Father Michael Anderson, 67, retired from ministry July 1; he has subsequently served the communities of Benedictine Living Community-Regina and Alina United Health hospital, both in Hastings. He was pastor of St. Joseph in Lino Lakes from 2015 to 2024, St. Bernard in St. Paul (1995-2015) and Holy Name in Minneapolis (1990-1995). He was parochial vicar of Our Lady of Grace in Edina (1986-1990) and associate pastor of Our Lady of the Lake in Mound (1983-1986). He was chaplain of Serra Clubs from 1992 to 1998.
Father Terrence “Terry” Hayes, 83, retired from ministry in September 2023, after serving as pastor of Our Lady of Victory in Minneapolis for 30 years. Father Hayes was canonical administrator of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Hastings from 1995 to 2008. He was associate pastor of then-St. Austin in Minneapolis (1979-1993) and assistant pastor and parochial administrator of Annunciation in Minneapolis (1972-1979).
Father Paul Jarvis, 66, retired July 1 after ministering as parochial vicar of St. Bridget in Minneapolis from 2016 to 2024. He was pastor of Christ the King in Minneapolis (2015-2016), St. Joseph in Rosemount (2011-2015), Guardian Angels in Chaska (2007-2011) and parochial vicar of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis (2006-2007) and Our Lady of Grace in Edina (2004-2006).
Father Kenneth O’Hotto, 70, retired July 10 after serving as pastor of St. Mary in Waverly for 13 years. He was state chaplain for the Knights of Columbus from 2011 to 2015 and ministered as pastor of then-St. Michael in West St. Paul (2003-2011), pastor and parochial administrator of St. Anne in Le Sueur (1990-2003), and associate pastor of Blessed Sacrament in St. Paul (1984-1990) and St. Dominic in Northfield (1980-1984). He was chaplain for the Commission on Scouting at the chancery from 1984 to 1990. While at Blessed Sacrament, Father O’Hotto taught at then-Blessed Sacrament School (1984-1990). He was chaplain for the LeSueur County Sheriff’s Department while at St. Anne in Le Sueur (1996-2003), for West St. Paul and Mendota Heights police departments (2004-2011) and for police at six Minnesota State Fairs (2006-2011).
Father Michael Sluzacek, 71, retired from ministry Aug. 1 after serving as director of pastoral formation at The St. Paul Seminary since 2019. He served as sacramental minister at St. Wenceslaus in New Prague (2019-2023) and on the pastors’ review board at the chancery for the first half of 2019, after having served as an appointee on the board from 2009 to 2012. He was a regional vicar at the chancery from 2011 to 2015 and a chaplain for local councils in the Knights of Columbus from 2010 to 2019. His parish work included ministry as pastor of St. John the Baptist in New Brighton (2006-2019), pastor and rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul (2004-2006), pastor of St. Michael in Stillwater (1992-2004), parochial administrator (1998-1999) and pastor of St. Mary in Stillwater (1999-2004) and parochial vicar of St. John the Baptist in Savage (1991-1992). He was assigned outside the archdiocese for two years after teaching at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul (1983-1989) and serving as associate pastor of the Cathedral (1980-1983).
