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Gordy DeMarais
Founder and President Emeritus of Saint Paul's Outreach (SPO)Gordy is a gifted speaker, evangelist and has co-written a book with Daniel A. Keating entitled Called to Christian Joy and Maturity: Forming Missionary Disciples.
Gordy has served as a national leader in the evangelization and formation of Catholic young people for over 40 years. In 1985 he founded Saint Paul's Outreach in St. Paul, Minnesota at the University of St. Thomas. In June of 2022, SPO trained 265 young missionaries for 5 weeks who are now serving university outreaches and young adult chapters all around the country and reach tens of thousands of young people each year. SPO is effecting generational change. Over 300 alumni are priests and religious including 3 current religious superiors!
Gordy has a Master of Arts degree in theology, has given retreats to seminarians at the North American College in Rome and taught courses on evangelization to seminarians, permanent deacons and parish teams. He has served on multiple boards and has been a consultant to the US Council for Catholic Bishops on the evangelization and formation of university students. Gordy has received awards from Relevant Radio, the St. Paul Seminary, NET Ministries and the Catholic defense league for his work in the Church.
Gordy is a lifelong resident of the Twin Cities. Gordy and his wife Teresa reside in Inver Grove Heights, MN have been married 37 years. They have 6 adult children (4 of whom are married) and 9 grandchildren! Their children and spouses have given over 50 years of full-time mission work and 4 of their children/in-laws currently serve as leaders in SPO’s mission.
Gordy enjoys family, hiking, fishing, wilderness camping and canoeing, reading, writing, guitar and piano, playing bridge, gardening, beekeeping and raising chickens and lambs.