Jeffry Odell Korgen is a Catholic writer and comics creator with a 32-year career in pastoral ministry. Jeff has worked as an educator/trainer in Catholic social teaching and action, a community organizer, a youth minister, led a professional association for diocesan social justice directors, and after a six-year stint as executive director for diocesan planning for the Diocese of Metuchen in central New Jersey, in 2014, he founded Korgen Associates, a Catholic consulting firm focusing on coaching, planning and evaluation.
He is the author of several books, including “Solidarity Will Transform the World: Stories of Hope from Catholic Relief Services,” “My Lord and My God!: Engaging Catholics in Social Ministry” and “Beyond Empowerment: A Pilgrimage with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development,” as well as the newly published “Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion,” a graphic biography.
A native of Louisiana, Jeff is a graduate of Boston College with degrees in philosophy, pastoral ministry, and social work and holds a graduate certificate in canon law from St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota. He is a Benedictine Oblate at St. Joseph’s Abbey in St. Benedict, Louisiana. He lives with his wife, sociologist Kathleen Odell Korgen, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and has two grown daughters, Julie and Jessica.
