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Fr. Greg Paffel hails from hometown Elk River, MN.  He is a graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, attended St. John’s Seminary in Collegeville for a couple years and then graduated from St. Paul Seminary with his Master’s of Divinity degree.  He served on NET (National Evangelization Teams), a Catholic retreat ministry to youth around the country.  He also spent a couple years with SPO (St. Paul’s Outreach) discipling young adults in their Catholic Faith.  At age 33 he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of St. Cloud in June of 2001.  He has previously served at St. Anthony’s in St. Cloud and St. John’s in Foley.  Among his ongoing ministry Fr. Greg also likes to spend time with the school kids on the playground, teaching youth, riding motorcycle, fishing, and playing cards.  And his favorite verse of the bible is from Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for the shall be satisfied.”