Meet Fr. Rich

Father Richard Jasper

Father Rich Jasper started his journey toward priesthood as a middle school teacher in Catholic schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In addition, he also worked as an assistant youth minister at Saint John the Beloved Church in Wilmington and performed a volunteer year of service at Seton Center/Catholic Charities’ multi-purpose community center in Princess Anne, Maryland, before entering the seminary for the Diocese of Wilmington. During his formation at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, he served in summer ministry and a pastoral year at Saint Elizabeth Church in Wilmington and was later assigned to diaconal ministry at Saint Mary Magdalen Church in Fairfax, Delaware. For the past three years, he has served as associate pastor of St. Ann Church in the 40 Acres section of Wilmington.