Fr. William Gulas St. Stanislaus Schedule of Services Parish Ministries Pastoral Staff





Fr. Michael Surufka, O.F.M.
was born on June 1, 1958 in Chicago to Louis and Trudy Surufka, the first of four children. Raised in a Chicago neighborhood much like Slavic Village, he finished high school in Munster, Indiana where his parents still reside. He graduated with honors from Ball State University, and he attended Indiana University School of Law for one year before joining the Franciscans in 1983.

Fr. Michael professed solemn vows in 1989 and was ordained a priest on his 33rd birthday in 1991. His assignments have included parish ministry at St. Stanislaus, teaching at Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia, representing the Franciscans at the United Nations, and various preaching assignments. He was installed as pastor of The Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus on May 30, 2003.





Fr. Camillus Janas, OFM, is assigned to Saint Stanislaus as Associate Pastor. Also, he is the Guardian of the friary, meaning he has leadership responsibility over the fraternal life of the friar community.

Fr. Camillus was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and ordained in 1960. He has spent most of his religious life in pastoral and parochial ministry, having just completed eight years serving as pastor in a parish in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.







Fr. Placyd Kon, OFM, was born on June 8th 1962 in Ulanów in Poland, the seventh child in his family. After completing school, he worked as an electrician for three years and served in the military. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1987, professed solemn vows in 1993 and was ordained in his home parish by Bishop Wacław Śwwierzawski in 1996.

Fr. Placyd worked as a religion teacher in a Franciscan parish in Jarosław until 2001, when he was sent to help the Bavarian Franciscan Province, where he worked for five years. He came to the U.S. in November, 2006 where he joined the Fransicans at the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus.



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