Class of 2023

Fr. Brendan Baran grew up in Alexandria, Virginia as the oldest of four children.  He received his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a masters degree from Teachers College of Columbia University.  He spent more than a decade as an educator in secondary schools in Florida, Connecticut, and Virginia.  Having moved frequently, he has been Read more…

   Fr. Columba Thomas grew up in Lebanon, Ohio where his family attended St. Francis de Sales Parish.  He studied at the University of Dayton, where he majored in Music (Piano) and Premedical Studies.  He then went on to medical school at Yale, where he first met the Dominican friars at St. Mary’s Church and became Read more…

Fr. Zachary Sexton was born and raised in Westerly, RI as the middle of three children.  His home parish is St. Pius X in Westerly.  He attended Providence College, graduating with a degree in Biology and Secondary Education.  Prior to entering the Order, he spent three years teaching at Saint Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha, Read more…

Fr. Nicholas Hartman grew up the oldest of six children in Carmel, Indiana, attending Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish with his family. After graduating high school he attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Inspired the works of St. Thomas, he studied philosophy and graduated in May 2015. After graduating, he studied for a year Read more…

Fr. Dominic Koester is from Delphos, Ohio, and is the first of three children.  His family are parishioners of St. John Catholic Church, and he attended the parish school from kindergarten through his senior year of high school.  He was a diocesan seminarian and studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum, and then worked for a Read more…

Fr. Juan Macias Marquez grew up in Midland, Texas where his family attended San Miguel Arcangel Catholic Church. He pursued collegiate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. His junior year he met the Dominican Friars through the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) while on Read more…

Fr. Michael Donahue was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, was raised in Moorhead, Minnesota, and attended the Catholic schools in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the fourth of five children, and his family attended Nativity Parish in Fargo. He graduated from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics. Read more…

Fr. Raymond La Grange was born in St. Albert, Canada, the second of seven children. Growing up, he attended Holy Family Parish in St. Albert. He earned a degree in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Alberta. Before entering the order, he volunteered for a year in a homeless shelter in New York with Read more…

Fr. Vincent Bernhard grew up in Greenville, South Carolina with his four siblings and attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  He attended Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee where he studied philosophy and met the Dominican Order. “When I first met the friars, their love of truth and joy of discipleship greatly attracted me to the Dominican Read more…