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Alumni Vocations

The tens of thousands of graduates of PND have left our halls to make a tremendous (even Saintly) impact on the world. We are happy to celebrate our Alumni who have entered religious life. 

Priests & Monsignors

Fr. Nicholas Conner

PND Class of 2014

 Parochial Vicar of Blessed Sacrament, Morton (2024)

Fr. Nicolas Wilson

PND Class of 2013

While remaining Parochial Vicar of St. Columba, Ottawa; St. Francis of Assisi, Ottawa; St. Patrick, Ottawa; and St. Mary Shrine, Naplate; Chaplain of Marquette Academy, Ottawa (2023)

Fr. Patrick Wille

PND Class of 2013

Parochial Vicar of St. Mary, Moline; Chaplain of Alleman High School, Rock Island (2023), Diocese of Peoria

Fr. Kyle Lucas

PND Class of 2005

Chaplain and Director of St. John Paul II Newman Center, Normal (2002), Diocese of Peoria

Rev. John Eckert, V.F.

PND Class of 2000

Serves as a Priest of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salisbury under the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina

Rev. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J.

PND Class of 2000

Serves as principal at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, MO

Fr. Matthew Buettner

PND Class of 1994

He is also a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Dominic (3rd Order Dominican) and assists with the Lay Dominicans in the Charlotte area.

Rev. Keith Walder

PND Class of 1994

Serves as Pastor of St. Thomas, Philo, IL and St. Mary, Pesotum, IL under the Diocese of Peoria, IL 

Fr. Christopher Dunlap

PND Class of 1989

Currently serves as a Pastor of Christ Prince of Peace School within the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri

Rev. David Whiteside

PND Class of 1989

Serves as Chaplain for the Hermits of St. Mary of Carmel in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota

Fr. Gregory Nelson

Bergen High School Class of 1986

Pastor at St. Theresa of Avila, Earlville; Holy Cross, Mendota; Sts. Peter and Paul, Peterstown (2024)

Monsignor Mark J. Merdian, STL

Spadling Institute Class of 1985

Pastor of St. Columba, Ottawa; St. Francis of Assisi, Ottawa; St. Patrick, Ottawa; St. Mary Shrine, Naplate; and Vicar Forane of the Ottawa Vicariate (2022).

Fr. Stephen Willard

Spalding Institute Class of 1985

Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul, Peoria (2018) and Vicar Forane of the Peoria Vicariate (2019)

Fr. David Kipfer

Bergan High School Class of 1980

Pastor of St. Mary, Metamora (2022)

 

Fr. Michael J. Driscoll, PhD

Bergan High School Class of 1980

Chaplain and Director of Pastoral  are of OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Ottawa (2012); Pastor of St. Mary, Utica (2016)

 

Msgr. Jeffrey Laible

Spalding Institute Class of 1979

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2023); Past Assignments – Vicar General & Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of the Military, USA (2021)

 

Fr. Eugene Radosevich

Spalding Institute Class of 1978

Pastor of St. Bernard, Bushnell; St. Augustine, St. Augustine; Sacred Heart, Abingdon (2024)

Msgr. Gerald T. Ward

Bergan High School Class of 1971

Senior Status (2023)

 

Fr. David Heinz

Bergan High School Class of 1968

Senior Status (2020)

 

Fr. Donald R. Henderson

Spalding Institute Class of 1961

Senior Status (2016)

 

Fr. Joseph Anderson

Spalding Institute Class of 1953

Senior Status (2005)

 

Fr. David Roche

Spalding Institute Class of 1950

Senior Status (2003)

 

Sisters

Sr. Mariam Caritas, SV

PND Class of 1995

Serves within Sisters of Life in the [Arch]diocese of New York, Albany, Bridgeport, Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and Toronto, Canada. 

Sr. Mary Louise Marck

PND Class of 1999

Serves within The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD). Teaches 8th grade Humanities at Sts. Peter & Paul.  

Sr. Lucy Clare LeFante, SCTJM

PND Class of 2020

Serves within the Diocese of Phoenix, AZ under the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus & Mary

Sr. Rachel Lucia Kottoor, SCTJM

PND Class of 2018

Serves under the Diocese of Gliwice, Poland within the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus & Mary

Sr. Faustina Hoerdeman

PND Class of 2022

Postulant for Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George; Currently in formation in Alton, IL

Seminarians

JohnPaul Stedwill

PND Class of 2016

Entered in 2020, Class of 2026. Studying at Mundelein Seminary

Anthony Willi

PND Class of 2018

Entered in 2023, Class of 2029, Studying at St. Mary of the Lake – Mundelein 

Tim Johnson

PND Class of 2015

Redemptorist Mater Seminary in Brooklyn, New York

Daniel Miller

PND Class of 2024

Entered in 2024, Class of 2032; Studying at IHM Seminary in Winona, MN