Fr. Bernard Knapke, O.P.
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.
The Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph, Inc. is a NY State tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, with
Tax ID # 26-3273636.