Father Jonah Brox ’16 was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Lincoln on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Father Brox is the son of Timothy and Melissa Brox and is the eldest of seven children. Born and raised in Lincoln, his family played a key role in fostering his faith. He attended St. Teresa School and Pius X High School, followed by a year at a community college in Lincoln. In August 2017, he entered the seminary, studying at St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Seward, and later at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.
“I was blessed and so grateful that the Catholic faith has always been at the center of my family and home life,” Brox said. His path to the priesthood was influenced by the example of priests he encountered and his experiences at Leadership Camp at Camp Kateri. “It was through Leadership Camp that I first heard and felt the Lord’s call to the priesthood,” Brox recalled. A pivotal moment came during Eucharistic Adoration, where he felt a deep tug toward the priesthood and experienced lasting peace.
Brox is devoted to the Rosary and the Surrender Novena, and he frequently seeks the intercession of saints like St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. John Paul II, and St. Edmund Campion. As he prepared to serve as a priest in the Diocese of Lincoln, he said he looks forward to “regularly celebrating the gift of the Mass, celebrating the sacraments, especially Reconciliation, and helping bring people to the love and mercy of the Father.”
Brox is committed to being an alter Christus, “bringing His light and helping the souls I encounter to know that they are beloved sons and daughters of the Father.”
The Southern Nebraska Register, Shelby Siefgried
