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Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV
Cofounder and Director
Fr. Gallagher was ordained to the priesthood in 1979 as a member of the Congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. In 1983, he obtained his doctorate from The Pontifical Gregorian University, and became a spiritual director and retreat leader. He has taught at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and Our Lady of Grace Seminary Residence, Boston, both in Massachusetts. In 2015, Father Gallagher accepted the St. Ignatius Chair for Spiritual Formation at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver. He has written over twenty books on spiritual themes, published articles in Catholic periodicals, appears frequently on Catholic television, and records many podcasts, radio interviews, series on YouTube, and virtual events used throughout the English-speaking Catholic world.
Fr. Mark Yavarone, OMV
Cofounder
Fr. Yavarone grew up at the New Jersey shore and graduated from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1987. He attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina, earning a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Anatomy in 1991. He made his perpetual profession of vows in October 1999 and was ordained a priest in April 2000.
He has since served as Associate Pastor at St. Andrew’s Parish in Avenel, NJ, has completed his certification in spiritual direction through the Cenacle of Our Lady of Divine Providence in Clearwater, FL, spent nine years as a missionary in the Philippines, served as a member of the faculty at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, MA for six years, and was Director of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat Center in Venice, FL until January 2025. His work has appeared in The Way, Linacre Quarterly, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
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