Seven priests of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are celebrating their silver jubilee of ordination in 2007.
The seven were ordained June 12, 1982 by Cardinal Timothy Manning at St. Vibiana's Cathedral. Since then, they have served in parish ministry, as well as (in some cases) education and diocesan ministry.
They have celebrated (or will soon celebrate) their jubilees in their respective parishes, after having recently marked the occasion with a gathering at St. John's Seminary, Camarillo. Following are brief profiles of the silver jubilarians.
Father James Anguiano was born in Ventura, attended St. Sebastian School, Santa Paula; St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura; and Ventura College. His parish assignments have included St. Bridget, Van Nuys; St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo; St. Martha, Valinda; and Our Lady Guadalupe, Hammel Street. He also has served on the faculty of St. Bernard and Bishop Amat High Schools and as rector of Queen of Angels High School Seminary. Currently pastor of St. Anthony, El Segundo, he will become pastor of San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, in July.
Father William Easterling, born in Whittier, attended St. Gregory the Great School, Monte Vista High School, and California State Universities, Long Beach and L.A. He worked for Whittier & Cerritos libraries and a political consulting firm. As an associate he served at St. Thomas the Apostle, L.A.; St. Joseph, Pomona; St. John Vianney, Hacienda Heights; and St. Lawrence Martyr, Redondo Beach. He has been pastor at St. Martha, Valinda, since 1996.
Father Daniel Fox was born in Cleveland, moved to California and attended Buena High School, Ventura, then was a Navy hospital corpsman in the Vietnam war. He is now an associate pastor at St. Bernardine of Siena, Woodland Hills, having served previously at Holy Family, South Pasadena; St. Bernard, Bellflower; St. Clare, Santa Clarita; Our Lady of the Assumption, Ventura; and St. Andrew, Pasadena.
Father Alfred Hernandez is a native Angeleno, who attended Divine Saviour School and Queen of Angels High School. As an associate he served at Our Lady of Lourdes, East L.A.; Holy Family, Glendale; St. Charles, North Hollywood; and St. Stephen, Monterey Park. He has been pastor of Nativity, Torrance, since 2000, after serving as administrator.
Father Paul Hruby was born in Los Angeles and attended Holy Family School, Glendale, & Queen of Angels High School. He was an associate pastor at St. Mariana de Paredes, Pico Rivera, and pastor at St. Elizabeth, Van Nuys, and St. Columbkille, Los Angeles. Since 1999 he has been pastor at Incarnation, Glendale.
Msgr. Kevin Kostelnik was born in Lorain, Ohio, moved to California and attended Los Altos High School and Mount San Antonio College. He was an associate at St Andrew, Pasadena; St. John Fisher, Rancho Palos Verdes; and St. Vibiana Cathedral. For 10 years he was priest-secretary to Cardinal Roger Mahony, and in 1997 was named the first pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He was named a chaplain to his holiness (monsignor) in 1992, and in 2000 a prelate of his holiness.
Father Thomas Schweitzer, born in Long Beach, attended Our Lady of Refuge School there. He has been involved in ministry to the deaf locally and in Anchorage, Alaska, and is currently chaplain to Native American Catholics. He also has served as pastor of Holy Angels Church of the Deaf, Vernon, since 1998. Previously, he has served in the San Fernando Regional office, in pastoral ministry to the handicapped, and at St. Bernard, Glassell Park. |