Basilian Fathers

Rev. Al Sinasac
C.S.B. Pastor

Email: asinasac@saintanne.org
Phone: 713-526-3276 ext. 4257

Father Al Sinasac grew up in a farming community in Amherstburg, Ontario. His home parish was St. John the Baptist

Fr. William Frankenberger
C.S.B.

Email: wfrankenberger@saintanne.org
Phone: 713.526.3276

I was born in Rochester, NY on March 8, 1943. I joined The Basilian Fathers on August 5, 1961 making First Profession of Vows on August 15, 1962. I received a BA

In France during the French Revolution, two diocesan priests opened a secret school in the mountains of central France. After several years of operation and after a change in French laws, ten priests serving there openly bound themselves into a religious community. They reasoned that the school, by then located in the nearby city of Annonay, would have a better chance of continuing if it were conducted by a Religious Congregation that could accept and train new members to continue the operation of the school after the founding fathers' retirement. The original members chose St. Basil the Great, a fourth century teacher, bishop and doctor of the Church, to be the namesake of the new community. The Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Thomas Aquinas have also been our patrons. Since those early days of the congregation, St. John Bosco has been added to the list of patrons because of his admirable work with youth.

In the middle of the nineteenth century the French Basilians came to Canada on invitation of Bishop de Charbonnel of Toronto who had been a student at Annonay. They opened St. Michael's College in 1852, offering, in the French style, a combination of what we would call high-school and university education. Today, the University of St. Michael's College and St. Michael's College School continue the work begun in 1852. The Congregation grew in numbers and activities in the New World. Assumption College in Windsor, Ontario was opened as well as several parishes. Work in the United States began in a permanent way in 1886 at Ste. Anne's Parish in Detroit, Michigan and by the end of the nineteenth century the community was working also in Texas. From these beginnings the Basilians have spread across Canada, and across the United States where we work in the archdioceses of Detroit and Santa Fe and in the dioceses of Rochester, Gary, Galveston-Houston, Las Cruces, Phoenix and Oakland.

For more detailed information about the Congregation of St. Basil, please visit the Basilian Fathers website.

About Us

St. Anne Catholic Community

We are a religious congregation of priests and aspirants to the priesthood within the Catholic Church. Through our vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and by exercising our charism of "educatioern within the Church's mission of evangelization," we hope to give witness to the Gospel through the service of our brothers and sisters. Moreover, we realize that in these same people whom

Fr. Jay Walsh
C.S.B.

Email: jwalsh@saintanne.org
Phone: 713.526.3276

Born on August 30, 1935, in Rochester, N.Y., I attended The Aquinas Institute there and this is where I met the Basilian Fathers.

Catholic Church where he served in several ministries as a child and young man. It was there that he met the Basilian Fathers. He was drawn to their community life and charism for teaching and evangelizing. After studying architectural drafting and receiving a degree in philosophy from the University of Windsor, he entered the Congregation of St. Basil. He continued his studies at St. Michael's University. In 1978 he was awarded a Masters in Divinity. Upon ordination in 1979 he was called to Mexico to serve at the Basilian Missions in Mexico City. He served at the Casa San Felipe, a house of formation for nine years before coming to Texas. In Houston he continued his work in formation and served on the General Council of the Congregation. In 2007 he received a certificate from the Mediation Skills Institute for Church Leaders, a specialized study in conflict transformation and mediation skills. He also did an intense study of spiritual gerontology and serves on the Congregation's Retirement Committee. He came to St. Anne's Community as Parochial Vicar in 2008 and was appointed Pastor in March 2010.

in Romance Languages (Spanish, French and Italian) in 1966 from St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. I taught during the school years 1966—68 at The Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY , and 1968—69 at St. Thomas High School, Houston, TX. I made Final Profession of Vows in 1971. I studied theology at the Toronto School of Theology, receiving an MDiv. in 1973 having served my Diaconate Year in Mexico. I was ordained Priest on May 26, 1973 in Rochester, NY. I served as Priest on the Basilian Fathers Missions in Mexico during the years 1973—2004. I have been serving at St. Anne Church, Houston, TX , officially, since September 2004.

In Christ, Fr. William Frankenberger, C.S.B.

After high school, I worked for several years at the Eastman Kodak Company, then entered the Congregation of St. Basil.
I received an undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy, then a graduate degree in English and Theology.
I have taught in high school, then served in a number of Basilian parishes in Canada and the U.S., as a Pastor and Parochial Vicar.

we serve, we ourselves come to recognize more fully the love that God has for all people and how His grace works in our lives. This is especially true when we seek to respond to the needs of the poor and marginalized.

Fr. Thomas Mailloux’s

Our History

The Basilian Fathers were established as a religious congregation in France in 1822. As a result of the closing of seminariesMoreover, we realize that in these same people whom we serve, we ourselves come to recognize more fully the love that God has for all people and how His grace works in our lives. This is especially true when we seek to respond to the needs of the poor and marginalized.