Fr. Philip Pavich

Father Philip was born May 12, 1930 in Waterloo, Iowa where he completed parochial grammar school in 1944, followed by high school and junior college at St. Joseph Minor seminary Westmont, IL. He entered the Franciscan Order July 4, 1950 in Teutopolis, IL as a member of the Sacred Heart Province. He completed his philosophy studies in Cleveland in 1954, followed by four years of theology in Teutopolis, IL and was ordained June 24, 1957. He served as assistant novice master, spiritual director and master of clerics 'till 1967. He did supplementary study in clinical psychology at Loyola University and then served as associate pastor at Our Lady of Angels in Cleveland from 1969-1972 and at Sacred Heart Indianapolis from 1972-1975. While serving in the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Tiberias from 1975-1986 he also did two years of supplementary biblical study in Jerusalem. He then transferred to our Croatian Custody in 1986 and served in Medjugorje as confessor and pilgrim assistant from 1987-2000. Since then he resides at our St. Anthony Friary in Chicago where he helps with seasonal supply in some of our Croatian parishes and also continues with occasional pilgrimage assistance to Europe and the Holy Land.