Rev. Charlie Archer

Fr. Archer was born and raised in St. Louis, in St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish. He attended SLUH and the University of Dallas before entering Kenrick Glennon Seminary in 2016. After serving this past year as a deacon at St. Clare of Assisi, he was ordained a priest on May 19, 2021, along with five other classmates.

In his first homily at St. Peter, he gave two reasons that he became a parish priest for St. Louis: “First, I love how parish priesthood resembles the life of Jesus Christ. The parish priest, like Jesus’s own ministry, is radically available to all people to be their Spiritual Father. Second, I love the city of St. Louis. Although this city certainly has some tumultuous history, I love belonging to this city and desire to serve here as a priest. It is only through the love of Jesus Christ present in the Church that this city will find healing and renewal.”