{"id":11886,"date":"2021-05-05T19:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/?p=11886"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:57:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:57:27","slug":"in-memory-of-fr-edmund-goldbach-ofm-conv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/es\/in-memory-of-fr-edmund-goldbach-ofm-conv\/","title":{"rendered":"En memoria del +P. Edmund Goldbach OFM Conv."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2020Fr. Edmund Goldbach OFM Conv.<\/h1>\n

\u201cA peaceful, quiet certainty…\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>
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\"\"<\/a>Friar Edmund Goldbach OFM Conv. lived with a quiet, peaceful certainty that God would guide him to where he was needed, where God wanted him to be. A profound prayer life reinforced his faith and trust that God would always provide.<\/p>\n

Friar Edmund passed away on March 14, 2021, in Edina, Minnesota. He was born Clarence George Goldbach, Jr. to Clarence and Mary Regina (Clinton) Goldbach in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 29, 1938. He was predeceased by his parents and his brother Dennis, and is survived by his sisters Nancy Jean Engle (+Don) and Barbara Ann Lesniak (+Don), 10 nieces and nephews, and nearly 40 great-nieces and -nephews.<\/p>\n

After graduating from the minor seminary at Mount St. Francis in 1956, he entered the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate in Angola, Indiana, and professed Simple Vows on July 21, 1957. He received his undergraduate education at Our Lady of Carey Seminary in Carey, Ohio, where he professed Solemn Vows on July 23, 1960. He then attended Assumption Seminary in Chaska, Minnesota, and was ordained to the priesthood on March 13, 1965, in St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

A gifted pastor, Fr. Edmund served in parish ministry in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. He served within the Province of Our Lady of Consolation in leadership roles and in the formation of new Friars.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could tell that he was faithful to his prayer life and acted out of his relationship with God,\u201d said a Friar who served with Friar Edmund. \u201cHe would often say that something was Providential, that it was meant to be. He went where he was asked to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was thoughtful and wanted to be of service. Ed loved the people, being with them and serving them. Even after a long day, he would make time to attend a parish event because that\u2019s where the people were. But he was also thoughtful in deliberations \u2013 he was able to consider every side of an issue. At times you had to wait for his input, but it was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nancy Engle, Friar Edmund\u2019s sister, said the family experienced that thoughtfulness too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere aren\u2019t too many brothers like him,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was always checking in on us, always very supportive. But also he had friends all over the country. We always said he could travel from coast to coast and have a place to stay. He treated everybody the same, whether it was the president or a pauper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friar Edmund\u2019s pastoral nature was nurtured by his life as a Franciscan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knew who he was and encouraged others in their gifts,\u201d a Friar said. \u201cHe let people be and was not judgmental. He was truly the \u2018salt of the earth.\u2019 If you really want to know what the \u2018salt of the earth\u2019 looks like, there it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memorial gifts may be made to the Province of Our Lady of Consolation, 103 St. Francis Boulevard, Mount St. Francis, Indiana, 47146, or use the form on this page.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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