THE ORCHARD LAKE SCHOOLS
SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary/ St. Mary's College/ St. Mary's Preparatory
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY

ORCHARD LAKE, MICHIGAN
SUMMER 2002 - NUMBER 71

 
 
 



Fr. James K. Mazurek
named Vice Chancellor



Rev. James K. Mazurek, a 26-year member of the Orchard Lake Schools administration, has been named the Vice Chancellor of the Schools. The announcement of his appointment was made by Chancellor Fr. Timothy Whalen.
Fr. Mazurek, 55, a native of Pittsburgh, has been involved in various areas of development such as annual giving, permanent endowment, alumni relations and special events since 1978, two years after his appointment to the faculty by Bishop Vincent Leonard, ordinary of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He was named assistant to the Chancellor for Development in 1994.
Fr. Mazurek, a 1969 graduate of St. Mary's College, has served as the secretary-general of the Orchard Lake Schools Board of Regents since 1979.
Among other campus responsibilities, Fr. Mazurek has also served as Dean of Men for the Preparatory, director of campus liturgy, director of campus vocations, and spiritual director at the Seminary. In 1984-85, he chaired the Schools' year-long centennial celebration.
He studied theology at St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pa., from where he graduated in 1973 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained that year for the Pittsburgh Diocese. He served three years as an associate pastor of St. Michael's Church, Butler, Pa., before coming to Orchard Lake.
Since 1981, Fr. Mazurek has assisted weekends at St. Fabian Parish, Farmington Hills. Prior to that, he also helped weekends at SS. Peter and Paul Parish and St. Louis the King Parish in Detroit.
His mother Rose and married sister, Deborah Uram, live in Pittsburgh.