New pastors assigned to St. John the Evangelist

By TOM KANE

HONESDALE — On July 5, Father Martin Boylan was appointed pastor and Father Bryan Wright assistant pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Honesdale.

The appointments came from the Diocese of Scranton, where 23 pastors and six assistant pastors were changed throughout the diocese.

Father Kevin Mulhern, who had been pastor of St. John’s for 25 years, was transferred to the Church of Saint Rose of Lima in Carbondale.

Father Boylan, a native of Scranton, was transferred from St. Rita’s/St. Anthony’s church. He was ordained 21 years ago.

Father Wright, a native of East Stroudsburg, had been assistant pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Pittston. He was ordained two years ago.

Father Boylan, who holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and a Masters in Social Work, taught at Notre Dame High School in East Stroudsburg for several years, all of this before entering the seminary.

“All of my experience comes together in parish ministry,” Father Boylan said.

“We have one of the finest youth groups in the diocese,” he said. “We have a group of very dedicated people who are the type of people who appeal to young people.”

The group meets on Sunday evenings at the St. Vincent DePaul School, he said.

The youth group runs a small engraving and T-shirt business in Waymart. The profits go to charity, he said.

“It gives the youth a little taste of business life to see if perhaps they’d like to do that,” Boylan said.