Friends since 1975, Fr. Bokenkotter taught Jerry when he was a seminarian at St. Gregory Seminary in 1975. Jerry volunteered with the Over-The-Rhine kitchen for five years from 1976 to 1981. A student of the Athenaeum of Ohio, Jerry has a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Theology. Jerry was ordained a Deacon in 1992 and he has served full time in parish ministry for nearly twenty-three years. Since 1999, Jerry has ministered at St. John the Evangelist, West Chester as a Pastoral Associate.