Church of St. Patrick, Huntington

High School:  Chaminade

College: University of Maryland, College Park

Hobbies: Playing sports and music with friends.

Favorite Saint: St. Joseph

Favorite Bible Verse: Mt. 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will refresh you. Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.”

Favorite Book: Fr. Elijah by Michael D. O’Brien

Vocation Influencers: The Office of Readings for St. Francis Xavier. The book Priests We Need to Save the Church by Kevin Wells. Fr. Rob Walsh, my chaplain at UMD, priest of the Archdiocese of Washington; Fr. Conor Sullivan, my first spiritual director and assistant chaplain at UMD, priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis; the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in Glen Cove; Fr. Joseph Scolaro.  All my educators in the Faith

Early movements in your vocation: Talking with other friends at Maryland who were discerning, going on a discernment retreat, attending young adult events in the diocese after graduating, Exodus90 with priest and lay friends.