Reverend Monsignor David A. Sork, Pastor
(310) 377-5571 x105
dasork@sjf.org

Msgr. Sork, a second-generation native of Los Angeles a second-generation graduate of Loyola High School, earned a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Religion from St. John's College, Camarillo, and was ordained in 1970. After ordination he was associate pastor at St. Anselm Church, Los Angeles, (1970-1974) and St. Joseph Church, Hawthorne (1974-1975). Six years after ordination he was sent for further study and received a second M.A. (1977) from Fordham University, New York. Several years later he returned to study at Fordham where he received a Ph.D. (1988) in Religious Education. He was associate director of the Archdiocesan Office of Religious Education (1975-1985) where he directed the catechist and master catechist formation programs. During that time he was in residence at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills (1975-1976), and Mother of Sorrows Church, Los Angeles (1977-1985), where he did part-time pastoral work. He was Pastor at St. Louis of France, La Puente, from 1987-1999. He has been Pastor of St. John Fisher since June 1999, his longest assignment as a priest. He feels blessed to be called to shepherd the people of God here.