Join Fr. Stephen Felicichia on Pilgrimage
Fr. Stephen Felicichia was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His home parish is St. Therese in that same city which is where he received his Sacraments of initiation and attended grade school. He attended Bishop Luers High School and graduated in 2004. He immediately entered the United States Military Academy and upon graduation in 2008 was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army as a Field Artillery Officer. Fr. Felicichia was stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska in January of 2009. Assigned to an airborne unit, he served two deployments in Afghanistan, and was honorably discharged in 2013. Fr. Stephen was accepted by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to begin formation to the priesthood in 2014 and began seminary at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Maryland of that same year. On 6 June, 2020 he was ordained a priest of Jesus Christ at St. Vincent De Paul Parish in Fort Wayne, and was assigned to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish to serve as parochial vicar. After three blessed years there, Fr. Stephen was made pastor of St. Mary of the Lake in Culver, Indiana where he is currently ministering to the parish, town, and Culver Academy cadets and Co-Eds.