CLERGYSt Madeleine Sophie Catholic Church17155 NW US Hwy 441High Springs, Fl, 32643phone 386-454-2358 | fax 386-454-4985Office@StMadeleineCatholicChurch.org
Fr. Sebastian George
Pastor
Fr. Sebastian was ordained to the priesthood in 1980 in India. He is a member of the religious community of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. In 1997 he came to St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton in Palm Coast. In 2007, he was appointed the pastor of St. Madeleine Catholic Church in High Springs and San Juan Mission. He was transferred as the pastor to St Joseph in Jacksonville from Nov 2017 to June 2023. In July 2023, he is now returned to St Madeleine. NEW Email: FrSeb@StMadeleineCatholicChurch.org
Deacon Henry Zmuda
Deacon
Deacon Henry was ordained to the diaconate in 2006 for the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Retired, he had been on the faculty of the University of Florida for over 25 years where he taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He received his PhD in 1984 from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He studied theology at LaRoche College in Pittsburgh, Franciscan University in Steubenville, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology. In 2006 he served at the St. Augustine Catholic Student Center until coming to St. Madeleine in 2009 Email: hzmuda@aol.com
"God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength."