Brett Jamrog, who was ordained as a Catholic deacon in May, is shown skydiving at Lake Taupo, New Zealand in 2013.
Brett Jamrog, who was ordained as a deacon with the Catholic Church, is shown in this 2020 photo coaching during the Mundelein Basketball Tournament in Mundelein, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Brett Jamrog is shown with his parents, Connie and Jeff, and Archbishop George Lucas. Brett Jamrog was ordained as a deacon in May and plans to be ordained as a priest next year.
Archbishop George Lucas is shown with Brett Jamrog who was ordained as a deacon in May.
Brett Jamrog, second from right, is shown with his family after he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His family includes his sister, Elizabeth Thielen, brother, Jared, mother, Connie and father, Jeff.
Brett Jamrog, a former student trainer for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, is shown with his dad, Jeff, now head football coach at Midland University.
It was a defining moment for Brett Jamrog.
The man who considers Fremont his home was in high school when he first sensed a call to ministry.
He resisted, because he planned to become a football coach.
But that goal would change.
Jamrog was a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when he went on what he describes as a life-changing mission trip to Ukraine in 2013.
Before the trip, Jamrog’s prayers had been meditative.
“In Ukraine, I learned how to hear God’s voice and how to listen to him,” Jamrog said. “I learned how to pray and that changed everything.”
Jamrog said he began wanting what God wanted for him.
In May, Jamrog was ordained as a deacon with plans to become ordained as a priest next year. He’s serving the Divine Mercy parish in Schuyler this summer before returning for another year of theological studies at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
The start of Jamrog’s journey began years ago.
Initially, he intended to become a football coach like his dad, Jeff, now head football coach at Midland University in Fremont.
Because his dad was a coach, Jamrog said his family, who include his mom, Connie, and siblings, Jared and Elizabeth, moved a lot.
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