviser to the speech and debate team.
     During his career, Father Hahn served as weekend assistant at Holy Trinity Parish, St. Boniface Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish, all in Erie, and at Beloved Disciple Parish in Grove City. He was a temporary administrator at St. Julia Parish in Erie, and he served as pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Erie. He also has served as chair of the Clery Continuing Education Board and the Medical/Moral Advisory Committee.
     Father Hahn is an Erie native who attended St. George Grade School, Cathedral Prep, St. Mark Seminary and St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore, Maryland, where he received his bachelor of arts and master’s of divinity degrees. He also earned a master’s degree in health care ethics from Duquesne University. In retirement, he resides at Holy Rosary Parish, Erie.


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50 YEARS

Msgr. John Herbein

     Msgr. John Herbein shares a family legacy of service to the Catholic Church. He had two great uncles who were priests in the Diocese of Erie, and his great-great-grandfather, a sexton at a church during the war in Germany, rescued a silver Madonna plaque that remains in his family.
     A native of Jamestown, New York, he attended St. Bonaventure University, then attended seminary in Camden, New Jersey. After moving to this area to attend to his sick father, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Erie. His great uncles were Msgr. Anthony Wiersbinski and Father Felix Wiersbinski, both now deceased.
     Msgr. Herbein first served as parochial vicar at St. Bernard Parish, Bradford; Our Lady of Peace Parish, Erie; St. Joseph Parish, Oil City; and St. Patrick Parish, Franklin, before being named pastor of St. John Parish, Tidioute. He then became pastor at St. Patrick Parish, Franklin, where he served for many years. He is a former dean of the Oil City Deanery. In retirement, Msgr. Herbein lives in Franklin.


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50 YEARS

Sister Carol Morehouse, SSJ

     Sister Carol Morehouse, SSJ, is a native of Erie. She graduated from Villa Maria Academy and later Villa Marie College, in 1971, with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She earned a law degree from Duquesne University Law School in 1986. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Peter Cathedral Parish in Erie in 1974 and professed her final vows in 1981.
     Sister Carol is currently serving a second term in leadership for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Prior to serving in leadership, she was director of pastoral care and mission integration at Saint Vincent Health Center. She previously served as senior vice president of mission integration at Saint Vincent Health Center.
     Sister Carol taught for many years at various elementary schools in the Diocese of Erie and served as principal and administrator at Villa Maria Academy. She served in private practice as an attorney and was affiliated with the Moran, Morehouse and Bruno law firm. She previously served the Sisters of St. Joseph as councilor/treasurer.
     She serves on the Sisters of St. Joseph Board of Directors, the Sisters of St. Joseph Mission & Ministries Foundation Board, as well as those of Harborcreek Youth Services, St. Patrick's Haven and St. James Haven. She is a past board member of Saint Vincent Health Center, Villa Maria Academy and the SSJ Neighborhood Network Board. She was president of the Villa Maria Elementary School Board during the school's final year. Sister Carol also served as a leadership delegate-at-large for the Sisters of St. Joseph.


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50 YEARS

Sister Diane Rabe, OSB

     Sister Diane Rabe, OSB, grew up in her native Erie and attended St. Benedict Academy. Three years after graduation, and while finishing a degree at Villa Maria College, she entered the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. Sister Diane spent her early years in community teaching and serving as principal at St. Gregory School in North East.
    In 1991, Sister Diane became the administrator of St. Benedict Child Development Center, following the retirement of the center’s founder, Sister Alice Schierberl. For nearly thirty years, Sister Diane directed the award-winning center, growing the programs, training the staff and giving children and their families opportunities they would not have had otherwise.
     While leading the day care center, Sister Diane also served in numerous positions in her Benedictine community. She was mount coordinator, vocation director and scholastic director. She was subprioress for Sister Phyllis Schleicher and Sister Christine Vladimiroff and served on the monastic council from 1996-2010.
    In 2020, the community elected Sister Diane to the monastic council once again. When prioress Sister Stephanie Schmidt asked her to become subprioress, she resigned her position as director of the day care. She also continued in her position as mount coordinator.
    Sister Diane continues to serve on the board of East Coast Migrant Head Start Project.


