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Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB

Benedictine monk, author and spiritual director

Fr. Boniface Hicks is a Benedictine monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and a parochial vicar at Divine Grace Parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Raised an atheist, he was baptized Catholic at 21 while a student at Penn State, where he went on to earn a PhD in computer science. He entered Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2004.

He is the author of The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass, The Fruit of Her Womb, a 33-day consecration to Jesus through Mary, and Through the Heart of St. Joseph, and co-author with Fr. Thomas Acklin, OSB, of Personal Prayer and Spiritual Direction. He has shared his conversion story on EWTN’s The Journey Home and is an on-air contributor to WAOB Catholic radio.