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. 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…
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. Michael Weibley grew up in Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland where he attended St. Bede the Venerable Parish. He is a life-long Catholic growing up in loving and supportive family. He graduated from Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio with degrees in both history and philosophy. He was also a member of the Read more…
Fr. John Sica was born and raised on Long Island, NY where he and his family were parishioners at Sts. Philip and James Church. He attended Providence College, and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor’s in philosophy. “When I met the friars at Providence College, I was excited to discover a religious order dedicated to Read more…
The youngest of four children, Fr. Isaac Morales was born and raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He received a BSE in civil engineering from Duke University, an MTS with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD in New Testament from Duke University. Before joining the Order Read more…
Fr. Humbert Kilanowski was born in Connecticut and moved with his family to the Columbus, Ohio area while in high school. He attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, double majoring in mathematics and astronomy, and then earned a doctorate in mathematics from The Ohio State University. While there, he began attending St. Patrick Church Read more...
Fr. Bonaventure Chapman hails from Buffalo, New York, where he was born and raised. He grew up with a twin brother and an older sister. After attending St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, he went on to Grove City College, Pennsylvania, where he completed a B.S. in Applied Physics and a B.A. in Christian Thought. Read more...
Fr. Alan Piper is the oldest of four children and was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he attended the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. He earned a BA in philosophy and theology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, and a PhL from the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Read more…