Rev. Michael Cassell

Fr. Mike Cassell is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and has been a full-time Speaker at Food For The Poor since 2000. He was ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane in 1958, and served parishes in Philadelphia, Penns Grove, NJ, Niagara Falls, NY, and Southeast Florida. For fourteen years, Fr. Mike was a rector of St. Joseph Church, in Boynton Beach, FL.

Fr. Mike has visited many of the countries where FFP serves the destitute, witnessing first hand to the work that we do. “As a Speaker, I feel I am as close to the heart of the Gospel as one can get. I am privileged to have such a meaningful apostolate at this stage in my life.”

Fr. Cassell is an avid tent camper, traveling with his wife Sharon all over this country and Europe. He recently returned from a three-week camping trip in Spain. His other hobbies include gardening, baking, art, pistol shooting, and reading. When not speaking on weekends on behalf of FFP, he volunteers as a docent at a local nature center, a cook at a food pantry, and as a member of the Kairos teams, visiting prisoners throughout Florida.

Fr. Mike and wife Sharon have five children, twelve grandchildren, dogs, cats, and two tortoises.