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50 YEARS

Father Thaddeus Rettger, OSB

     Father Thaddeus E. Rettger, OSB, a St. Marys native and monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is celebrating 50 years of priesthood in 2024.
     He earned a BA from Saint Vincent College in 1970 and completed solemn vows on July 11, 1971. Father Thaddeus earned a Master of Divinity from Saint Vincent Seminary in 1974 and was ordained by Bishop William G. Connare on May 11, 1974.
Father Thaddeus has primarily served in parish roles, including overseeing the rebuild after the 1963 fire that destroyed much of the monastic complex at Saint Vincent.
     He is active in the Hastings Area Industrial Development Authority, the Rotary Club and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was on the board of the Kiski Valley YMCA and served on various boards related to Elk County Christian High School in St. Marys, and the Elk County Catholic Schools Alliance.
     Father Rettger is currently serving at Saint Bernard Parish, Hastings, Pennsylvania.

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50 YEARS

Sister Charlotte Zalot, OSB

     Sister Charlotte Anne Zalot, OSB, entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1971 after growing up in Philadelphia, where she attended Catholic schools. She taught at schools in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and in Newark, N.J., for nearly ten years.
    An accomplished keyboardist, Sister Charlotte became community liturgist for the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1981. After five years, she became director of music and liturgy at St. Helena Parish in Bellefonte, Delaware, until 1989. During those years, she completed a bachelor’s degree in music at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and then a master’s in church music and liturgy at St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Indiana. She then joined the summer faculty in music and liturgy at Rensselaer, a position she held for nearly fifteen years.
    Sister Charlotte transferred to the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, finalizing her transfer in 1994. She was a teacher and principal in diocesan schools in Erie and later served in various community ministries including Benet Press, mount coordinator, the Neighborhood Art House and director of communications.
    In 2002, she earned a master’s in philosophy from Drew University, followed by a Ph.D. in liturgical studies in 2004. She became an adjunct professor at Gannon University in 2007, where she still teaches.
    The Benedictine community elected Sister Charlotte to the monastic council in 2010 and again in 2015.
   Sister Charlotte is an integral member of liturgical ministry and music at the monastery. She received the Father Lawrence Heiman Citation for Excellence in Church Music and Liturgy and served as accompanist for the Te Deum CD and two city-wide choral presentations of the St. Benedict Academy Alumnae Association.


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25 YEARS

Very Rev. Michael Ferrick, VF

     “What a privilege it has been to serve the people of God these past 25 years,” says Father Michael Ferrick, V.F., rector of St. Peter Cathedral, Erie. “They invite you into their lives at the most important times – births, marriage, death – to give them the Gospel message.”
     During his homily at a Mass in May celebrating his anniversary, Father Ferrick said one of the many blessings for a priest is to visit the sick. He told the story of an elderly homebound couple he visits, and about the example they set for him about caring, about patience with each other and about loving relationships. “They do things for others out of love, just as Jesus laid down his life for us out of love,” he said.
     The youngest of nine children, he is a native of St. George Parish in Erie. He attended St. George Elementary School, Cathedral Preparatory School and graduated from Gannon University with a bachelor’s degree in arts and humanities. He attended St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned a master of divinity degree and a master of arts degree in Sacred Scripture.
     Father Ferrick has served as parochial vicar at St. Gregory Parish in North East, at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Erie and at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie. He was pastor of Queen of the World Parish in St. Marys before being named pastor and rector of St. Peter Cathedral in 2013.
     Father Ferrick is dean of the Erie West Deanery, a position that results in the V.F., for Vicar Forane, behind his name. He has served on the Priests’ Personnel Board, the Presbyteral Council, the Bishop’s College of Consultors and the Pastors Review Board. He also is a past president of the Elk County Catholic School System.


