A monk from the Monastery of Saint Vincent in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Father Fink had previously served as pastor in Covington, Kentucky where two years before he had obtained sisters from Erie to staff St. Joseph's parochial school.
A cleric from the Monastery of Saint Vincent in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Father Fink had earlier held a similar position in Covington, Kentucky, where he had brought in nuns from Erie two years ago to manage St. Joseph's elementary school.