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

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

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

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. Christopher Dunlap

PND Class of 1989

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

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.

Fr. Kyle Lucas

PND Class of 2005

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

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. 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).

Monsignor Mark J. Merdian, STL

PND 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. Nicholas Conner

PND Class of 2014

Parochial Vicar of Blessed Sacrament, Morton (2024).

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.