Sahaja’s life in a page

Curriculum Vitae

Although no life can be truly captured in black and white and condensed into the space of a page, we can sure try! This Curriculum Vitae shares some of the more important vocational, educational, professional, and ministerial touchstones of my life.

Vocational Milestones

• Benedictine Monk (tradition of affiliation: Roman Catholic): 2007 – 2024 (U.S.A. and Rome, Italy)
• Priest (tradition of affiliation: Roman Catholic): 2013 – 2024 (U.S.A. and Rome, Italy)
• Brahmachari Monk (tradition of affiliation: Advaita Vedanta): 2026 – present (U.S.A. and Rishikesh, India)

Educational Experience

• High School Diploma: 1994 (Bishop Montgomery High School; Torrance, CA)
• B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Psychology: 1998 (Loyola Marymount University; Los Angeles, CA)
• M.A. (Master of Arts), Counseling: 2000 (Loyola Marymount University; Los Angeles, CA)
• M.A. (Master of Arts), Educational Psychology: 2001 (Loyola Marymount University; Los Angeles, CA)
• M.A. (Master of Arts), Theology: 2007 (Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College; Alexandria, VA)
• S.T.B. (Bachelor of Sacred Theology): 2012 (Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant’Anselmo; Rome, Italy)
• S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology): 2014 (Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family; Rome, Italy)
• S.T.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology): 2018 (Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family; Rome, Italy)
• Residential program of philosophical, scriptural, and linguistic study of Advaita Vedanta: 2025 – 2026 (Dayananda Ashram; Rishikesh, India)

Professional and Related Experience

• School Psychologist: 2001 – 2007 (Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, CA, 2001 – 2005, and Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD, 2006 – 2007)
• National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (“NCMHCE”): Successful completion, 2025
• Associate Certified Coach (“ACC”) with the International Coaching Federation (“ICF”): 2025 – present

Ministerial Experience

• “Holy Trinity Outreach” (Food distribution and care of low-income families): Founder and director, 1998 – 2004 (San Pedro, CA)
• Retreat master and guide of parish missions & spiritual days of recollection: 2009 – 2024 (U.S.A.)
• Chaplain for various communities of Religious Sisters: 2013 – 2024 (U.S.A. and Rome, Italy)
• Parish minister: including sacramental ministry, prison ministry, spiritual direction and counseling of priests, consecrated/“religious” Sisters and Brothers, couples, youth, and the elderly: 2015 – 2024 (U.S.A.)
• Hospital Chaplain: 2019 – 2024 (Regions Hospital; Saint Paul, MN)
• Sahaja Ministries: 2026 – present