Quick Facts:

Native of Erie, PA

Graduated:
Gannon University (1991)
Christ the King Seminary (1995)
Duquesne University (2005)
Ordained to the Priesthood:
April 26, 1996
Campus Minister
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
(2001-present)
Previous Assignments:
St. Catherine of Siena Church
DuBois, PA (1994-1997)
Elk County Catholic High School
St. Marys, PA (1997-2001)

 

    
 

Clarion Campus Ministries
60 Greenville Avenue
Clarion, Pa 16214
814/ 226-6869
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Mass Schedule
University Mass
Sunday @ 5pm
Clarion Campus Ministries
(except over long weekends)

Immaculate Conception
Saturday @ 5:30pm
Sunday @ 7:30am, 9am, & 11:15am

Daily Mass @ IC Church
Monday-Friday @ 7am
Monday-Saturday @ 8am

Holy Days of Obligation
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Confessions
After University Mass
 
 
 
 

 
New Assignment Announced  

Campus Minister Named Emlenton Pastor

Bishop Donald Trautman of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie has announced that Fr. Jim Faluszczak, Campus Minister at Clarion University of Pennsylvania since 2001, has been named Pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Church in Emlenton, while continuing as full-time Campus Minister. The assignment becomes effective on May 26, 2008 and continues for a term of four years, concurrent with the remainder of his term as Campus Minister. Fr. Jim will change residences from Immaculate Conception Rectory in Clarion to St. Michael Rectory at that time, and will commute to Clarion in order to address the ongoing spiritual needs of the University Community.

The opportunity to become a pastor comes about with the retirement of Fr. Conrad Kraus, pastor of St. Michael Church since 2001. Asked what he looks forward to most as a pastor, Fr. Jim states that “accompanying the parishioners of St. Michael on their journey of faith and assisting them to know more closely the presence of Christ in their lives as individuals and as a community.”

Fr. Faluszczak earned the degrees of Master of Education from Duquesne University and Master of Divinity from Christ the King Seminary. He is a 1991 graduate of Gannon University. A native of Erie, he attended McDowell High School and St. George Grade School.

His previous priestly assignments include Parochial Vicar at St. Catherine Church in DuBois and Theology Teacher at DuBois Central Catholic High School (1994-1997), Chaplain at the Federal Corrections Institution in McKean County (1997-98), Theology Teacher and Campus Minister at Elk County Catholic High School in St. Marys (1997-2001), and Campus Minister at Clarion University. He was ordained a priest in 1996.

He is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Catholic Educational Association, Phi Delta Kappa, and Catholic Campus Ministry Association.

Fr. Jim has been active in the Clarion community as a member of the Community Relations Board, Criminal Justice Advisory Board, Clarion Area Ethnic Tolerance Committee, and the Alcohol, Drug, and Violence Coalition of Clarion University. He looks forward to getting to know the Emlenton community and working with the people of St. Michael Parish to continue their tradition of faith.