Hello All!

I am so blessed to be your Youth Minister here at Saint Raphael! I hope you know that, even if we have not already met, I love you and am praying for you. I hope that you, also, will pray for me.

Just a little bit about myself: I was born and raised just down the street in North Ridgeville, and went to Youth Group at St. Ladislas in Westlake. I started working for the Church as a Sophomore at Ignatius doing maintenance and landscaping, and, when I was a Sophomore at John Carroll, I began my journey in pastoral ministry. I once thought God might be calling me to the Priesthood, but He in fact had other plans. I got married to my High School girlfriend and best friend in 2015, and we now have a beautiful baby boy together.

Outside of Church work, I umpire youth through College prep baseball and love to cook, camp, read, hike, and (when I can) get to the gym. My favorite topics to teach on and talk about include whether we can baptize extra-terrestrials (or sentient Dolphins, or Veggie Tales Characters), how to die well, the weird but true facts of the saints and the Church, and whether or not we all live in the Matrix.

I greatly look forward to meeting all of you and getting to know you. I hope that you will join Saint Raphael High School Ministry soon!

Peace,

Zak