Father Joe Freedy is the youngest of five children. He grew up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and attended Bethel Park High School. Earning a scholarship to the University at Buffalo to play football, Father Freedy started at quarterback for three years. After college he entered Seminary in Pittsburgh and was assigned to study in Rome at the Gregorian University and then the John Paul II Institute. He was ordained a priest in June of 2008 and has recently served at St. Alphonsus and St. Alexis Parishes in Pittsburgh.