Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
Year in Formation: Postulant
College: United States Air Force Academy
College Degree: Humanities
Career Before Formation: Intelligence Officer
Patron Saint: Wenceslaus
Favorite Movie: ’71, A Man for All Seasons, Casino
Favorite Books: Plato’s Gorgias, Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, Zweig’s The World of Yesterday
Favorite Music: Country
Hobbies: Philosophy, Two-Stepping, Skiing
Most Memorable Prayer/Liturgy you have Attended: Prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood
Place of Pilgrimage you Most Want to Visit and why: Jerusalem to see where Christ died and rose
Favorite Way to Pray: In a church in front of a tabernacle
What drew you to Holy Cross? The men of the Holy Cross and their zeal to educate the Christian faithful.
Favorite Verse: Do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6: 31 – 34)
Favorite Quote: That was only a prelude; where one burns books, one will also in the end burn men.
How can visitors to this page pray for you? Please pray that I can have faith in God’s plan for me and not be distracted by empty illusions.