Fr. Gregory Plata, OFM, Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary; Director of Franciscan Mission
--The Pulaski Franciscans: A History of the Assumption Province 1887-2011 by Jerry Tokarz, OFM.
Br. Patrick McCormack, OFM, Staff, St. Francis Mission
Br. Craig Wilking, OFM, Staff, St. Francis Mission
The Assumption Province began an out-reach to the poor of Greenwood, Mississippi in the early 1950s. This racially divided community has come to be more inclusive through the decades of work of the friars and most recently with the outstanding help of the Sisters of Charity from Manitowoc, Wisconsin (pictured right). The missions consists of St. Francis Parish and St. Francis School and three other parishes given to our care. The Sisters have made St. Francis School one of the most outstanding grade schools in the state of Mississippi.