A native of Omaha, NE, Fr. Paul was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha in 1994. He entered our monastic community in 2003 and pronounced his first monastic vows in 2006. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. After several years of missionary work in El Rosal, Colombia, he now teaches at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.