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Father Les Schmidt

Glenmary Home Missioners to Rural America

Regional Worker
Sacred Heart Church
1821 Holton Ave.
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

 

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"The cry of the poor is the voice of the Lord among us." From This Land is Home to Me, a 1975 pastoral letter by the Appalachian bishops.

Biographical Information:
Hometown — Ft. Recovery, Ohio
Home Diocese — Cincinnati, Ohio

Assignment History:
Big Stone Gap, Va. — Administrator
Clarksville, Ga. — Administrator
Gate City, Va. — Administrator
Jefferson, N.C. — Administrator
Norton, Va. — Administrator
Big Stone Gap, Va. — Regional Worker
Gate City, Va. — Assoc. Pastor
Appalachia, Va. — Substitute Pastor
Cincinnati, Ohio — Promotion
Norton, Va. — Assoc. Pastor

Formation History:
First Oath — 12/01/57
Perpetual Oath — 12/01/60
Ordination — 05/28/61
Date of Entry into Glenmary—

Formal Education:
St. Gregory Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio
B.A. Philosophy — Mount St. Mary of the West, Cincinnati, Ohio
Our Lady of the Fields
M.A. Sociology — New School, New York, N.Y.

 

For more information on Father Les Scmidt's ministry:

Southern Bishops Complete Series of Pastoral Letters on Criminal Justice Process
Five home missioners mark 50 and 25 years since First Oath
Appalachian Pastoral Re-Released
Rural Gulags
Glenmary Continues to Inspire Missionary Vocations
A Mission-Minded Bishop
The Mysterious 'Regional Worker'

Caring for Creation
Bishop Sullivan Award to Father Les Schmidt

Last update - 07/2008

 
 
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