Welcome to St. John's new pastor, Rev. John Korbelak!

Fr. Korbelak was born in 1947 in Bayonne, New Jersey and was raised and educated locally.  Attending St. Vincent's Grammar School, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, he graduated and received his secondary education at Marist High School in Bayonne, followed by a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing from St. Peter’s College. 

In spite of a very tempting offer of a teaching fellowship from Notre Dame University’s MBA program, he decided to enter the seminary. After ordination, he served at Holy Spirit Parish in Union Township, St. John the Evangelist in Bergenfield, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Ridgewood, Our Lady of Fatima in North Bergen and my last year, after a brief sabbatical, was at Immaculate Conception in Montclair.  He has taken part in the psychiatric internship program at Marlboro State Mental Hospital, worked on the development of a values oriented sex education program for Letchworth Village, conducted religious education, adult education, twenty‑one years of Pre‑Cana marriage preparation, ten years of signed English Mass for the deaf and has thirteen years of experience as a pastor, as well as the usual pastoral activities of a priest.  

He looks forward to working with us all to serve the Lord and seek to grow in holiness.