Our Pastor

• Born on September 18, 1954 the sixth of seven children of Bernard W. and Bertha H. (Fehsenfeld) Ardis.  

• Graduated with a BA from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI in May, 1976. 

• Served as a Director of Religious Education in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI for 8 years from 1976-1984.  

• August, 1984 entered the Paulist Novitiate in Oak Ridge, NJ

• August, 1985 took 1st Profession as a Paulist

• January, 1989 took Final Profession as a Paulist

• June, 1989 ordained to the Diaconate, served as a deacon in Clemson, SC, at St. Andrew's Parish

• Ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood as a Paulist priest on May 12, 1990 at the mother church of the Paulist Fathers, St. Paul the Apostle Church, 60th and Columbus Avenue

• July 1, 1990 to August 1, 1994 served as Associate Pastor at Pope Saint John XXIII University Parish in Knoxville, TN

• August 1, 1994 to August 1, 1998 served as the Vocation Director for the Paulist Fathers

• August, 1998 until January 5, 2007 served as the Director of the Paulist Center, Boston, MA and superior of the Paulists in Boston

• April, 2007, to July 31, 2015, served as pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Los Angeles and superior of the Paulist Fathers in Greater Los Angeles

• August, 2015, to July 7, 2018, served as Paulist Fathers Senior Director of Mission Advancement

• July 7, 2018 Pastor and Superior, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco