Welcome Father Andy Jaspers!

 

It is a great joy to join you as your new priest-in-residence! I am a classmate of Fr. James and am literally taking the place of Fr. Bruno—in his rectory room and in his ministry at North Memorial Hospital. I have just been re-assigned by Archbishop Hebda from work as the priest chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center. Though my assignment does not officially include work at Immaculate Conception, I anticipate serving you when Fr. James is away. I also teach Scripture at St. Paul Seminary and am an Air Force chaplain.

I grew up in Lake Crystal, a small town near Mankato. My father was the town doctor and I have three siblings. I spent ten years in the Jesuits before joining the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as a seminarian, as I found that diocesan priesthood was a better fit.

Fr. James and I have been good friends since we met in seminary. We both love parish and retreat ministry, ministry in Spanish, and evangelization. I look forward to deepening our friendship and learning from him the love for the people of Immaculate Conception Church and School.

Let us pray for each other.
Fr. Andrew M. Jaspers

June 2021