PAUL WARREN It was a circuitous and sometimes bumpy route that took me to where I am today. Some may remember that I left St. Joe's after high school to join the Franciscan community (Stan Mazur and Vince Mesi did the same: Stan left, Vince is still with the friars as Pastor in Phoenix). The '70's saw me in graduate school in Berkeley, novitiate in Sacramento, ordination in San Francisco and a parish in Seattle. I took a few "leaves of absence" along the way: one to work in the VISTA program (public housing in Seattle) and another to teach at Stuart Hall in SF.

The 80's saw me pursuing a doctorate at the University of Toronto and retreat work both in Scottsdale, AZ and Danville, CA. Just when I was preparing to teach at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley I took "another leave" and ended up working for the County of San Mateo. I left the friars. In 1998 I came full circle and returned to the Archdiocese and am now Pastor of a small but feisty parish on Potrero Hill in San Francisco called St. Teresa's. Not sure I'm a great Pastor; but apparently I like change. Change is good. It's been a great ride.  

last know email address: paul@stteresasf.org                  last updated:9/10/06