Diocese:
Lexington

Vocation Story:
I was brought up in a small Catholic family in Lexington, Ky. Both of my parents are disabled and our life was often difficult as I grew up. It forced a reliance on God that today I could never live without, and was the foundation of our life as a family. I went to public schools where I argued my way into Catechesis and apologetics, and I was very active in the Youth Group at the Cathedral of Christ the King. I attended Eastern Kentucky University in 2014 and left in 2016 due to some family and spiritual difficulties. I worked as a full time screen printer for the next three years and worked and participated in every parish event I could get my hands on after that. I fell in love with the Church all over again and began to discern a calling to the priesthood in March of 2018 at a Diocesan Youth Retreat. I look forward to working with youth and the sick particularly as a seminarian and hopefully one day as a priest.

Who is your favorite saint?
Tie between St Thomas Aquinas and Ignatius of Loyola

What is your favorite hobby?
Pipe smoking and Illustration

What is your favorite quote?
“If all the trees were bread and cheese there would be considerable deforestation...” -G.K. Chesterton