Resurrectionists (CR)

50th Ordination

Father Norbert Raszeja

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Entrance: 1963

First profession: 1964

Ordination: 1972

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Saint Louis University, 1968

Master’s in divinity, St. John Cantius (Resurrection) Seminary, 1972

Licentiate in Canon Law, Angelicum, 1995

Service in the archdiocese: Parochial vicar, Our Lady of Loretto, Spanish Lake, 1972-76

Pastor, Our Lady of Loretto, Spanish Lake, 1987-92

Service outside the archdiocese: Pastor, St. Joseph’s Parish, Brantford, Ontario Canada, 1976-79

Pastor, St. John’s Parish, Panama City, Florida, 1979-86

Pastor, St. Hedwig’s Parish, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-87

Procurator general, Congregation of the Resurrection, 1993-99

Secretary general, Congregation of the Resurrection, 1999-2005

18th Superior General, Congregation of the Resurrection, 2005-11

Pastor, St. Scholastica, Woodridge, Illinois, 2011-present

About Father Norbert Raszeja: Born and raised in Chicago, Father Raszeja met the Congregation of the Resurrection in the parishes and schools there. After attending a Resurrectionist high school in Chicago, Father Raszeja entered novitiate and went to profess vows of chastity, poverty and obedience in the USA province of the congregation on September 8, 1964. He then completed undergraduate and seminary studies in St. Louis and was ordained a priest April 8, 1972, in Chicago. In the summer of 2005, Father Raszeja was elected the 18th superior general of the Congregation of the Resurrection (2005-11), which called upon him to support and visit resurrectionists throughout the world. On May 14-15, 2022, he celebrated his golden jubilee of priesthood.