Stanislav “Stan” Liska was born to Frantisek Liska and Marie Stankova in Bohumilice, Czech Republic, the second youngest of six children, three boys and three girls.
At the age of 18 he escaped from Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia to West Germany. After spending a year in a refugee camp he migrated to Canada in 1953, sponsored by his Uncle John who came to Canada in 1912.
In 1956 he joined the Redemptorists and was professed as a brother on September 15, 1957. Eight years later he began his studies for the priesthood. He studied philosophy at Resurrection College in Kitchener, ON and theology at the Redemptorist seminary in Esopus, N.Y. And at the diocesan seminary in Edmonton.
Ordained at St. Alphonsus Church in Edmonton on May 25,1970, he was appointed an associate to Grand Prairie. He spent all his priestly life in parish ministry in the Redemptorist parishes of Grand Prairie, Winnipeg, Yorkton, Edmonton and Saskatoon.
In 1999 he moved to the Redemptorist retirement community at the Grey Nuns Centre in Edmonton. His brother also became a Redemptorist and later on bishop of Ceske Budejovice (Budweis) in the Czech Republic. His two sisters became School Sisters of Our Lady of Namur, his nephew a priest, and one of his nieces a consecrated virgin. He sends a fond farewell to his adopted family, the Lobkowicz of Edmonton, and all his family and friends in Canada and throughout the world.
In lieu of flowers friends are asked to donate to his favourite charity, the Marian Centre, 10528 98th Street, Edmonton, AB T5H 2N4.