Rev. Stephan A. Isaac
Parochial Vicar
Fr. Stephan (Steve) Isaac was born on September 26, 1987 and is originally from
Easton, PA. He is the son of Mrs. Rebecca Isaac and the late Dr. Mal B. Isaac (1944-
2003). Fr. Isaac is the youngest of four children, with two older brothers, Jordan and
Damien, and one sister, Jacinta, who's the oldest. Fr. Isaac is proudly 100% Lebanese
with a huge dose of Australian. His mother, Rebecca, was born and raised in Sydney,
Australia and so she came from a large Lebanese community that settled in Australia. Fr.
Isaac's entire maternal side of the family still resides in Australia.
Mrs. Isaac emigrated to the U.S. from Australia in 1978 when she married her
beloved husband, Mal. Dr. Mal Isaac was a compassionate and caring physician — he was
a gastroenterologist, specializing in the digestive system of the body. Dr. Isaac was an
Army veteran of the Vietnam War, serving as a battalion surgeon with the 101st Airborne
Division and as medical director of the voluntary drug rehabilitation program of South
Vietnam. Dr. Isaac tragically passed away on October 28, 2003 from pancreatic cancer
and is greatly missed by his family.
Fr. Isaac was baptized and confirmed in the Maronite rite of the Catholic Church
but also grew up in the Roman rite of the Church. As a result, Fr. Isaac is blessed to call
two parishes in Easton his home: Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church and St. Jane
Frances de Chantal Church.
Father attended St. Jane's grade school in Easton and then Notre Dame High
School, graduating from there in 2006. Fr. Isaac attended American University (AU) in
Washington, DC and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies
and a second major in Political Science, concentrating on U.S. Foreign Policy, the Middle
East, and American Government. After graduating from AU, he immediately entered St.
Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, PA in the Fall of 2010, where he would go
on to earn his Master's Degree in Moral Theology as well as his Master of Divinity
Degree.
Fr. Isaac was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Allentown on June 4, 2016 and
has thoroughly enjoyed being a priest ever since. His first assignment was as Parochial
Vicar (Assistant Pastor) at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sinking Spring, PA where he
spent 5 awesome years from 2016 to 2021. Fr. Isaac was also blessed to serve as the
Chaplain of Berks Catholic High School in Reading for 4 amazing years from 2018 to
2022. Most recently, he served as the Parochial Vicar at St. Catharine of Siena Parish,
also in Reading, from 2021 to 2022. Fr. Isaac has enjoyed and loved all of his
assignments and the people he served! Currently, Fr. Isaac serves as the Parochial Vicar
of the Cathedral Parish of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown and also as the Chaplain of
Allentown Central Catholic High School.
Fr. Isaac loves sports, especially volleyball, basketball, football, soccer, and
tennis. He especially loves college basketball and his favorite team is the North Carolina
Tar Heels. Fr. Isaac is an avid moviegoer and film buff and his favorites are The Lord of
the Rings Trilogy and Star Wars. He also enjoys spending quality time with family and
friends, working out doing P90X3, hiking, listening to music, reading, learning foreign
languages, traveling, and going to the beach.
Some other fun facts about Fr. Isaac are that he has a hopeless addiction to
Chipotle Mexican Grill. His all-time favorite TV show is LOST and he was crowned the
Homecoming King his senior year in high school. Lastly, he studied abroad in Cairo,
Egypt for the Fall semester of his senior year in college and that was one of the best four
months of his life.
