Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky

Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky is a Catholic priest of the Arlington Diocese of Virginia. He is currently the pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls, Virginia. For three years he was the financial administrator of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. He also served as a director and treasurer of Human Life International.

Fr. Pokorsky is the co-founder of Adoremus: Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy and was a contributor to the Adoremus Hymnal as well as to the Adoremus Bulletin.

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky was born and raised in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee where he studied business and accounting. His priestly formation was at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He has a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree as well as a Master of Theology degree (ThM). He was ordained by Bishop John R. Keating of the Arlington Diocese in 1990.

His articles have appeared in The Catholic Thing, CatholicCulture.org, Catholic World Report, cnsNews.com and the Arlington Catholic Herald.

Articles by Rev. Pokorsky which are posted at this site may be re-posted if a live link to fgfBooks.com is provided.

Rev. Pokorsky wrote the Foreword to Subtracting Christianity: Essays on American Culture and Society (FGF Books, 2015).

Rev. Pokorsky writes in the Foreword: “This is the sort of book that will be read by future generations who might be unaware of how America turned from being a Christian to a pagan country.”