Lori Hinker, OFS, bio

Lori Hinker, OFS is the Director of Middle School Faith Formation and Youth Minister at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and a Religion Teacher for the school since 2016. She was professed into the Secular Franciscan Order in 2006, and has been serving as the Franciscan Youth/Young Adult Fraternal Animator/Commission Chair for the Queen of Peace Region for the past three years.  Lori attended three Franciscan World Youth Days as a delegate, representing the OFS-USA.  She graduated summa cum laude from the College of St. Scholastica with a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies and Theology in 2007. From there she was the youth minister at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savage, Minnesota for five years, and the Pastoral Associate for Youth Formation at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville, Minnesota for three years.  She became involved in youth ministry thanks to her mother, father, and 3 siblings. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is an avid Steelers fan. In her free time, she enjoys working out, cooking, reading, watching movies, and boating on Lake Minnetonka with her husband and two dogs.