| Born in Perth Amboy, N.J. Monsignor Capik attended Holy Trinity Elementary School in Perth Amboy. He then went to St. Charles School Seminary and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned an S.T.B. and an S.T.L. from St. Mary's, Roland Park-Baltimore. Monsignor Capik also holds a Master of Science degree from Fordham University in school administration. He was involved in Catholic education in the Dioceses of Trenton and Metuchen for more than fifteen years as a teacher and as an administrator.
Monsignor was ordained June 4, 1955 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Trenton. During the summer of 1955, he served at St. Ann's in Hampton and from 1955 to 1957 at St. Anthony's in Hightstown. He taught at Notre Dame High School from 1957 to 1967 and then served as principal of Holy Cross High School in Riverside from 1967 to 1972. From 1972 to 1974, Monsignor served at St. Michael's Church in Trenton and from 1974 to 1981 as Pastor of St. Peter's Church in New Brunswick. In April, 1979 Monsignor was named a Prelate of Honor of His Holiness the Pope.
Monsignor served as the first Vicar for Education for the Diocese of Metuchen from 1981 to 1985. He has served as chairman of the board of St. Peter's University Hospital. He also currently serves on the boards of McCarrick Care Center Partners in Care, Family Practice Center, St. Peter's Foundation, and the New Brunswick Affiliated Hospitals.
In May, 1981, Monsignor became Pastor of St. James Church in Basking Ridge, where he currently serves. Since his arrival at St. James, the parish has grown 800 to 3400 families. He has overseen the addition of a gymnasium to St. James School and the construction of a new church for St. James parish. He was also instrumental in the establishment of a group home for developmentally disabled adults adjacent to the church property. As he retires in 2005 from twenty-four years of service to us at St. James, we kindly wish him good luck, good health and many holes in one.
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