Hometown: Lansing, MI
Year in Formation: Postulant
College: University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), 2019
College Degree: English & Political Science
Graduate School: University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), 2021
Graduate Degree: M.Ed.
Career Before Formation: High School English Teacher/ Civics Teacher/ Cross Country & Track Coach
Patron Saint: St. Joseph & St. John Bosco
Favorite Movie: Dead Poets Society, Interstellar
Favorite Books: All the Light We Cannot See, The Great Gatsby, Into Your Hands, Red Rising
Favorite Music: Lincoln Brewster, The Worship Initiative, The Band Camino, Fly by Midnight, various Broadway.
Hobbies: Running, reading (literature and poetry especially), playing piano and singing, composing music, creative writing, board games.
Most Memorable Prayer/Liturgy you have Attended: End-of-year Mass at Archbishop Shaw High School, May 2024. I have had the privilege of being the director of music ministry at Shaw for the past few years, and I have loved being able to lead my students in our use of song to praise the Lord and to join together as a school community. My last Mass with them is one that I remember particularly fondly.
Place of Pilgrimage you Most Want to Visit and why: I would like to do the Camino de Santiago sometime: the idea of a physical journey that mirrors spiritual journeying resonates with me.
Favorite Way to Pray: Journaling in conversation with God, spending time with God in Eucharistic Adoration, singing/accompanying on the piano.
Favorite Devotion: The Rosary
What drew you to Holy Cross? I have always felt called to teaching and mentoring, and I am drawn to Holy Cross’ charism of education. I also feel drawn to the strong community that men of Holy Cross have and the joy that they radiate in their ministries.
Favorite Verse: “Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” -Joshua 1:9
Favorite Quote: “To live without faith, without heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along.'” -Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
How can visitors to this page pray for you? Please pray for my continued discernment of how the Lord is calling me to serve the Church and build up His kingdom!