Fr. Patrick grew up in St. Louis. Before he entered the Dominicans, he taught middle school at St. Michael Indian School on the Navajo Nation.
He professed first vows with the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great in 2010 and was ordained a priest on May 14, 2016.
Fr. Patrick has served at St. Paul's as a priest since 2016 and served as pastor since 2019. He holds an MA in Theology and an MDiv from the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. He is currently pursuing a Master of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) at the University of Notre Dame.