Father Abbot Ladislas-Keresztesy Parker with his Arms - Succisa Virescit

"The successor-vine shall flourish"

quite an effective description of St. Michael's Abbey, Orange

 

With hat, guiding n tour in Rome with Hungarian Refugee-tourists, early 1950s

 

Outside the walls of Vatican City, with tourists, early 1950s

 

Early 1950s

 

Several of the Founding Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey in Orange

were avid photographers

 

Late 1950s, reviewing plans for St. Michael's

 

In hat, within the Colisseum, describing its history and significance for the tourists.

 

Visiting Norbertine parishes in Montana in the late 1950s

 

At Bishop Street house in Santa Ana, California

 

Viewing the grounds for St. Michaels, 1959 or 1960

 

With students from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, breaking ground for St. Michaels

 

As a son of the land, Father Parker was very involved in the construction effort

 

With Abbot Simonfy of Csorna in the background, Father-Prior Parker in 1962

 

With a painting of Our Lady in front of the newly constructed St. Michael's (novices' wing)

 

Having lunch with one of "his boys"

 

Early 1970s

 

With five of the remaining Founding Fathers, late 1990s

 

At his desk

 

Attention to detail, and a tireless, conscientious worker

 

At one of St. Michael's annual "Fiestas" - fundraiser

 

Always with an encouraging word to say to each person . . .

 

Not just a great speaker and homilist - but a great Rhetorician in the truest sense

 

Able to speak to each person individually - personally - touching their hearts and souls,

 

  

Pioneer, leader, guide, abbot . . .

 

Beloved by even the most exalted . . .

 

He remained in his heart and soul, a simple priest . . .

 

 

Beloved by his confreres and his friends . . .

 

 

  

 

and remembered in gratitude forever . . .