By Marie Mulvenna

The clergy assignments for the archdiocese, announced this week by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan, bring two new faces to Atlanta. Father Vincent P. Brennan, S.M. and Father Michael J. Hovan, S.M. have been assigned to Our Lady of the Assumption parish as pastor and assistant pastor.

Father Brennan last served in Atlanta in 1968 at which time he was superior of the Marist Fathers and principal of Marist School. Since 1968 he has served as dean of studies of the diocesan seminary in Lafayette, La. And in 1971 he went to the Marist high school seminary, Penndel, Pa. As dean of studies. Father Brennan, 60, is a native of Boston and was ordained in 1941. He earned his M.A. degree at Catholic University where he was associated with the university’s department of speech and drama and then came to Atlanta as a teacher at Marist School. In 1953 Father Brennan was named principal of the school and in 1962 he was appointed superior and president.

Joining Father Brennan at Assumption is Father Michael J. Hovan, S.M. Father Hovan, 27, is a native of Cleveland, Oh., where his parents still reside. He received his B.A. degree from Catholic University, Washington, D.C, in 1969 and completed his theological studies at St. Paul’s College, Washington. Father Hovan spent the past year serving as deacon at St. Matthias parish in New Orleans. He was ordained on June 9^th of this year in Cleveland.

Remaining as associate pastor at Our Lady of Assumption is Father Thomas A. Stokes, S.M. Previous associate pastors, Father Thomas Ryan and Father Francis Keany, have been assigned to other duties. Father Ryan will study in California and Father Keany has been assigned to St. Simon’s Island in South Georgia.