Contact

Office Phone: 508-641-0378
Cell Phone: 508-479-0107
Office Fax: 508-695-1431
Email: FISutman@msn.com

Biography

"Hey Preacher....!" That was my nickname way back in high school in Virginia, thirty-five years ago. Lord only knows how I got that name, but somehow it stuck in my bones and in my spirit! My life, probably like yours, has taken a lot of twists and turns. I found myself as an infantry officer, a tractor driver, teacher of the disabled, a Dominican friar, priest, seminary professor, and missioner in Africa and Russia. Well, I suppose that none of us lives the life that we intend. Now I am preaching the Gospel full-time. I preach to all of us; we who sometimes find ourselves in the back rows of churches with questions and struggles that are not too neat and nice. But life never did fit too well in pretty boxes! I have always believed that if something does not work at home, then don't try to export it! People will know it is a rip off! So, when I preach, I preach out of my experience of the Gospel, and I preach to the real needs of people, who are just trying to get through the week by the grace of God!.

Father Frank is curently a full-time itinerent preacher conducting parish missions and retreats. He was born on May 15, 1949, in Pittsburgh, PA. Father has a B.S. degree from Bowling Green State University, M.Ed. from the University of Cincinnati, M.Div./S.T.B from the Dominican House of Studies, as well as, complementary studies in African culture, Maryknoll Language certification in Swahili, and Russian language studies with faculty of the Moscow State and Saint Petersburg State Universities in the Russian Federation.

Father Frank was an officer in the United States Army Infantry, teacher of the handicapped in Virginia, Chaplain at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and Associate Pastor at Saint Dominic Parish in Youngstown, Ohio. For eleven years Father worked overseas, first as the Senior Lecturer and Registrar at Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya teaching public speaking, homiletic and comparative religion. Then in 1995, he was assigned to be the Dominican superior in Saint Petersburg, Russia. During that period, Father Frank was also the Professor of Homiletics, Mary Queen of Apostles Seminary, Saint Petersburg, Russia; the Chairman of the Archbishop's Commission on Catechetics for European Russia, and a member of the Commission on Catechetics for the Bishop's Conference of Russia. He has traveled extensively throughout Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Africa, the Mediterranean and Scandinavia. His interests include: Russian language, literature and poetry; early English Opera, and calligraphy.

Programs: Parish Renewals and Retreats

Looking to Motivate your parish? Seeking something lively that will reach the old and the young? Someting to answer today's needs, respond to doubts, and invite people back to the Church? Perhaps I can help you decide on a program that is ideally suited?

Four Day Parish Renewal Program #1

"It Isn't Who I Am. It's Whose I Am!" - The Gospel Pure and Simple

Renewal Themes:

• "You are the Desired of God!" - A Truth That Frees.
• "If God's So Loving, Then Why Do Such Horrible Things Happen?" - That Old Mystery Of Evil.
• "Hey, Long Time No See!" - Beginning To Pray Again.
• "God's Secret Ambition Is... You!" - Jesus With Us.
• "Whoops, I Did It Again!" - The Gift Of Weakness.
• "That Wagon Train Called The Church" - Your Parish and Mine.
• "Two Steps Forward And One Step Back!" - Our Spiritual Lives.

(Your Renewal Program Includes: Morning Eucharist and Preaching, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Evening Preaching with Question and Answer Period, Eucharistic Adoration, and Individual Appointments.)

Four Day Parish Renewal Program #2

Riding Home On The Questions Of God.

Renewal Themes:

• Jesus's Taste For Questions.
• "Where Are You?" - To Adam And To Us.
• "Whom Do You Seek?" - And Who Seeks You?
• "What Do You Want?" - It's The Same For All Of Us!
• "Why Are You Afraid?" - All The "What Ifs".
• "Do You Want To Be Well? - Our Intimate Injurers.
• "What Is It Time For?" - The Wisdom of Your Life.
• "Did I Not Choose You?" - Meeting The Bumps In The Road.

(Your Renewal Program Includes: Morning Eucharist and Preaching, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Evening Preaching with Question and Answer Period, Eucharistic Adoration, and Individual Appointments.)

3, 5, and 7 Day Retreat Programs

Retreat Themes may include:

• "Who Is It We Spend Our Whole Life Loving" - A God Who Desires Us
• "What Do You Do With Desire?" - Creating A Practical Spiritual Life
• "What Does God Feel Like?" - Sensing The Holy Spirit Within
• "An Empty Boat in the Moonlight" - Being Present to Silence
• "Unless You Become Like A Little Child" - Recapturing Our Wonder
• "Who Lives Inside?" - Facing The Truth With God
• "Don't Let 'Em Live Rent Free In Your Head!" - Letting Go To Forgive
• "When The Student Is Ready The Teacher Appears" - Asking the Right Questions
• "So What Have You Learned?" - The Wisdom of Your Life
• "Where There Is No Vision The People Perish!" - Re-Kindling Passion For God
• "What Can I Believe Now? - Finding Faith In A Time Of Scandal

Availability

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Fee

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