Official statements from the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province regarding its members and ministries.
Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations of St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Anderson and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Greenville will be turned over to the diocese this summer, ending 77 and 81 years, respectively, of pastoral service by the friars at these parishes.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia Athens.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from the Parish of the Holy Name of Jesus-St. Gregory the Great on West 96th Street in Manhattan. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations will be turned over to the Archdiocese of New York this summer, ending three decades of pastoral service by the friars at the Upper West Side parish with a culturally diverse population.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations will be turned over to the Diocese of Raleigh this summer, ending 34 years of pastoral service by the friars.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from the parishes of St. Paul and St. Joseph in Wilmington, Delaware. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations will be turned over to the Diocese of Wilmington this summer, ending nearly 30 years of pastoral service by the friars at these parishes in the downtown section of the city.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province will no longer be able to staff St. Francis Chapel, the mall ministry in Shoppers Park on Wolf Road in the suburban Albany, N.Y., town of Colonie.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from St. Joseph-St. Maximilian Kolbe Parishes in Orlando, Florida. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations will be turned over to the Diocese of Orlando this summer, ending a three-year presence of the friars there.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from the Parish of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady in Wood-Ridge, N.J. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations will be turned over to the Archdiocese of Newark this summer, ending 94 years of pastoral service by the friars at the North Jersey parish.
The Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province (HNP) are withdrawing from nine Fraternities-in-Mission in the northeast and southeast regions of the United States. Ministerial responsibilities and administrative operations of each of the nine ministry sites will be turned over to their respective dioceses this summer.
The following letter was shared with parishioners during the weekend of April 13 at Holy Name Province’s ministries in the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.
Fr. Alexander Di Lella, 89, a professed Franciscan friar for 68 years and a priest for 63, died on March 23 at St. Catherine of Siena Nursing Home.
Fr. Emeric Szlezak, OFM, a professed Franciscan friar for 79 years and a priest for 74, died on March 16 in St. Petersburg, where he had lived since 2005.
