A native of Santo Domingo who came to the United States at 17 years of age, Fr. Schad was ordained on June 14, 2008 at the age of 30. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and later earned a master’s degree in foreign service and a law degree from Georgetown University. While there, Fr. Schad discerned his vocation and after taking the bar exam, he entered Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange, N.J. Fr. Schad has served as a seminarian at St. John Neumann and St. Martin of Tours in Gaithersburg, and at the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda. He was given the opportunity to serve as a Deacon at the Papal Mass at Nationals Park on April 17. We are pleased that he has been assigned Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes, where his talents and blessings as a new priest are a unique and special gift from the Holy Spirit.