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25 YEARS

Father Stephen Schreiber

     Father Stephen Schreiber is pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, St. Joseph Bread of Life Parish and St. Paul Parish, all in Erie. Before assuming his new assignment this past summer, he had been pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Warren for five years.
     Father Schreiber’s path to the priesthood differs from that of many young men: He first served in the U.S. Coast Guard and also worked as a rescue specialist at Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport before entering St. Mark Seminary.
     Father Schreiber earned a bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum, in Rome. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
     He is a graduate of Third Ward Elementary School and Bradford Area High School, both in Bradford. His home parish is St. Bernard in Bradford.
     Father Schreiber has served as parochial vicar at St. Andrew Parish in Erie, St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie and St. George Parish, Erie. He has been a teacher at Kennedy Catholic High School in Hermitage and has served as campus minister there. He also has been on the faculty of Mercyhurst Prep in Erie. At both schools, he taught Holy Scripture and theology. He has served the diocese as assistant director of vocations and as director of vocations. He also has been the director of the Office of Youth Ministry and has served on the Presbyteral Council.
     Asked about his career change — from Coast Guard service and airport rescue work to the priesthood — he said, “That was very much a response to God’s generous call.”


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NEWLY ORDAINED

Father Luke Daghir

Ordained: May 24, 2024, at St. Peter Cathedral, Erie

Current assignment: Parochial vicar of St. Jude the Apostle Parish, including its secondary mission church of St. Andrew, and St. Stephen of Hungary Parish, all in Erie. Father Daghir is also appointed to the Sacramental Ministry associated with campus ministry at Mercyhurst University, Erie, effective July 9, 2024, and for one year.

Home parish: Sacred Heart Parish, St. Marys

Son of Roben and Joseph Daghir

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Bishop Persico ordains Father Luke Daghir to the priesthood

   Click here to read the story of the 2024 ordination of Father Daghir published by the Diocese of EriE-news.

DEACON ANNIVERSARIES

The following deacons are celebrating anniversaries of their ordinations to the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Erie.

40 YEARS

Deacon Richard Shewman

     In his four decades of service, Deacon Richard Shewman believes he has been involved “in just about every ministry of which a deacon is capable.” He is co-director of deacon formation in the diocese’s Office of the Permanent Diaconate. He also serves as a judge in the diocesan Tribunal, where he decides marriage annulments.
     Born in Rochester, New York, he served two years in the Peace Corps in Micronesia. He was married to his wife Pauline while there, and lived for 21 years on Guam and Saipan. He was ordained a deacon on Saipan.
     Deacon Shewman and his wife moved to Erie in 1997. They are the parents of four children, Abraham, Angela, Michael and Nathan, and have seven grandchildren. Deacon Shewman serves at St. Luke Parish, Erie. He is a former chancellor of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on the Northern Mariana Islands and a former executive director of the Catholic Social Services agency there.
     “Diaconal service has been the context in which my relationship with Christ has taken shape and flourished,” he says. “It has taught me to respect, value and to appreciate those around me, no matter who they are or in what circumstances they find themselves.”


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25 YEARS

Deacon Ralph DeCecco

     For all of his 25 years since ordination, Deacon Ralph DeCecco has served as a chaplain at various prisons, a ministry he often does accompanied by his wife of 46 years, Janet.
     “We have a very faithful community there,” Janet says of their prison visits, which these days mostly occur at the State Correctional Institution — Albion. “We have Bible studies and retreats, some of the guys get together to say the rosary and we have Mass on Monday nights.”
     “My work as a deacon has given me an opportunity to better understand people from all walks of life,” he says, “and to be better able to see the influence of God in our world.”
     Deacon DeCecco also serves at St. Andrew’s Parish in Erie. A former industrial salesman, he is now retired. The DeCeccos reside in Erie. They have three children, Jennifer Larimer, Dominick DeCecco and Maria Shuffit, and nine grandchildren.


