I grew up on a farm near Milford, NE, where I graduated from high school in 2001. My parents, Terry and Lori still live on the farm, but leave the farming duties to my uncle and cousins. I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters, 1 sister-in law, 1 brother-in-law, 5 nieces, and 2 nephews. I am the oldest child in my family. I was ordained a priest in the summer of 2010, and assigned as the assistant pastor at St. Mary Church in David City, NE, while also teaching religion at Aquinas Catholic High School. In 2013 I was assigned as the assistant pastor at North American Martyrs in Lincoln, where I also taught religion at Pius X High School. In the summer of 2016, I was assigned as the pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Cambridge and St. Germanus Parish in Arapahoe, in addition to teaching seventh and eighth-grade religion here at St. Patrick School. I look forward to sharing my faith in Jesus Christ with your sons and daughters. I am sure we will grow in our faith together and learn from each other.

I enjoy photography. Most of my photos are of different places in Nebraska. I have a passion for Nebraska history. There is an entire book case in my house dedicated to Nebraska, and it won't take long for me to start showing you all of my different maps from different time periods of the state. The map that I am most proud of is the one where I have highlighted all the roads that I have driven in the state of Nebraska. I have visited every town (all 700 or so) in the state, and I am close to having driven on every mile of every paved highway in the state. Southwestern Nebraska is like a second home to me. You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. May God bless you and your families this school year.