Isaac Neppel

Hi! My name is Isaac Neppel. My parents are Jerome (Jerry) and Brenda Neppel. I have a younger sister who attends the University of Iowa and a younger brother at Iowa State University. I moved to Ames when I was three, so I consider St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and Catholic Student Center my home parish. I attended college at the University of Northern Iowa (Go Panthers!) and graduated with a B.S. in environmental science with an emphasis in mathematics and air quality in May 2019. I truly began to explore the priesthood at UNI. I am extremely grateful for the many staff and students at St. Stephen the Witness (the Catholic student center at UNI) who pushed and challenged me in my faith life while at college. I began minor seminary at St. Pius X the following semester. I want to thank everyone who has influenced and guided me toward seminary. Prayers do work! Please continue to pray for seminarians, all parish priests, and me!