Fr. Greg Konerman grew up as the second of six children in a Catholic family in suburban Cincinnati.  He was educated by Benedictine nuns at his parochial grade school of Our Mother of Sorrows; and then by the Jesuits at St. Xavier High School. He graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973. He then earned an Master of Arts in Psychology from Xavier University (Cinti.); and later a Master of Science degree from The Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville.  He worked for 12 years as a psychotherapist, in community mental health centers and later in private practice. He entered Mount St. Mary Seminary of the West (the Athenaeum of Ohio) in 1989, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Pilarczyk in 1993.  He served for four years as parochial vicar at St. Martin of Tours Church in Cincinnati (Cheviot); and then four years as parochial vicar at St. Dominic Church in Cincinnati (Delhi); prior to being named Pastor for St. Mary Church and Sacred Heart Church here in Champaign County in July 2001.