Fr. Michael K. Holleran

Fr. Michael Holleran was raised on Long Island and attended Regis High School in Manhattan. In the five years he was a Jesuit, he attended Fordham Rose Hill and received degrees in Philosophy and Classical Languages. Upon graduation, he entered the Carthusian Order and remained for 22 years: 12 years spent in Vermont, seven at the Grande Chartreuse in France, and three in England. Since 1994, he has worked as a parish priest in Manhattan and the Bronx. In 2009, he was received as a priest of the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Egan, and also became a Sensei in the White Plum Asanga of the Zen tradition. Fr. Michael loves interfaith work, travel, and film.