John Anthony Crowley

Rev. John A. Crowley died on Sept. 18, 2017 after a long illness. Fr. was the son of Mary Harten and Edward Crowley. He was raised in a traditional Irish Family in Maspeth, NY. Fr. had six siblings; three brothers and three sisters.

He graduated Power Memorial High School in New York City in 1949.

Two years after graduation, Fr. joined the Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians) He attended St. Joseph College in Princeton, NJ, St. Vincent Seminary in Germantown, PA and Mary Immaculate Seminary in North Hampton, PA. He was Ordained on May 27, 1961.

Father was a missionary in Panama. Following his return to the states, Fr. taught in The Minor Seminary in Coral Gables, FL and later in The Major Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL. In 1984 Fr. was incorporated in the newly established Diocese of Palm Beach. Here he ministered as associate pastor at St. Juliana in West Palm Beach, FL, then in Vero Beach, FL where he was founder and first Pastor of the newly established parish of St. John of the Cross. Father Crowley retired to Delray Beach, FL, then to Lourdes Noreen McKeen in 2011.

Father Crowley is survived by his sisters; Anne Houlihan, Sr. Maryrose, School sister of Notre Dame and Margaret Coyle.

On Friday, September 22, a visitation will be held at 10 am at the Chapel of Lourdes-Noreen McKeen, West Palm Beach, followed by the Mass of the Resurrection to be celebrated at 11am.