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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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