I grew up in Austin in a small Catholic parish that was founded the year I was born. I attended Catholic schools in Austin from 1st grade through high school. In my parish and school, I sang in the choir and served as an altar server and sacristan.
In 2005, I moved to Richardson to attend the University of Texas at Dallas, where I earned an engineering degree. During my college years, I served at All Saints in youth ministry where I grew closer to Christ through prayer and service. In Eucharistic adoration one evening, the Spirit of God called me into the seminary where I discovered my vocation to the priesthood and a zeal for teaching the Word of God and the richness of our Christian faith.
As pastoral administrator of St. Joseph, I hope to be a witness of God’s guidance and love to the people who have been entrusted to me in imitation of our patron.
Father Stephen Ingram
Pastor, St. Joseph Catholic Church and School
