Paulist Fr. Ed Nowak is the Paulist Fathers' director of vocations.
He also conducts parish retreats or missions entitled “Spirituality for Evangelization: Living our Baptismal Anointing as a Priestly, Prophetic and Royal People.” The program includes preaching at all the Sunday Masses plus three to five mission evenings, depending on a given parish's time frame and needs.
Fr. Ed previously served as director of the St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbus, OH, and director of the University Catholic Center in Austin, TX.
He is now in his second tour of duty as our community's vocations director.
A native of the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA, Fr. Ed earned his undergraduate degree at Penn State and his master's degree from The Catholic University of America.
He made his first promises to the Paulist community on August 11, 1984, and was ordained a priest on May 13, 1989.
Fr. Ed can be reached at (917) 763-7899 or [email protected].
In December 2021, Fr. Ed spoke with Mike Hayes for our Five Questions with a Paulist series:
Watch a video profile of Fr. Ed:
Via our SoundCloud profile, listen to an interview with Fr. Ed (in "sound-bite" and full-length versions):