Following an international childhood Brother Augustine spent his later upbringing in Fairfax, Virginia. He first encountered the Dominicans at John Paul the Great Catholic High School, run by the Sisters of St. Cecilia. He went on to George Mason University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Philosophy. In college he encountered Read more…
Brother Gerard Rosario grew up in Port Washington, New York and was baptized at St. Peter of Alcantara Parish. Growing up he did not practice the Faith, but at the Marianist High School Kellenberg Memorial he first encountered the joy, beauty, and—most importantly—truth of the Gospel. After high school, he attended Boston College where he Read more…
Fr. Vincent Ferrer Bagan grew up in Waseca, a small town in southern Minnesota, with his parents, the late Thomas and Claudette Bagan, and his sister, Tierney. He attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in music education, and Ave Maria University, in Ave Maria, Florida, where Read more...
Fr. Timothy Danaher was born and raised in Steubenville, OH. He is from a family of four children, who attend Holy Family Parish. He graduated from Franciscan University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Theology. Before entering the Order of Preachers, he worked as a life guard in San Diego, CA, Read more...
Fr. Thomas More Garrett, O.P., made solemn profession in the Order of Preachers in 2012 and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, on May 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. Before entering the Dominicans he practiced law and worked as a Congressional staffer. In private practice, his work focused Read more…
Father Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is one of the youngest professors at the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., the seminary for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph and a center of Thomistic learning for both priests and laity. Fr. White is an expert in Thomistic Read more…
Fr. Thomas Davenport was born in Mt. Clemens, MI, the son of an Army officer, and moved a number of times with his parents and older brother while growing up. Eventually he graduated from high school in northern Virginia, where his parents still live and attend Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. He studied physics Read more...
Fr. Simon Teller grew up in Cincinnati, OH as the third of seven children. His family attends St. Gertrude Parish, where he first encountered the Dominican Order. Fr. Simon entered the order after graduating from the University of Dallas with a degree in English. “I was attracted to the Order by the friars’ life of Read more…
Fr. Sebastian White, O.P., appeared on EWTN's The Journey Home to talk about his conversion to Roman Catholicism and his vocation as a Dominican Friar. Fr. Sebastian currently serves as editor-in-chief of Magnificat magazine. "
Fr. Reginald Hoefer hails from New Orleans, LA where he was raised a Catholic. He attended Jesuit High School and was an active altar server at St. Patrick’s Parish. As an undergraduate at The Catholic University of America, he met the Dominicans while pursuing a Bachelor’s in Classics and was very taken with the life Read more…
Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P., is the Promoter for Student Leadership for the Thomistic Institute in Washington, DC. Originally from Kansas, he studied philosophy and classics at the University of Notre Dame and entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He holds an STB/M.Div. from the Dominican House of Studies and a licentiate in philosophy from Read more…
The second of six children from a loving Catholic family, Fr. Pier Giorgio Dengler grew up outside New York City, attending Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Pelham, NY. He received a Bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a Masters from Columbia University. He worked with language-impaired special education students in the Bronx for Read more...