Fr. Jim Garceau, '78
Alumni Profile -- (Summer 1999 Newsletter)
 Fr.
Jim Garceau, C.R.I.C. (Class of '78) has just been named Superior
of his local community (the Canons Regular of the Immaculate
Conception) and Pastor of his parish, St. Francis of Assisi,
in the Silverlake Distict near Hollywood, California.
As Superior of his community, he will have direction over
the spiritual lives of the priests in his community. He also
travels to Rome annually to serve on his community's personnel
board, the General Council. As Pastor, he takes charge over
a parish of 1,500 families in a mostly Latino community with
a large Philippino presence. He previously served as Associate
Pastor of that parish since 1992.
His order, the Canons Regular, plays a vital role in parish
life because it aims to promote the Liturgy of the Hours among
the laity. One thing that Fr. Garceau seeks to establish at
his parish now that he is pastor is an increase in Eucharistic
adoration.
His busy schedule includes the regular regimen of Masses,
weddings, funerals, confessions, and other sacraments, as
well as giving spiritual retreats and conferences through
the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and serving as Chaplain
to the Fr. Kolbe Missionaries of the Immaculata. He also serves
as Vocations Director for the California division of his order.
-- Qtrly Newsletter, Summer1999
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