In the 25 years since Father Keith Weber, chaplain of St. Isidore’s, was ordained, he has said hundreds of thousands of Masses, countless baptisms, and by his estimate, more than 1,000 weddings. And he has no plans to slow down.

A Salina, Kan., native, Father Keith was ordained on April 23, 1983, after five years at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. He served in several parishes in Salina, Junction City and Manhattan before coming to St. Isidore’s, a post he has held for more than ten years, serving in a position he calls his dream job.

“As a K-State graduate, I wanted very much to come back to St. Isidore’s,” he said. “But, after serving in parishes, I knew I would be happy to stay in parish work.” Now, however, Father Keith knows that ministering to college students was truly his calling. “Being able to watch students grow in their relationship with God is really the best part about being at St. Isidore’s.”

Father Keith graduated from K-State in 1977 with a degree in accounting, and it was during his time at K-State that he felt he might be called to enter the seminary. He worked for one year at an accounting firm – one tax season, he jokes – before entering the seminary.