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Our Silver Jubilarians
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from May 24 until Sept. 20.
Emmitsburg, MD.
He was ordained a priest on May 18,
1995, at St. Peter and Paul Cathedral,
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, by Bishop
Thomas G. Elliott.
From 1995 to 2011, he worked in the
USVI, New York, and Nigeria. Most of his
ministry was in parishes, teaching in the
schools, and working as a healthcare
chaplain. Since 2011, he also served in
the Dioceses of Metuchen, NJ; Diocese of
Burlington, VT; and Diocese of Brooklyn,
where he has been chaplain at SS
Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney
Island.
He did post-ordination studies at
Thomas Edison State College; Passaic
County Community College; and Empire
State College. He also did post-graduate
seminars from Oxford and GTF where
he completed his doctoral work in
Theological Studies.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he
has changed his anniversary celebration
Father Krystian Piasta
Father Piasta, pastor of St. Joseph
parish, Jamaica, and administrator of
Our Lady of the Skies Chapel at Kennedy
Airport, was born in Katowice, Silesia,
Poland, He attended Catholic University
of Lublin, Poland, 1995, and was ordained
May 11, 1995, in Katowice by Bishop
Damian Zimon.
He earned a master’d degree in Media
Ecology: Studies in Communication at
New York University.
Since coming to the United States,
he has served as a catechist and
spiritual director at St. Anthony School,
Manhattan, 1997-99; was chaplain at the
INS Detention Center, Manhattan, 1997-
98; and chaplain to the Sisters Convent,
Prince St., Manhattan, 1997-2000.
He also worked with youth and young
adults at St. Anthony Parish, Manhattan,
1997-2000.
From 2000 to 2002, he was part of a
sacramental ministry team in the Diocese
Father Michael Onyekwere
of Mainz, Germany, and later was a
member of an auxiliary ministry team
covering Austria, Southern Germany, and
Switzerland.
He also worked in campus ministry
as a chaplain at the Newman Catholic
Student Center at Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, IL, 2002-05;
assisted at Holy Spirit parish, Carterville,
IL, 2002-05; and was an adjunct
counselor, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, IL, 2002-05.
Since arriving in the Diocese of
Brooklyn, he has served as a parochial
Father Krystian Piasta
vicar at St. Anastasia, Douglaston,
2005-10; administrator, St. Joseph
Parish, South Jamaica, 2010-13;
chaplain, Our Lady of the Skies Chapel
at John F. Kennedy International Airport,
2010-present; chaplain at LaGuardia
Airport, 2013-present; and pastor of St.
Joseph, South Jamaica, 2013-present.
He has no plans for a public celebration
of his anniversary.
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