Venard Poslusney

Father Venard Poslusney (1 December 1917 – 15 December 2005) was a Roman Catholic figure and author who gained recognition through many conferences, lectures and seminars (some of which were with Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in the 1970s). Poslusney was a "life-long" friend of John Haffert (co-founder of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima) and played a significant role in the formation and daily operations of the Blue Army.

Venard Poslusney was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 1, 1917. He attended Saint Nicholas Grade School in Millvale, Pennsylvania. Entering high school, he joined the Carmelites at Mount Carmel Preparatory Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He made his simple profession of vows at the Carmelite Novitiate house in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania, on August 15, 1936; and his solemn vows on August 15, 1939.

Entering college, he attended Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He also attended De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Spanish in 1947. He had a great interest in music and entered the Chicago Conservatory of Music, in Chicago, Illinois, where he received both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Voice and Composition in 1949 and 1951 respectively.

Father Venard Poslusney, O.Carm., was ordained a priest on May 28, 1942 in Washington, DC. After ordination, Father Poslusney began his career as Carmelite priest as formator for the province in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania. In 1944 he went to Chicago, Illinois, where he taught at Mount Carmel High School while completing his degrees at the Chicago Conservatory. In 1950 he continued his teaching of seminarians at the Carmelite Junior Seminary located then in Hamilton, Massachusetts. Two years later, he returned to New Baltimore where he taught at the Carmelite Novitiate there.

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