James Edward BLASZAK

23 OCT 1944 - 5 DEC 2021

• BIRTH: 23 OCT 1944, Willis, Washtenaw, Michigan
• DEATH: 5 DEC 2021, Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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[N30605] Brother James Edward Blaszak, C.S.C.,
October 23, 1944 - December 5, 2021

Brother James Edward Blaszak, C.S.C., age 77, died on December 5, 2021 at Memorial Hospital, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born in Willis, Michigan on October 23, 1944, the son of Sylvester and Frances (Reno) Blaszak. He attended Immaculate Conception Elementary school in Milan, Michigan and graduated from Monroe Catholic Central High School in Monroe, Michigan in 1963. He was influenced by the Brothers at the high school and entered the Congregation of Holy Cross as a brother in 1963. He pronounced his first vows in 1964, taking final vows in 1971. For the next 35 years, Brother James served the Congregation as either a cook and/or farmer in several places in northern Indiana: St. Joseph Novitiate, Rolling Prairie; Columba Hall at the University of Notre Dame, the Provincial House, Holy Cross Brothers Center in South Bend, Le Man Academy in Rolling Prairie and, finally at Holy Cross Novitiate, Colorado Springs. He was both assistant director and director of Silver Lake Farm, in Rolling Prairie from 1980-96. In 1996, he was appointed the Pastoral Associate of Sacred Heart Parish in La Porte, Indiana and remained there until 2012 when he was appointed to the staff at Holy Cross Novitiate where he died. Brother James is survived by a sister Maria and a brother Jerome.Visitation for Brother James will be held on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 10:00 - 11:00 am at St. Joseph Chapel at Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN. The Mass of Resurrection will follow at 11:00 am Wednesday and will be celebrated by Father Brendan McAleer, CSC, followed with interment in St. Joseph Community Cemetery at Holy Cross Village. Kaniewski Funeral Home, South Bend, IN is handling the arrangements. The liturgy will be live streamed. Memorial contributions, in honor of Brother James C.S.C., for the support the mission and ministries of the Brothers may be sent to: Brothers of Holy Cross, Office of Development, P.O. Box 460, Notre Dame, IN 46556.
Posted online on December 12, 2021
Published in South Bend Tribune