1. Taught history and coached baseball and football at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, Washington.
2. Studied Spanish at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, and volunteered at Ciudad de Los Niños.
3. Served the Spanish-speaking community of Parroquia San Juan Bautista as a deacon in Toronto, Canada.
Will be missioned to Seattle to work at Seattle Preparatory School and to assist in vocation promotion.
Fr. Gregory Celio, S.J., was born and raised in Fullerton, California, the youngest of three children. He grew up in St. Juliana Falconieri Parish and School and attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California. He studied history at the University of Notre Dame where he discovered a love for liturgical music and campus ministry. After graduating in 2004, Greg participated in Notre Dame’s ACE (Alliance for Catholic Education) service-through-teaching program, bringing him to Nashville, Tennessee, where he taught for two years at St. Vincent de Paul School. He also earned a master’s degree in education. Afterward, he taught at Overbrook School, also in Nashville. While a teacher, he began discerning a religious vocation with the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), which he had heard about from family and friends, and whose spirituality attracted him. After entering the Society of Jesus in 2009, Greg worked as a novice at Santa Clara University and on the Ft. Belknap Reservation in Montana. After three years studying philosophy, theology and music at St. Louis University, he moved to Tacoma, Washington, to teach history at Bellarmine Preparatory School. He also coached baseball and football and led retreats. Greg spent his third year of Regency in Guadalajara, Mexico, learning Spanish and volunteering at Ciudad de Los Niños, a Jesuit work dedicated to lower-income children in Guadalajara. For the last three years, Greg studied theology at Regis College of the University of Toronto and served as a deacon at Parroquia San Juan Bautista. He received his Master of Divinity from the University of Toronto in May. (USA West Province)
Bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degree in education, University of Notre Dame; Master of Divinity, Regis College, University of Toronto