Date of Birth March 6, 1978 Home Parish Holy Rosary, Fort Dodge IA  (now closed) High School Saint Edmond, Fort Dodge IA College Major or Career Background Management Information Systems Date of Ordination June 2, 2005 Current Parish Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City IA Interests and Hobbies: Spending time outdoors, travel, messing around with technology Influences: Priests who served in Holy Rosary Parish and Saint Edmond High School. Best thing about priesthood: There is not a set routine, every day varies. Typical Day:   7:00 - 10:00 am - Office work 10:00 - 12:30 am - Confessions and Mass 12:30 - 1:00 pm - Lunch   1:00 - 7:00 pm - Appointments/visits/office work   7:00 - 8:00 pm - Dinner   8:00 - 10:00 pm - Personal projects

Vocation Story:

I always valued the priesthood and the work priests did for the people of God’s Church. I was open to the possibility of being a priest, but chose to study business at the University of Northern Iowa. I contemplated the call over the years and after my sophomore year of college I decided to begin the process to enter priestly formation. I was supported by my friends in family in a way that I did not expect and even my coworkers at Deere and Company supported my decision to enter seminary.

As I began to study philosophy and theology at Conception Seminary College and ultimately at the North American College, I realized that the process of formation was not just a requisite for ordination but rather a spiritual process of discernment. The joy of priesthood did not culminate at ordination, as my goal-driven personality had often suspected, rather I found that the priestly vocation only begins to grow with ordination and continues to do so throughout daily ministry.