Father Gabriel Baltes, O.S.B.
Father Gabriel Baltes was born on April 19, 1958 and was baptized “Brian.” He is the second of three children who were raised in Sandusky, OH. At an early age, he felt the stirrings of a call to the priesthood, and so after the eighth grade, entered Holy Spirit Seminary in Toledo, Ohio from which he graduated in 1976. He continued his seminary studies at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980.
Tom Richardt was ordained to the Office of Deacon by the Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain at the Cathedral of St. Raymond in Joliet on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Tom and his wife Barbara have three children: Andy (who lives in the Boston area - married with 2 children); Amy (who is married and lives in Chicago); and Sarah (a recent Boston college graduate also living in Boston).