Father Ed Fialkowski - Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Father Ed Fialkowski - Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Father Ed Fialkowski - Our Lady of the Wayside Church
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Rev. <strong>Ed</strong>ward R. <strong>Fialkowski</strong>29 Years <strong>of</strong> Service and Commitment1977 Deacon at St. Juliana in Chicago1978 One <strong>of</strong> 29 priests Ordained by Cardinal John Cody1978-84 Associate Pastor at St. William in Chicago1984 -89 Associate Pastor at St. Theresa in Palatine withduties at <strong>the</strong> Archdiocesan Seminary Board <strong>of</strong>Trustees and part-time position on Priest PlacementBoard1989-94 Residence at St. Ita in Chicago with full-timeassignment as Executive Secretary <strong>of</strong> PriestPlacement Board1994 University <strong>of</strong> Notre Dame1995 Associate Pastor at St. Cletus in LaGrange whilestudying at Northwestern University’s KelloggBusiness School <strong>of</strong> Management1997 Awarded Master <strong>of</strong> Business Administration (MBA)degree from Northwestern1997-2005 Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues in Niles2005 Pastor, <strong>Our</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Wayside</strong> in ArlingtonHeightsAn Introduction To <strong>Fa<strong>the</strong>r</strong> <strong>Ed</strong> <strong>Fialkowski</strong>, <strong>Our</strong> New PastorOne thing <strong>Fa<strong>the</strong>r</strong> <strong>Ed</strong> <strong>Fialkowski</strong> doesn’t need as <strong>the</strong> new pastor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Our</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> <strong>Wayside</strong> Parish is a map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arlington Heights area, or <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> North andNorthwest sides and suburbs <strong>of</strong> Chicago.Nor does he need a directory <strong>of</strong> his fellow-priests in <strong>the</strong> Archdiocese <strong>of</strong> Chicago.Raised on <strong>the</strong> Northwest side <strong>of</strong> Chicago, not far from <strong>the</strong> Kennedy Expresswayand Harlem Avenue, <strong>Fa<strong>the</strong>r</strong> <strong>Ed</strong> has been spent virtually all <strong>of</strong> his priestly years on<strong>the</strong> North or Northwest sides <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> city or in <strong>the</strong> North and Northwest suburbs.His closest assignment was at St. Theresa’s in Palatine and one <strong>of</strong> his sisters lives inPalatine. Two o<strong>the</strong>r sisters are even closer, in Mount Prospect, so family will neverbe far away.And his large “extended” family is all around him too, in virtually every parish <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Archdiocese, as one <strong>of</strong> his recent assignments was as <strong>the</strong> Executive Secretary<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Priest Placement Board, <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice that screens and makes recommendationsto <strong>the</strong> Cardinal for <strong>the</strong> assignment <strong>of</strong> priests in <strong>the</strong> Archdiocese. “I think I know<strong>the</strong>m all,” he said.<strong>Our</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Wayside</strong> is <strong>Fa<strong>the</strong>r</strong> <strong>Ed</strong>’s second assignment as pastor. He comesto Arlington Heights following eight years at St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Niles. BothSt. Isaac Jogues and <strong>Wayside</strong> were appointments by Cardinal Francis George.While <strong>the</strong> path from St. Monica’s Parish in Chicago to <strong>Our</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Wayside</strong>in Arlington Heights (see chronology at left) may seem typical for an Archdiocesanpriest, <strong>Fa<strong>the</strong>r</strong> <strong>Ed</strong> is not at all typical.Not many priests, for example, earned an MBA from Northwestern University’sKellogg School <strong>of</strong> Management WHILE serving as an associate pastor at a busysuburban parish, St. Cletus in LaGrange.“If you’re going to be a pastor, it helps to be prepared to manage a largeoperation,” he said about his MBA studies. “I was anxious to do it; <strong>the</strong> NotreDame experience fired me up.” The “Notre Dame experience” was an educationalsabbatical semester at <strong>the</strong> South Bend university in 1994, following nine years <strong>of</strong>responsibilities for priest placement in <strong>the</strong> Archdiocese.(Over, please)