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Date of Ordination: Sept.24, 1988
Current Assignment: Diocesan Administrator, Rector of St.Mary’s Cathedral; Adjutant Judicial Vicar

1.) What's your favorite prayer?
Psalm 139

2.) Favorite saint?
St. John Marie Vianney

3.) A holy moment in your priesthood:
My father’s funeral Mass

4.) Something you've learned from your brother priests (or a particular priest):
To be accepting of people who think differently from me and whose vision of
Church stretches mine.

5.) Favorite part of being a priest:
Celebrating the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist, working with a wonderful staff, and visiting
the classes of our Catholic schools

6.) Advice for young people considering a vocation
“Be Not Afraid” to seriously consider a life of service to the Lord in the Church because the Lord
supplies the grace for a willing heart. Such a life of commitment, nourished by daily
prayer, brings indescribable joy even when the road gets bumpy.

7.) Something about you that few people would know:
I served six years active duty in the U.S. Navy without stepping foot on a ship.

8.) Favorite temporal (nonchurchy) things:
Books

9.) Favorite food:
Spaghetti & maple walnut ice cream