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Saint Rosalie Parish Mission Statement
- We are a Faith Community called by our baptism to be children in the Family of God. We are on the pilgrimage striving to be Jesus to all and to find Jesus in others.
- With humility and respect we commit ourselves to share the gifts and talents received from the Holy Spirit.
- We live to proclaim the Mission and Message of Our Lord Jesus Christ in our Community.
1960 - March 1, 1981 FATHER Joseph CONRAD Pastor of St. RosalieA letter from John Cardinal Cody:
Dear Father Conrad:
lt gives me great pleasure to appoint you herebwith as "Pastor Emeritus" of St. Rosalie parish, Harwood Heights, effective March 1, 1981.
During these many years you have served your people with great credit to yourself and to the parish, and I wanted you to know how deeply grateful I am for your great Service to the Archdiocese.
I shall be appointing a new Pastor shortly, who will assume the temporal and spiritual responsibility of St. Rosalie parish.
Very gratefully yours in Christ,
John Cardinal Cody
Archbishop of Chicago
April 5, 1981 FR. SNIEG Pastor of St. Rosalie
Father Marion J. Snieg was born in Chicago on April 30, 1928 and is the youngest of nine children. His parents were Mary and Stanley; both are deceased.
He attended and graduated from Holy lnnocents School. Having gone through the Diocesan Seminary system, he attended Quigley North and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein and wad ordained on May 3, 1955 by Cardinal Samuel Stritch.
His appointments have been St. Jane de Chantal, St. William, Diocesan Missionaries, Maternity B.V.M., St. Constance. While at Maternity B.V.M. Father Marion became administrator and then pastor of that parish. During his ten years at that parish, he learned Spanish in order to better serve the changing community of Hispanics.
In the years of his last two assignments he has Iearned much about administration, fund raising events and has successfully worked with groups of all ages. Among his talents, he loves to produce and direct stage plays, musicals and comedies. This has always served to unite groups of different ages not only in working together but also enjoying each other.
He understands and speaks the Polish language fluently; remembers some of ttie Spanish and hopes to start learning Italian.
Next Sunday April 5, 1981 at the 10:15 Mass, Fr. Jakubowski as the Archbishop's Vicar will install our new pastor. All parishioners are most weicome to celebrate with Fr. Snieg as he begins his new ministry among us. After Mass there will be an informal reception for everyone in Conrad Hall.
In addition Fr. Snieg will preach at all Masses next weekend.
Fr John Cain Pastor of St. Rosalie
Father John Cain was born in 1932. He went to St. Lucy School in the Austin Area, Quigley Seminary (near the Old Water Tower), and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary.
He was ordained in 1958.
After several years as an associate pastor, he spent the sixties and the seventies working at Quigley South where he bought religion and was a guidance counselor.
In 1981, Father left Quigley and returned to parish work.
He has been pastor of St. James in Sauk Village the past twelve years.
He applied to become pastor of St. Rosalie and, in the few weeks he has been here, is very appreciative of the warm welcome he has received from the parishioners of his new parish.
Father Jerzy Maj Pastor of St. Rosalie
2002 November 15 - January 2009 Pastor of St. Rosalie Parish Harwood Heights, IL
Name of Congregation: Order of Samt Paul, the First Hermit
Name: Farher Jerzy Maj OSPPE
Date and Place of Birth: May 6 1961 - Miechow, Poland
Sacrament of Baptism: June 6 1961
Sacrament of Confirmation: June 1975
Entrance into Community: September 1 1982
Novitiate: September 8 1982 - Lesniow, Poland
Profession of Temporary Vows: September 8 1983
Profession of Solemn Vows: September 7 1988
Ordination to Diaconate: September 8 1988
Ordination to Presbyterate: May 20 1989 - Czestochowa, Poland Ordained by His Excellency, Stanislaw Nowak
1989 Jasna Gora, Poland
1989-1991 Assistant Pastor & Religious Educator St. Mary Church in Biechowo, Poland
1991-1999 National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
1996-1999 Prior in Monastery of Pauline Fathers National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
2000 June - Became a Citizen of the United States of America
2000-2002 Vicar and then Pastor of St. Casimir Church Yonkers, New YorkFather Bazyli Jarosław Cendrowicz OSPPE
Pastor of St. Rosalie: January 2009 - December 2011
Associate: January 2003 - 2006
Born: 1969 Milanowek, Warsaw suburbGraduating:
1988 Karol Szymanowski's Musical High School in Warsaw
1993 Frederic Chopin's Academy of Music in Warsaw
1993 Join the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
1993 - 2000 study: The Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow
1999 Life vows on Jasna Gora - Czestochowa
2000 Priest Ordination - jasna Gora - Czestochowa
2000 - 2002 working in Wlodawa, Poland