Welcome, Fr. Grant Thies! Welcome to Fr. Grant Thies, who is now Parochial Vicar of St. Peter Parish. Fr. Grant comes to us from Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Sun Prairie. Fr. Grant will take care of the daily operations of St. Peter Parish. Msgr. Duane Moellenberndt has been named Parochial Administrator of St. Peter Parish and will concern himself with administrative details.

Fr. Grant, who was ordained in 2018, is a convert to the Catholic Faith. He graduated from Marquette University with a degree in Business. Fr. Grant admits that he felt God was calling him to be a Catholic while at Marquette but didn’t start RCIA classes until he was working for the FDIC in Des Moines, IA. He was received into the Catholic Faith in 2008. Working in business, however, Fr. Grant still felt that something was missing. After talking with some of his college friends, one of whom was already a priest, Fr. Grant decided to apply for seminary in St. Paul, MN to try it out. We know the end of that story!

We are truly blessed to have Fr. Grant with us at St. Peter. We will plan a proper welcome for him in the near future. In the meantime, keep him in your prayers as he guides us through this public health crisis and time of transition.