The Rev. Dr. Walter Baer has been working as supply priest at St. Michael’s Church, Mandeville since December 2014.

Currently, Fr. Baer also serves as the Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer and the Jubilee Ministry Officer for the Diocese of Louisiana. As the Bishop’s designate he is on the Board of the Louisiana Interchurch Conference. Most recently, he participated in an Interfaith Conference and Study Tour on Spirituality & Giving in Ramadan in Morocco. He has led several mission trips to the Dominican Republic, to Honduras, and most recently to Cuba with a group of high school students from St. Martin’s School. He is a member of the Fellowship of St. John, and makes regular retreats at the monastery of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. He is also a member of the Society of Catholic Priests and of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.