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 Jozo Grubišić, OFM

Fra Jozo je rođen 20. veljače 1949. godine u Sovićima u Hercegovini. Klasičnu gimnaziju pohađao je u Splitu, a u Franjevački red stupio godine 1971. na Humcu. Teologiju je studirao u Sarajevu, Zagrebu i Washingtonu, D.C. U SAD je došao 16. svibnja 1975. Za svećenika je zaređen 3. rujna 1977. u Chicagu. Nakon svećenićkog ređenja fra Jozo je poslan u župu Sv. Ante u Sharonu, gdje je službovao kao pomoćni župnik (1978.-1980.). Nakon toga Zajednica ga šalje za pomoćnika u župu Sv. Marije u Steeltonu (1980.-1982.). Fra Jozo je zatim imenovan župnikom župe Sv. Leopolda Mandića u Londonu (1982.-1989.).  Nakon boravka u New Yorku (1989.-1990.) i  Windsoru (1990.-1991.) fra Jozo je imenovan župnikom župe Sv. obitelji u Kitcheneru, na kojoj je ostao šest godina (1991.-1997.) do imenovanja župnikom župe sv. Jeronima u Chicagu (1997-2001).  Od 2001. godine fra Jozo radi kao župnik župe sv. Leopolda Mandića u Londonu, a od 2004. godine župnik je u Montrealu.   Fra Jozo je bio vijećnik Kustodije (1997.-2000), te je ponovno vijećnik Kustodije od 2012. godine.
Od rujna 2016. postaje župnim pomoćnikom župe Kraljice mira u Norvalu.

Fr. Jozo was born February 20, 1949 in Sovići, Herzegovina.He completed high school in Split and joined the Franciscan Order in 1971 in Humac. He studied theology in Sarajevo, Zagreb and then in Washington, D.C. after his arrival to the United States in May of 1975.  Fr. Jozo was ordained a priest on September 3, 1977 in Chicago. He was assistant pastor at St. Anthony Parish in Sharon(1978-1980), St. Mary's in Steelton (1980-1982). In 1982 he was appointed pastor at St. Leopold Mandić Parish in London, Ontario, where he held that position until 1989. He then served as assistant pastors at SS. Cyril and Methodius in New York and St. Francis, Windsor (1989-1991). He was named pastor at Holy Family in Kitchener (1991-1997) and then St. Jerome's in Chicago, from 1997 to 2001. Fr. Jozo was a member of the Custodial Board (1997-2000), and again since 2012.  From 2001 to 2004, Fr. Jozo served as a pastor of St. Leopold Mandic in London, and since then he is pastor in Croatian Parish in Montreal.
Since September 2016, he is assistant pastor at Queen of Peace Church in Norval.