Welcome Rachael Kriger

Starting on February 27, 2023, Rachael Kriger joins Mary Queen of Saints Parish after serving as a youth minister at Blessed Trinity Parish in Ocala, Florida, and St. Oscar Romero Parish in Canonsburg, Pa. She is a graduate of our parish’s Our Lady of Fatima School (Class of 2011) and has served as the OLF girls basketball coach for eight years, including the current 2022/23 school year.

After graduating from Hopewell High School in 2015, Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, in the area of Journalism, from California University of Pennsylvania; and a Master of Arts in Media Communication from Point Park University. In March 2023, she will graduate with an MA in Pastoral Theology from St. Joseph's College of Maine. Rachael's media experience includes both newspaper and online publications. She also contributes regularly as a sports writer for the Beaver County Times.

Rachael is looking forward to serving our parish and our mission to evangelize by using all her background skills and gifts as she jumps into both roles of MQSP Youth Ministry Director and Communications Director. 

Rachael lives in Hopewell with her parents, John and Rita Kriger, and is a proud aunt to her nieces, Mila and Nora. Her boyfriend, Luke, is a frequent supporter of OLF basketball and her ready 'assistant' in all things youth ministry. She and Luke are both involved in the MQSP Young Adult Group.

Her home parish is Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, where she attends St. Catherine of Siena Church.