When he was a young La Portean, Nate Edquist was baptized at St. Peter Catholic Church, where he was a parishioner along with his family. He attended St. Joseph School. And he was involved in the Boy Scout troop at Sacred Heart.
On July 1, he returns to La Porte serve all three parishes.
Father Nathaniel Edquist has been appointed associate pastor of Sacred Heart, St. Joseph and St.Peter parishes, the Most Reverend Robert J. McClory, bishop of the Diocese of Gary, has announced.
Father Nate, a 2009 graduate of La Porte High School, spent two years at Indiana University in Bloomington, planning to eventually enter the medical profession. But he felt compelled to follow a different path, and after two years at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Mich., he received a degree in philosophy.
This was followed by four years of graduate school at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, in Mundelein, Ill. His experience there included graduate studies in theology, as well as parish internships, a hospital chaplaincy at St. Louis University, and two Spanish language immersions in Mexico.
Father Nate was ordained a priest in May 2017.
His first assignment was to serve as associate pastor at St. Patrick Parish in Chesterton, Ind. He was there three years, during which time he was also assigned to assist the Hispanic community at St. Paul Parish in Valparaiso, Ind.
This assignment in La Porte will be his second.
Father Nate is the son of Dr. Daniel and Jan Edquist, of La Porte.
Photo courtesy of Northwest Indiana Catholic, a publication of the Diocese of Gary.
Rev. Ron Brauer
Jun 15. 2020
Welcome ‘back’ to La Porte, Father Edquist! Be blessed with God’s good counsel as you serve His people!
Kathy D
Jun 16. 2020
Welcome back home!
Kathy D
Grandma G
Jun 16. 2020
Our Hearts are filled with joy, we are so blessed to be getting you back.
Sandy M
Jun 16. 2020
So happy to have Fr Nate coming back to LP 🙏🙏🙏
Maggie N
Jun 16. 2020
Welcome…Gods Blessings.
Kathy Tulacz
Jun 16. 2020
Welcome back, Father Nate. LaPorte is truly blessed to have you.
Kathy T
Carol R
Jun 17. 2020
Welcome back Father Nate!
Nancy B.
Jun 17. 2020
We are so blessed to hear this news.
It is a joyful day.