50th Profession
Brother Paul Jorns
Birthplace: St. Louis
First profession: 1969
Final profession: 1974
Service in the archdiocese: St. Joseph’s Preparatory College, Kirkwood, 1969-70
Liguori Publications assistant postmaster, Liguori, 1970-72
St. Clement Health Care Center staff, Liguori, 1988-91
Service outside the archdiocese: Staff, Immaculate Conception Health Care Center, Oconomowoc, Wis., 1972-74
Staff, Villa Redeemer Retreat Center, Glenview, Ill. 1974-79
Staff, St. Joseph Parish, Denver, 1979-84
Staff, St. Joseph’s Preparatory College, Edgerton, Wis., 1984-86
Staff, Immaculate Conception Health Care Center, Oconomowoc, Wis., 1986-88
Blessed Sacrament / Our Lady of Lourdes Parishes, Chicago, 1991-2005
Staff, Sacred Heart Parish staff, Seattle, 2005-11
Villa Redeemer/North American Novitiate, Glenview, Ill. 2011-15
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Whittier, Calif., 2015-present
About Brother Paul Jorns: Brother Paul is grateful for his family, friends and the many people of all nationalities and faiths that he has encountered in his 50 years of ministry throughout the country. He credits all of them for strengthening his own faith and teaching him so much about life, in all of its wonder.
75th Profession, 70th Ordination
Father Wilfred Lowery
Birthplace: St. Louis
First profession: 1944
Final profession: 1947
Education:
Service in the archdiocese: Assistant director, St. Clement’s Health Care Center, Liguori, 1993-94
Missionary, Liguori Mission House, Liguori, 1994-96
Retired, St. Clement Redemptorist Mission Community, Liguori, 2012-present
Service outside the archdiocese: Missionary priest in Thailand, serving as pastor, vice provincial bursar, vice provincial leadership, and pastor of Cathedral at Udonthani as vicar general of the diocese, 1951-76
Retreat director and rector, retreat and mission promotion, Villa Redeemer, Glenview, Ill., 1976-81
Rector, St. Joseph Parish, Wichita, Kan., 1981-87
Preacher, St. Michael Parish, Chicago, 1987-90
Parish priest, St. Joseph Parish, Wichita, Kan., 1990-93
Director of Foreign Mission Office, Seelos Theology Residence, Chicago, 1996-97
Director of Foreign Mission Office, Villa Redeemer, Glenview, Ill. 1997-2000
Parish priest and Laotian ministry, St. Alphonsus Parish, Minneapolis, Minn., 2000-09
Retired, St. Alphonsus Parish, Minneapolis, Minn., 2009-12
About Father Wilfred Lowery: Father Lowery left a lasting legacy in Thailand, where he arrived just three years after the first Redemptorist missionaries were sent from the former St. Louis Province. Notable appointments in his 25 years of service include serving as the third vice-provincial of Thailand and vicar general of the Udonthani Diocese. After returning to the United States, he directed fundraising efforts for the foreign missions, and continued to serve Thai immigrant communities.