Toledo-Detroit Province

Fr. Marty Lukas began his responsibilities as Vocation Director for the Toledo-Detroit (Western) Province of the Oblates in July of 1999. He was ordained in 1980 and for 19 years served as  a teacher, counselor and principal at St. Francis de Sales High School, in Toledo, Ohio, an all boys high school owned and operated by the Oblates.

As Vocation Director for the Toledo/Detroit Province, Fr. Marty’s responsibilities will take him throughout the Great Lakes area of Western New York and Southern Ontario, Northern Ohio, Southern and Eastern Michigan, and to our western regions as far as California.

Contact Fr. Marty at (419) 724-9851 or by e-mail mlosfs@aol.com.

Wilmington-Philadelphia Province

Although Fr. Don Heet, OSFS, first encountered the Oblates at St. Francis de Sales in Toledo, his family moved to North Carolina after his junior year of high school, and so when the American Province was divided, he became a member of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province (with a lingering fondness in his heart for his “western” brothers).

Fr. Don was in the first graduating class from Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales (now DeSales University) and has graduate degrees in English from the University of Michigan, and in Drama and Theology from The Catholic University of America. Since ordination, he has taught at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, VA, was principal at Paul VI High School in Fairfax, VA, was superior of DeSales Hall in Washington, and most recently taught preaching and pastoral theology at Catholic University. At Ireton he directed plays and even as principal at Paul VI kept his hand in by building sets.

Theater has always been one of his great loves, although now his involvement is limited to be an excited member of the audience. He also enjoys travel, old movies (Casablanca is his favorite) and occasionally, fishing.

Contact Fr. Don at 202-269-9410, ext. 15 or by email at dheet@oblates.org.