Fr. John Pietropaoli

Fr. John Pietropaoli was born in Malone, New York. He joined the Legionaries of Christ in 2000, and subsequently spent 4 years studying spirituality and classical humanities in Cheshire, Connecticut.

He then went to Rome, Italy, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 2006. From 2006-2011 he worked in development and in the order’s secretariat in New York, before returning to Rome to complete a BA in Theology and a MA in Spirituality. From 2014-2017 he served as chaplain at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, Virginia. From 2017-2021 he was stationed in Philadelphia as, and since May, 2021, he has taught literature and spirituality at the Legion of Christ College of Humanities in Cheshire.