Hometown: Chicago, IL
Year in Formation: Postulant
College: University of Notre Dame
College Degree: B.A., Program of Liberal Studies
Career Before Formation: Private Equity Investor
Patron Saint: St. Augustine, St. Carlo Acutis, St. Giorgio Frassati, (and venerable Patrick Payton, C.S.C.)
Favorite Movie: The Whit Stillman ‘trilogy’ (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco) and Wes Anderson films
Favorite Books: The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton and Crime and Punishment and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Favorite Music: Indie Folk (Kings of Convenience), Melodic House (Ben Böhmer), and Classical/Choral
Hobbies: Books (mostly theology these days), blogs (Stratechery, Marginal Revolution), podcasts (Pints with Aquinas, Invest Like the Best), running, hiking, and watching sports
Most Memorable Prayer/Liturgy you have Attended: Pentecost Sunday, 2024 at St. Brigid in South Boston, when I first heard the call to the priesthood
Place of Pilgrimage you Most Want to Visit and why: Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadalupe – to increase my devotion to Mary at these miraculous sites
Favorite Way to Pray: Eucharistic Adoration
What drew you to Holy Cross? The charism of “Educators in the Faith,” the focus on the Cross as “Our Only Hope,” the call to live as “Men with Hope to Bring,” and life in community
Favorite Verse: Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me” – Mark 10:21
Favorite Quote: Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy, where there is no life at all? – Saint Augustine, Confessions
How can visitors to this page pray for you? Please pray to Mary, Queen of Heaven, and ask for her intercession on my behalf