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Fr. Bernard Knapke grew up in Saint Henry, Ohio, where he and his family of five attended a parish of the same name.  He later attended the University of Cincinnati where he majored in mechanical engineering and earned a B.S. and M.B.A. in 2012.  Immediately after college, he moved to Chicago for priestly formation and earned a degree in philosophy at Saint Xavier University in the spring of 2015.  “As my desire to know Jesus Christ and my thirst for truth intensified during those initial discernment years, I discovered a religious order whose entire existence, for centuries, has hinged on prayer and study directed towards preaching and the salvation of souls.  After meeting the friars for the first time, I felt certain that my personal vocation was bound up with the work of these sons of St. Dominic”.

More from Fr. Bernard Knapke, O.P. 

• Famous First Words
• Disputed Question: The Luminous Mysteries?
• The Pearl We all Desire
• God is Not Far From Us
• The Master Craftsman
• Transformed by Grace
• Watch!
• Offense and Defense Against the Army of Hell
• A Window into Dominican Life and Preaching
• The Reed of God
• COVID-19 Ordinations: An Open Letter to My Brothers
• The Lord’s is the Earth
• The Catholic Friday
• The Sights and Sounds of Christmas
• Thanksgiving Pilgrims
• Why Franciscans?
• Perfect Prayer
• An American Catholic Biography
• 2019 Summer Reading Recommendations
• The River of a City