Fr. Tom Ovalle, OMI

Director of the Ministry to Ministers Sabbatical Program

Email: tovalle@ost.edu

Office Hours: By Appointment

Office/s:

Pat Guidon Center

Education:

BA (Spanish, Secondary Education, and Philosophy) Creighton University

MDiv Oblate College of the Southwest BA

Instituto de Verano (Spanish) Universidad Autónoma de México

Father Tom Ovalle, OMI has been involved in the Education and Formation Programs of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Served as Campus Minister at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas

Assigned Pastor of two parishes, Nuestra Senora de San Juan de los Lagos in San Antonio, Texas and St. Patrick’s in Houston, Texas

Coordinated the Internship Program at OST for several years

Director of Retreat House Ministries (Christian Renewal Center in Dickinson, Texas and Oblate Renewal Center in San Antonio, Texas)

Appointed Director of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois and also of the Lourdes Grotto/ Tepeyac Shrine

Served in the Provincial Administration of the OMI United States Province