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Meet Father Al Grasher

St. Patrick Catholic Church in Colfax has welcomed a new pastor, Fr. Al Grasher, who also serves St. Joseph Church in LaCrosse.

Grasher (pronounced with a long A) at present is settling into the rectory at the end of S. Main Street in Colfax, learning parishioners’ names and getting acquainted. A native of Blaine, he has an interesting cooking heritage, both German and Italian.

He first felt a call to ministry in eighth grade. His class project was career research, and he was asked to narrow his list to three careers that appealed to him, research them and write a paper...