Newly Ordained

Fr. Luke Neitzke grew up in a Navy family and is the oldest of 3 children.  He moved around his whole life, never belonging to any one parish, but instead always belonging to the Archdiocese for the Military Services.  After graduating high school he went to the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 2013 Read more...

Fr. Christopher Daniel was born and raised in Seabrook, Texas just south of Houston.  His parents and his home parish of St. Paul’s encouraged him from an early age to grow in his faith. After earning a bachelor of arts in Theology and Philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2013 and a masters Read more…

Fr. Cornelius Avaritt was born and raised in Loganville, GA and is the older of two children.  He received his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from McDaniel College in Maryland. After graduating he spent time teaching in New York City and working in biomedical research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where he met the Read more…

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Fr. Charles Rooney was raised in Darien, Connecticut, where he and his two younger brothers grew up attending St. Thomas More Church and St. John Church.  In 2016, Fr. Charles graduated from Duke University with a Program II bachelor of arts degree entitled, “Markets, Society, and Personalism.”  While at Duke, Fr. Charles ran on the Read more…

Fr. Cyril Stola grew up in rural Huntington Mills, Pennsylvania where he attended Saint Martha’s Church with his family.  He studied economics at New York University where he met the Dominican Friars through the campus chaplaincy. “The preaching of the Dominicans at NYU introduced me to the riches of the Catholic intellectual tradition and brought Read more…

Br Vincent Ferrer Bagan

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, O.P.

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...

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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. Sebastian White, O.P.

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. "

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Br. Pier Giorgio Dengler, O.P.

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...

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Fr. Peter Joseph Gautsch is from Gallatin, Tennessee. He is the oldest of eight children and was a parishioner of St. John Vianney Catholic Church. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he studied theology and piano performance. "I became a Dominican friar to live a more profound union with Christ in a community Read more...

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