Friars at St. Patrick's
Fr. Hyacinth Cordell, O.P. (Pastor)
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. (Parochial Vicar)
Fr. Dominic Bump, O.P. (In Residence)
Br. James Wallace, O.P. (In Residence)
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. (Parochial Vicar)
Fr. Dominic Bump, O.P. (In Residence)
Br. James Wallace, O.P. (In Residence)
Bios
Fr. Hyacinth Cordell, O.P. is from suburban Chicago. He's a drummer and percussionist, and studied music one year at the University of North Texas. He graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in Philosophy and Letters. He has an M.Div., S.T.B., and S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He was ordained a priest in 2011. He served as parochial vicar at St. Pius V in Providence, RI for four years, and for three years at St. Dominic in Washington, DC. He was pastor for two years at St. Dominic before being asked to be pastor here at St. Patrick's in June, 2020. He has an interest in music and health. He runs regularly and eats what is known as the Whole Food Plant Based Diet (a healthy vegan diet). Every year he goes to Kolkata, India in October to teach an intensive course on the Eucharist to the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa's sisters), and he invites any who are interested to go with him and volunteer while he teaches.
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. grew up in Steubenville, OH. Like his parents, he attended Franciscan University, where he studied American Literature and Theology. His father, Bill, works for Ally Auto Finance, and his mother, Theresa, is a parochial school principal. He has three other siblings.
Upon graduation, he worked as a lifeguard in San Diego, CA, and as a youth minister in Denver, CO. In 2011, he entered the Order of Preachers in Cincinnati, OH, and he completed his seminary studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His ministries during these years were focused on hospital chaplaincy and Hispanic outreach. He made his final vows as a Dominican friar on January 20, 2016. He was ordained a priest on May 19, 2018, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Saint Patrick’s is his first official assignment as a priest, where he serves as parochial vicar. In June, Fr. Tim will be moving on to a new assignment, to be chaplain at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Upon graduation, he worked as a lifeguard in San Diego, CA, and as a youth minister in Denver, CO. In 2011, he entered the Order of Preachers in Cincinnati, OH, and he completed his seminary studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His ministries during these years were focused on hospital chaplaincy and Hispanic outreach. He made his final vows as a Dominican friar on January 20, 2016. He was ordained a priest on May 19, 2018, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Saint Patrick’s is his first official assignment as a priest, where he serves as parochial vicar. In June, Fr. Tim will be moving on to a new assignment, to be chaplain at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Br. James Wallace, O.P. was born and raised in Rochester, NY, the oldest of four children. He graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in applied mathematics, taught math at his alma mater for a few years, but then moved to the Albany area to join a friend on a religious quest. This quest ended with both of them becoming Catholic and being confirmed at St. Anthony's Church in Schenectady, NY. He entered the Dominican Order as a novice in 2014 and made his solemn profession in 2019. Prior to his assignment to Saint Patrick's, he taught religion at a high school in Virginia. Br. James teaches Religion at St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls.
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Fr. Ephrem Reese, O.P., will be joining our community at the end of May to be the new parochial vicar to replace Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. is from Harrisburg, PA. He was a Methodist in his youth, and was confirmed in the Catholic Church in 2010, the same year he earned a B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. He sought to follow the example of Dorothy Day in several Catholic Worker communities and other groups until he entered the Dominicans in 2013.
Fr. Ephrem was ordained a priest in 2020, and spent a year working for the Thomistic Institute. He has family roots in South Philly and Fishtown, and tries to maintain a general awareness of the best coffee in the area, having been a competitive DC barista immediately before entering Religion. He is enthusiastic about American music, sacred theology, and Syriac. |
Aquinas 101 Videos
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St. Thomas Aquinas is one of the great saints of the Dominican Order, whose thought has profoundly shaped the theology of the Church and is especially relevant in dealing with the issues of our age. The Thomistic Institute, based out of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, has put out a series of engaging videos introducing people to his wisdom. Here is the introductory video to the series. We encourage you to make your way through all the videos on the Aquinas 101 YouTube playlist.
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