Fr. Ante Bekavac

Fr. Ante was born November 12, 1973 in Mrkodol in the county of Bukovica.  He attended grammar school in Mrkodol and Brisnik, and high school from 1992 to 1994 in Sinj and from 1994 to 1995 in Humac.  On July 15, 1995,  Fr. Ante entered the Franciscan noviciate in Humac.  He completed his studies in theology in Zagreb in 2001.  He was ordained a deacon in Zagreb on Oct. 27, 2001, and made his vows of priesthood June 29, 2002.  Since then until September 2003 Fr. lived in the Franciscan Monastery in Humac, and then left to serve as assistant pastor at St. Cyril and Methodius parish in New York. In June 2006 he started serving at Sacred Heart Parish in South Chicago as a vicar. In October of 2008, Fr. Ante was assigned as temporary assistant pastor at St. Joseph Croatian Parish in St. Louis and served there until February 2009, when he left for Croatia to seek a working visa in Canada. In October of 2009, he arrived at the Queen of Peace Croatian Parish in Norval, Canada, and in December of 2009 returned to the Province in Mostar.