Jim Knipper

Jim Knipper is publisher of Clear Faith Publishing, which is focused on publishing books with a spiritual foundation. Their first three books, a series of homilies, have received several awards and raised over $100,000 for various charities.

Deacon Jim graduated from the University of Scranton with a degree in chemistry and received a Master’s in Business in the Pharmaceutical Industry from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1984. He received a Master’s in Theology from Georgian Court University in May 2015 and an honorary degree from that institution in May 2017. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Today, he divides his time between Marco Island, Florida and Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania with his wife, Teresa. He is the proud father of four sons and four grandchildren. He was ordained a deacon in 2008 in the Diocese of Trenton and is a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Princeton, New Jersey, where he serves the parish. You can follow his preaching at http://teachbelief.blogspot.com/.