My family, whom I love dearly:

Wife: Kim
Children: Katie, Sarah (her spouse, Matt Rumery,) and Danny

Ordained into the Diaconate: July, 2009

Areas of ministry: Word, altar and charity, including:
RCIA Coordinator,
Hiawatha Care Center
Teens Encounter Christ retreat for high school senior
Christian Experience Weekend
Parish Twinning Initiative leader, Parroquia Santiago (St. James Parish), Boaco, Nicaragua

Work: Financial Advisor

Interests: Serving the needs of others, mountaineering, snow skiing, and travel.

Background: Grew up on a farm just west of Cedar Rapids. Always interested in athletics as a child. State champion gymnast and co-captain of a state championship gymnastics team, Cedar Rapids, Jefferson, November, 1975.

Life goal: Go to heaven and take as many people with me as I can, with the help of my Lord Jesus Christ.