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15 YEARS

Deacon Joseph Cicero

     Deacon Joseph Cicero had never considered the diaconate until — while attending a Cursillo weekend — the spiritual director suggested he would make a good deacon. Later, another priest said the same thing. “Through their prompting and my already active parish life at St. John the Evangelist (in Girard),” he says, “my eyes were opened to God’s call.”
     Now retired, Deacon Cicero remains active in ministries such as the Maria House Project for men trying to overcome substance abuse and women’s Bible study at his parish. During his active service as a deacon, he spent many years in prison ministry.
     Deacon Cicero was born in Erie, graduated from Gannon University in 1974, served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era and worked in manufacturing in the Erie area. He and his wife of 41 years, Betti, who died in 2017, had five children and he has nine grandchildren.
     “I try to view any situation not as a crisis, but rather, as an opportunity,” he says. “I want always to be the voice of reason as I help others deal with life’s ups and downs.”


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15 YEARS

Deacon Ronald Fronzaglia

     Having reached the retirement age for permanent deacons, Deacon Ronald Fronzaglia only wishes he had answered God’s call sooner.
     “I wish I would have started my ministry at an earlier age to be of assistance to more of the people of God,” he says.
     A lifelong resident of Erie, he grew up a few blocks from Sacred Heart Church, where he and his brothers were altar servers before Vatican II, practicing for many months to learn the Latin responses. A graduate of Cathedral Prep and Gannon College, he did graduate work at Gannon, Edinboro, SUNY-Albany, Temple University, the University of Pittsburgh and at Marywood College in Scranton. He worked as a teacher and administrator in Erie City Public Schools, and later served the diocese as special assistant to the vicar for education.
     “I have witnessed parents overjoyed at the baptism of their child, young couples filled with love during their wedding ceremony and families supporting each other at the death of a loved one,” he says. “May God bless all those who are considering vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate or to religious life. They are in need of our prayers and God’s grace.”


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15 YEARS

Deacon Kevin Kunik

     Even from the time he was very young, Deacon Kevin Kunik was thinking about a religious vocation.
     “I saw the diaconate as an opportunity to grow closer to Christ through serving others and helping others on their own journeys,” he says.
     A native of Erie, he is the husband of Tracy (Motter) Kunik of Oil City and they have four children: Ruthie, Jonah, Katie and Simon. He is assigned to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Erie.
     The oldest of seven children, he graduated from Holy Family School and Mercyhurst Prep, earned a bachelor’s degree from Mercyhurst University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Penn State Behrend. He works as a project manager for Erie Insurance.
     “I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to walk with parishioners and their families by being a part of baptisms, weddings and funerals,” he says. “The aspect of ministry that I have found extremely fulfilling is bringing Communion to those who can no longer attend Mass in person. I have come to experience the presence of Christ in a very profound way in these visits.”


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Amar, Father Zab
Anheuser, OSB, Sister Placida
Beal, Father John
Chittister, OSB, Sister Joan
Cicero, Deacon Joseph
Cook, OSB, Sister Diane
Courneen, RSM, Sister JoAnne
Czarkowski, Father Joseph
Daghir, Father Luke
DeCecco, Deacon Ralph
Dickant, SSJ, Sister Perpetua
Ferrick, VF, Very Rev. Michael
Ficorilli, OSB, Father Chad

Forney, SSJ, Sister Mary Helen
Frank, SSJ, Sister Margaret
Fronzaglia, Deacon Ronald
Gocella, SSJ, Sister Josette Marie
Gorny-Kopkowski, OSB, Sister Carolyn
Hahn, Father Raymond
Hardner, SSJ, Sister Margaret Ann
Heher, OSB, Sister Helen
Herbein, Msgr. John
Himes, RSM, Sister Mary Andrew
Karg, Msgr. Andrew
Kosin, OSB, Sister Christine
Kunik, Deacon Kevin

Morehouse, SSJ, Sister Carol
Preston, RSM, Sister Kathryn
Rabe, OSB, Sister Diane
Rettger, OSB, Father Thaddeus
Rojek, SSJ, Sister Carmel
Sabella, SSJ, Sister Mary DePaul
Schreiber, Father Stephen
Shewman, Deacon Richard
Staszewski, Father Joseph
Strohmeyer, Father George
Surmik, OSB, Sister Lucia Marie
Wehler, OSB, Sister Marian
Zalot, OSB, Sister Charlotte