Parishes
In its beginnings, the Assumption Province stressed preaching parish missions. It was believed this work was an authentic response to St. Francis desire to preach the need for repentance and conversion. The province boasted a large, qualified, influential and very dedicated “mission band.”
As the Province relinquished its schools, friars found themselves seeking ministerial outlets for their faith. This coincided with many bishops needing help to staff their parishes. As a result, the Assumption Province became more involved in the parochial setting. Today, we are involved in the following parishes.
Many friars, while not working full-time in a parish, provide weekend help to the faith communities in which they live.
Click on the State’s names for information about the presence of the Assumption BVM Province in those areas of the country.
“There are some who say that the religious life as such will surely die! The young are aggressively pushing forward with bold ideas that are not clearly linked with the past. They will not survive because they have no roots. And the old are doomed to a very lonely life, because they refuse to make the changes that will make their life meaningful to others today”. So wrote Fr. Dacian Bluma, OFM, Provincial Ministry on May 1972.
—The Pulaski Franciscans: A History of the Assumption Province 1887-2011 by Jerry Tokarz, OFM
States in which we have Parishes
Wisconsin
Assumption BVM Parish
124 E. Pulaski Street
P.O. Box 379
Pulaski, Wisconsin 54162
(920) 822-3279
St. Benedict Parish
3370 Deerfield West
P.O. Box 66
Suamico, Wisconsin 54173-0066
(920) 434-2024
St. Maxmillian Kolbe Parish
6051 N. Noble Street
Sobieski, Wisconsin 54171-9724
(920) 822-5255
St. Clare of Wind Lake Parish
7616 Fritz Street
Wind Lake, WI 53185
(262) 895-2729
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
305 S. First St.
Waterford , WI 53185
(262)-534-2255
Indiana
Holy Name Parish
11000 W. 133rd Avenue
Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303-8550
(219) 374-7160
Ohio
St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church
814 N. Fifth Street
Toronto, OH 43964-1620
(740) 535-0271
Mississippi
St. Francis of Assisi Parish
2613 Highway 82E
Greenwood, MS 38930-5966
(662) 453-0623
Texas
Holy Family Parish
1302 E. Champion Street
Edinburg, TX 78539
956.383.5472
Facebook: Holy Family Church Edinburg
All Friars who work in these parishes have cell phones
Pennsylvania
Holy Dormition Byzantine Friary
712 State Hwy 93 – PO Box 270
Sybertsville, PA 18251-
(570) 778-1212
Facebook: Holy Dormition Friary – Byzantine Franciscans
St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church
621 W. Mahanoy Avenue
Mahanoy City, PA 17948-2415
(570) 773-2631
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
5 East 20th Street
Hazelton, PA 18201
(570) 454-1142
Facebook: St John the Baptist Byzantine