Father Raymond J. Palcisko was born in Chesterfield, Pennsylvania, where he attended elementary school followed by 12 years at the Pontificial College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, which included high school and seminary.
Father was ordained June 10, 1958, in the Seminary Chapel by Amleto Cicognani, then Apostolic Delegate to the United States. His ordination was for the Diocese of Crookston in Northwestern Minnesota, an all rural diocese.
His first assignment was Park Rapids, Minnesota, where he was an assistant at St. Peter's parish. In addition, he was responsible for the Catholic hospital and two mission churches forty miles away -- St. Theodore's in La Porte and St. Lawrence's in Guthrie, Minnesota. In 1964 Father became assistant at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston. In 1970 he became assistant at the Sacred Heart Church, East Grand Forks, Minnesota. In 1971 Father became pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish of Baudette, Minnesota, together with the Mission of St. Mary at Badger, Minnesota.
In addition to his parish work Father is a team priest in the Marriage Encounter Program, and has presided at these programs throughout the United States.
~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 49
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