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From Harvard to a Monastery: Fr. Dan Kirby on Finding Your "Pearl of Great Price" – 07/24/2026
About This Conversation Ahead of Sunday's Gospel reading (Matthew 13:44–52, the parable of the pearl of great price), Fr. Dan Kirby joins Deacon Mark Campbell to help listeners prepare for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Fr. Kirby recalls a formative encounter from his seminary years at Conception Abbey: meeting Brother Dominic Maria Morgan, an elderly Benedictine brother and direct descendant of banker J.P. Morgan. A Harvard graduate with wealth, brains, and prospects, Brother Dominic walked away from a multi-million-dollar inheritance after converting to Catholicism and entering religious…
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