Saint Charles Borromeo

"If we wish to make any progress in the service of God, ...we must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor."

-St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop 1538-1583

   Fr. Mark Kramer was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the third of six children born to Helmut and Mary Rose Kramer.  He attended St. Catherine Laboure parish grade school and St. John Vianney High School before going to Notre Dame for college and graduating with a law degree from Georgetown University.  After entering the Society of Jesus, he has had experience as a high school teacher and track coach, as an associate pastor in Belize, as an assistant professor of theology at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, as a retreat and spiritual director, and most recently as the director of spiritual formation at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis.  He was ordained a priest in 2005 and also studied fundamental theology in Rome.  This year he celebrates twentyfive years as a Jesuit and also with great joy the ordination of his younger brother Stephen who is serving as a Jesuit priest in New Orleans.  He has 16 nephews and nieces and one great nephew, all of whom promise to visit often.  
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