Ordinations • 11B
June 9, 2016 • The Catholic Spirit
Father Tokashiki finds balance in Pro Ecclesia Sancta order
50th jubilarians
By Susan Klemond For The Catholic Spirit
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hen Father Adam Tokashiki, a member of Pro Ecclesia Sancta, encountered Christ as a high school student in Lima, Peru, in the early 2000s, quitting his punk rock band and cutting his long hair were just the beginning of a radical life redirection that culminated in his ordination to the priesthood 4,000 miles away in St. Paul on May 28. Father Tokashiki, 29, whose grandparents immigrated to Peru from Japan, grew up in Lima, the youngest of four boys. Not really practicing his faith while growing up, he was first inspired by members of the Peru-based Pro Ecclesia Sancta religious order who helped with youth formation at his high school. They were lively and approachable, yet disciplined, he said. “It wasn’t just a family, but an army,” he said. During his senior year, he said he discovered the Lord — the fulfillment of his quest for beauty, truth and goodness. Father Tokashiki switched from electric to classical guitar and continued to work with PES after graduation. He joined the order in 2006, drawn by the life rooted in prayer, apostolate, leadership, charity and fraternity. Leaving home at 19 was difficult for him and his parents, but he said in time, his parents have been blessed by his vocation. First as a brother and now as a priest, Father Tokashiki finds joy in PES’ balance between apostolic work and contemplative prayer.
Five priests of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis ordained in 1966 are celebrating 50 years of priesthood this year. All are retired. • Father Thomas Fitzgerald, a parishioner of St. Genevieve in Centerville, assists at St. Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake, St. Gregory the Great in North Branch, St. Jude of the Lake in Mahtomedi and Sacred Heart in Rush City.
Father Adam Tokashiki was ordained May 28 for Pro Ecclesia Sancta, which serves St. Mark in St. Paul. Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit In 2009, he came to St. Mark in St. Paul, the archdiocesan parish run by PES priests, brothers and sisters, where he served while attending the University of St. Thomas and the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul. As a priest, Father Tokashiki said he will offer the sacraments, lead marriage and baptismal preparation, and religious formation; help with the order’s house and formation; and serve at the University of St. Thomas and Chesterton Academy in Edina. “There’s plenty, plenty to do,” he said.
• Father Robert Hazel ministers with Cross Catholic Outreach and Retrouvaille. • Father Bryan O’Rourke lives in Los Angeles. • Father J. Timothy Power, who assisted at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis until summer 2015, is in hospice care for blood cancer. • Father Michael Slusser lives at the Leo C. Byrne Residence in St. Paul.
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