ALUMNI HIGHLIGHT FR. DAVID TOMASZYCKI (’10)
David TomaszyckI Ordained a Priest Congratulations to newly ordained Ave alumnus, Fr. David Tomaszycki. Fr. Tomaszycki was ordained in May at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the Archdiocese of Detroit by Archbishop Allen Vigneron. He was among the members of the Fall 2007 entering class and graduated in 2010 with a degree in Philosophy. When he came to Ave Maria in 2007, there were 418 undergraduate students and his entering class was 187.
During his time in Rome, he had the chance to serve vespers with Pope Benedict XVI and Mass for Pope Francis. In the summer of 2013—the same year the Mother Teresa Project was founded at AMU—Dave traveled to Calcutta to work with the Missionaries of Charity. During his time serving in Calcutta, he volunteered at Daya Dan, the home of disabled children. Fr. David Tomaszycki now serves as a priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
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After graduating, he attended Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and has studied in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Sacred Theology. Fr. Tomaszycki also studied at the John Paul II Institute.
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