Fr. Curt Kreml, OFM Conv. was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and later his family resided in Las Vegas, which he now calls “home”. He was ordained as a Franciscan priest in 1976. He ministered in our parish in Syracuse, N.Y. for two years and then went to Ireland for four years for additional studies in theology in order to teach Moral Theology in our Franciscan seminary, which he did for six years. From there he served as the campus minister at Wake Forest University for a time. He moved on to be the formation director for our Franciscan postulancy program in Philadelphia. More recently, he was the pastor of our Franciscan parish in Pt. Pleasant Beach, N.J. from which for the last three years he was a formation director for our student friars in Washington, D.C. Fr. Curt tells us that he is very much looking forward to serving the people of St. Lucie.