Father Kevin Russeau, C.S.C

Today I also complete my second week in Vermont. I am so grateful for the warm welcome from the pastoral team and parishioners alike! Thank you for inviting me into this wonderful community of faith!

As we continue to walk our journey of faith together, I am sure that I will share more stories about my family and my time in Holy Cross. I grew up in southeastern Michigan, south of Detroit in a small town called LaSalle. I am the oldest of four children and before arriving in Vermont I enjoyed time with my parents, siblings, and six nieces and nephews. I am hopeful that they will visit the Green Mountain State soon and meet many of you.

My previous assignment was at St. Joseph Parish in South Bend, Indiana. The parish is composed of about 900 families and has a school as one of its ministries. Before that, I worked in vocations and formation for the Congregation of Holy Cross directing our undergraduate seminary and novitiate. I began my priestly ministry in a parish in Phoenix, Arizona.

When I was in first grade, my classmates and I were asked to draw ourselves in our future vocations. I drew a stick figure of myself as a priest. While the artistic expression was quite childish, the words I wrote continue to be true to this day: “I will be a priest so that I can teach other people about God and Jesus.” Hopefully, my sense of theology has matured since the first grade, but that desire to make God known, loved, and served has not waned. Please count on me and reach out to me so that I might serve you. Let us pray that like Mary and the saints, we might be faithful disciples of Jesus.