Fr. John Maria Devaney was raised in Clinton, NJ the youngest of three children of John and Helen Devaney and attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School and Immaculata High School both in Somerville, NJ. Father John attended Emerson College in Boston, MA and graduated with a B.A. in communications, with a concentration in audio/radio. For 15 years Father John worked as a disc jockey in public radio stations in Boston, New Jersey and Los Angeles. “Never would I have thought growing up that I would be called by Jesus Christ to his priesthood and to live my life for the salvation of souls by becoming a son of St. Dominic, a member of the friars preachers. What an honor, what a joy, what a mission!”

More from Fr. John Maria Devaney, O.P.

• The Monastery of the Angels in the City of Angels
• The Monastery and The Bridge
• A Monastery Among the Stars
• The Dominican Nuns: First American Foundations (Part II)
• Till Death (or Engine Failure) Do Us Part
• Dominican Nuns and Mary, the Model of Contemplation
• Antiques Roadshow for Your Soul
• Heaven on Earth in the Age of Social Media
• Elvis & The Rosary?!?!?!?
• Dominican Nuns and Mary, the Model of Contemplation
• Antiques Roadshow for Your Soul
• Heaven on Earth in the Age of Social Media
• Elvis & The Rosary?!?!?!?
• The Monastery of the Angels in the City of Angels
• The Monastery and The Bridge
• A Monastery Among the Stars
• The Dominican Nuns: First American Foundations (Part II)
• Till Death (or Engine Failure) Do Us Part
• Divine Mercy Never Runs Dry