Rev. Everett Hemann

Pastor

RevEv@STAparish.net
515-292-3810

I washed into Ames and STA with the flood waters of '93. The waters did not get high enough this summer to wash me downstream. So I am into my 16th year here. And loving every moment of it. It's my 26th year in campus ministry. Obviously I love college students. I am getting old, but working with young people daily keeps me young at heart. I have been a priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque for 37 years.

I enjoy traveling. I have had the opportunity to visit Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, all the central American countries and Bolivia. If things work out, I will get to Africa this winter. Among other things to see and do, I would like to visit some priest friends and my grand-niece.

I love flying and became a private pilot in 1964 at the age of 18. I now hold a commercial license with instrument and Certified Flight Instructor & Instrument Instructor ratings. I served two terms as President of the National Assn of Priest Pilots. Yes, there really is such an organization. We have about 150 members in 35 states and 8 other countries. The expense of flying these days, has curtailed traveling. Most of my flying is instructing. It joins together too tings I love - aviation and teaching.

In addition to travel, I also enjoy skiing and biking. In recent years I have gotten into cooking and entertaining.

Obviously as pastor, "the buck stops here" at my desk. But STA is blest with an extraordinary staff, so I am not involved in many of the details of operation. My specific responsibilities include sacramental & spiritual ministry, pastoral counseling, staff selection & development & supervision. As with other staff, I appreciate all the lay volunteers who work so competently in various areas. YOU are why STA is successful.

In addition to STA, this is my fifth year of pastoring Sts. Peter and Paul, Gilbert. It is a delightful small, rural parish. I also am dean of the Ames deanery which is 17 parishes in central Iowa. I convene and chair meetings of clergy and/or laity for purposes of education, collaboration and planning for the future.

At ISU, I serve on the Internal Review Board for research on human subjects. We review all proposed research for legal and ethical compliance. I serve on the Board of Regents at Loras College, our diocesan college in Dubuque. I completed an M.Div degree at St. Meinrad School of Theology and an M.A. in liturgical studies at the University of Notre Dame.