Left to Right: Fr. Timothy Lyons, OFM Conv., Fr. Augustine Pilatowski, OFM Conv., Fr. Charles Jagodzinski, OFM Conv., Fr. Jerzy Auguścik, OFM Conv., Fr. Raymond Borkowski, OFM Conv., Fr. Mark Curesky, OFM Conv., Fr. Robert Schlageter, OFM Conv. and Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv.

On May 22, 1993, Polish friar, Fr. Jerzy Auguścik, OFM Conv. was ordained to the priesthood. Friar Jerzy currently serves the Archdiocese of Hartford (CT), as Parochial Vicar at the Roman Catholic Community of the Parish of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. As he is living and serving in this country as a Conventual Franciscan, he has been joined in brotherhood with our friars residing in St. Paul Friary, in nearby Kensington, CT. Our friars of St. Paul Friary, joined by our Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv., took him out to dinner to celebrate his 25th Anniversary of Ordination.  Friar James also preached at the May 17, 2018, 7:30 a.m. Mass in the parish’s St. Casimir Church., celebrated by Friar Jerzy, in honor of his Jubilee.