My name is Jeff Mathews. I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. I made my Promises as a Pauline Cooperator on the same day St. Damien of Molokai was canonized a Saint – October 11, 2009.
I first met the Daughters of St. Paul at their bookstore in Crestwood, and my wife Carolyn and I brought our five children to the annual Birthday Parties for Jesus there. The Daughters of St. Paul are such a blessing to my family and me that I wanted to help them in any way I could. I started on their local Advisory Board, on which I now serve as president. I never dreamed I would actually participate in evangelization myself, but when you love the Divine Master as much as the Daughters helped me to love Him, you cannot help but share that love with others!
I occasionally write articles for the Pauline Laity Blog, and I help promote the Pauline Mission on social media and in my community. I have also incorporated the Pauline Charism into my medical practice. Our gastrointestinal medical mission, the Giaccardo GI Group, named after one of the first Pauline priests, brings the healing Jesus to those in need in Honduras. The Pauline Family is an awesome worldwide group of Priests, Sisters, other Consecrated Religious and lay persons who use all forms of media to bring Jesus Way, Truth and Life to a world greatly in need of Him!
