MEET Zach And Katelyn Kinscherf: Invested in Family, Faith and Service

Building their family on a strong marriage foundation has been a priority for Katelyn and Zach Kinscherf. This was the reason they became involved in the Relationship Committee here at St. Peter.

“We want to set an example for our children to follow and help build this throughout our community to help show how strong a family unit can be in today’s ever-changing and hectic world,” Zach says. “Our feeling is that without time for us to keep our relationship healthy and strong, we cannot keep our family healthy and strong.”

Zach and Katelyn married in 2017 and have three young children — Theodore, Lucas, and Siena. The family serves as greeters for Mass and Zach also helps out as an usher.

“I enjoy being able to participate in the Mass in another manner through ushering and greeting,” Zach says. “Being able to be a part of the weekly service helps me be more involved and focused on the Mass each week.”

Zach was welcomed into the faith here at St. Peter when he was baptized by Fr. Bauer. He attended St. Peter, QND, Augustana College, then Northwestern University to complete his DPT degree. He currently works as a physical therapist at Advance Physical Therapy.

After completing graduate school, and upon returning to Quincy and meeting Katelyn, Zach came back to the parish in 2015.

“I came back to the parish at that time as I had gotten away from regularly attending Mass throughout my college years,” he says.

The pair participated in the RCIA process here at the parish to complete Katelyn’s reception of the sacraments and, in turn, gained a better understanding of the Catholic faith, growing together.

St. Peter was familiar to me and Katelyn helped bring me back to my faith at that time,” Zach says. “We liked what Fr. Leo had built here at St. Peter.”

Through their involvement at our parish, the Kinscherfs have developed friendships they likely otherwise wouldn’t have experienced.

“It has been wonderful to get to know more people in the parish community and begin to forge our own path within our parish, as individuals and as a family,” Zach says.

The Kinscherfs prioritize living out their faith in everyday life. Through his profession and serving clients, Zach makes a conscious effort to treat each person with respect and dignity.

“I try to use the example set forth by Christ of this eternal respect for all to guide my daily work,” he says.

Outside of work, he and Katelyn strive to guide their children to be respectful of everyone as well.

“We try to run our house on a model of respecting others,” Zach says.

The Kinscherfs also desire to build up their faith community and parish through their service. Zach says this means taking action to make it so.

“It is easy to sit back and passively take part, but by starting to fully invest in the parish, the rewards truly start to show,” he says. “I can honestly say that I am much more invested in my faith than I have been at any point previously in my life, and know that I have much more room to continue to grow in my faith — all by simply becoming involved and invested in my parish.”

Zach and Katelyn Kinscherf married in 2017 and have three young children: Theodore, Lucas and Siena.