
Ryan Mann
Birthday | February 9 |
Ordination Year | 2026 |
Home Town | Ottawa, IL |
Home Parish | St. Columba, Ottawa |
Undergraduate | St. Mary’s University of Minnesota (BA in Philosophy and History) |
Favorite Saint | St. Thomas Becket, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Maria Goretti, St. Martha of Bethany |
Vocation Story | During my years of Catholic elementary and high school, I was blessed to have a number of priests as teachers and mentors. The witness of these priests prompted me to begin praying about my own vocation. The desire to be a priest began to grow in my heart during my freshman year of high school; by the time I came to my senior year, I knew I had to enter seminary after graduation. |