Carl Prushinski

December 31, 2009

The Reverend Carl Prushinski, a resident of Little Flower Manor, died on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Father Prushinski, a son of the late Stanley B. and Cecilia Kolodziej Prushinski, was born in Hanover Township, on September 22, 1937. He was a graduate of Nanticoke High School and Saint Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Mich. His studies for the priesthood were completed at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Michigan. Father Prushinski was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1964, in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Scranton, by the Most Rev. Jerome D. Hannan, D.D., late Bishop of Scranton. Following ordination, Father Prushinski served as assistant pastor at St. Adalbert's, Glen Lyon; St. Mary's Nativity, Plymouth; Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Scranton; St. Stanislaus, Nanticoke; St. Mary's Maternity, Wilkes-Barre, and St. John the Evangelist, Scranton. Father was appointed to his first pastorate at St. Mary's, Wanamie, and its mission church of St. Joseph, Hanover section, Nanticoke, on September 4, 1979, where he served until January 24, 1985, and then again after his reappointment as pastor in July 1999, when the parishes were restructured with St. Adalbert, St. Denis, and St. Michael the Archangel, Glen Lyon, where he had been serving since September 3, 1997. He was also pastor of St. Mary of Perpetual Help and Ascension Parishes, Mocanaqua; St. Anthony of Padua, Larksville and Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Edwardsville. Father Prushinski also resided at and served Holy Trinity Church in Nanticoke after his retirement from full-time ministry. In addition to his parochial duties, Father Prushinski has served as a catechist at South Catholic and Bishop Klonowski High School, Scranton, and Bishop Hoban High School, Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of the Scranton District Orchard Lake Alumni Association and was active on the Committee to Save Our Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. Father also served as Chaplain of the Honey Pot and Mocanaqua Volunteer Fire Companies and was an active supporter of the Nanticoke High School sports teams. Father Prushinski is survived by two brothers, Joseph Prushinski and Robert Prushinski and his wife, Jean; nieces, JoAnn Prushinski, Laura Prushinski; nephew, Robert J. Prushinski; great-niece, Allison Prushinski; great-nephew, Robert W. Prushinski; uncle, Walter Cologie; as well as several cousins. Viewing will take place at Holy Trinity Rectory, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, on Monday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Transferal will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Church, Nanticoke, at 7 p.m., with the Rev. John M. Lapera, Dean, presiding. A Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Most Rev. John M. Dougherty, D. D., Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Holy Trinity Church, Nanticoke. Viewing will also take place Tuesday, prior to the 11a.m. funeral Mass. Interment will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Newport Township.