Feeding Hungry Hearts with Father Leo Patalinghug
Save the Date in February 2027 for our St. Robert parish mission with best-selling author, speaker and radio host Father Leo Patalinghug of Plating Grace and winner of the Food Network’s Throwdown with Bobby Flay!
Event Dates: Sunday, Feb. 20 – Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2027
Location: St. Robert of Newminster parish campus, 6477 Ada Dr. SE, Ada, Mich.
The mission will include Mass with Father Leo including a “Walk through the Mass” and, several talks connected with food, faith and family, and, of course, a cooking demonstration!
Additional details to come! If you have questions, please reach out to Lynn Mossner, LMossner@strobertchurch.org, or Hans Whitmer, HWhitmer@strobertchurch.org, or call (616) 676-9111.
About Father Leo Patalinghug
Biography
Fr. Leo Patalinghug is a priest member of a community of consecrated life, Voluntas Dei (The Will of God). He is the creator and founder of an international food and faith movement called Plating Grace, founder and chair of the nonprofit group, The Plating Grace Foundation, and creator of the Grace & Grub Food Truck and Gastro Social. He is a best-selling author, acclaimed international speaker, radio host, host of The Father Leo Show on YouTube and a weekly international travel, food and talk show on EWTN, Savoring our Faith. He also holds a degree in Mariology that he obtained in Rome. His unique background as a chef and his previous experience as a 3rd degree black belt martial arts instructor and former award-winning break dancer has earned the attention of major media outlets, including the Food Network where he won “Throwdown with Bobby Flay!” The mission to see food as a gift from God to nourish your family and to strengthen relationships is making this world a better place one meal at a time.