fra Marko Puljić, ofm

Fra Marko Puljić je rođen 3. listopada 1954. godine u Vranjevićima u Hercegovini.  U rodnom mjestu je završio osnovnu školu, a Franjevačku klasičnu gimnaziju u Splitu.  Franjevcem je postao 1973. u franjevačkom samostanu na Humcu.  Filozofsko-teološke znanosti studirao je u Sarajevu i Augsburgu, gdje je diplomirao i zaređen za svećenika 9. kolovoza 1981. godine.  U Domovini djeluje na župi Sv. Petra i Pavla u Mostaru (1981.-1983.).  Dana 23. ožujka 1983. dolazi u SAD te biva imenovan župnim pomoćnikom u župi Sv. Ćirila i Metoda u New Yorku i tu ostaje do god. 1989.  Nakon New Yorka, god. 1989. odlazi za župnika u Milwaukee, a pet godina kasnije, 1994., za župnika u New York.  Od rujna 2000. – srpnja 2001. godine bio je župnik župe sv. Lucije u Troyu. 

U srpnju 2001. godine, fra Marko je izabran za kustosa Franjevačke kustodije i tu dužnost vršio je do 2009 godine.  Fra Marko je obnašao službu savjetnika Kustodije u četiri navrata (1988.- 1997. i od 2000. – 2001.), te uređivao Franjevački vjesnik. Od 2009. godine postaje župnikom Hrvatskog franjevačkog središta "Kraljice mira" u Norvalu.

​Fr. Marko was born October 3, 1954 in Vranjevići, Herzegovina. There he finished grammar school, and he completed his high school education at the seminary in Split. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1973 in Humac. He studied philosophy and theology in Sarajevo and Augsburg, Germany where he graduated and was ordained a priest on August 9, 1981. He first served at the parish of SS.. Peter and Paul in Mostar (1981-1983). On March 23, 1983 he came to the United States and was named assistant pastor of SS. Cyril and Methodius in New York (1983-1989). He was appointed pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Milwaukee (1989-1994), and in 1994 he was appointed pastor at SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish in New York where he was serving until September 2000. He then became pastor of St. Lucy's in Troy, Michigan. In July 2001, he was chosen as Custos of the Croatian Franciscan Custody which function he held until 2009. 

Fr. Marko also served on Custodial Board for four terms (1988-1997 & 2000-2003), and he was the editor of the Custodial Newsletter "Croatian Franciscan Herald". In 2009, Fr. Marko became pastor of the Croatian Franciscan Centre "Queen of Peace" in Norval, Canada.

FRA ROBERT KAVELJ, OFM

Fra Robert Kavelj rođen je 11. veljače 1990. u Sarajevu. Zbog rata u domovini, djetinjstvo je proveo u više gradova i država dok napokon nije godine 2000. došao u Sjedinjene Američke Države. Tamo je završio srednju školu i 2010. otišao u postulaturu (pripravu za franjevački život), pridruživši se našoj Hercegovačkoj franjevačko provinciji.
Od 2012. do 2017. studirao je na Katoličkom Bogoslovnom Fakultetu u Zagrebu. Svečane zavjete položio je 18. rujna 2016. Za svećenika je zaređen u Mostaru 29. lipnja 2018. te od tada do ljeta ove godine 2020. bio je župni vikar u župi sv. Petra i Pavla, u franjevačkom samostanu, u Mostaru.

Kustos naše Hrvatske franjevačke kustodije Svete obitelji, sa sjedištem u Chicagu, fra Jozo Grbeš, O.F.M. predložio je fra Roberta hamiltonskom biskupu za župnog vikara, a biskup je potom podijelio fra Robertu, kao župnom vikaru, pastoralne ovlasti. Od rujna 2020. godine postaje župnim vikarom Hrvatskog Franjevačkog središta "Kraljice mira u Norvalu.

Fr. Robert Kavelj, O.F.M. was born on February 11th 1990 in the city of Sarajevo. Because of the war in the homeland he spent his early childhood in different cities and countries, finally settling down in the United States in the year 2000. In the USA he finished High School, and lived there until 2010 when he decided to enter the postulancy (Franciscan formation program) and become a member of our Herzegovinian Franciscan Province.

From 2012 until 2017, he studied theology in Zagreb. On June 29th 2018 he was ordained as priest and spent his first priestly years in Mostar. In 2020, after recommendation of our Custos in Chicago, Fr. Jozo Grbeš, O.F.M., the Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, OMI, bishop of Hamilton appointed Fr. Robert as Associate Pastor at the Queen of Peace Croatian Franciscan Centre in Norval.