 Br. Christopher Fadok, OP
Br. Christopher Fadok was born in 1968. Raised in Phoenix, Arizona, he attended
Catholic grade school at Most Holy Trinity Parish and high school at Brophy College Preparatory. In 1986
he received an Air Force ROTC scholarship and studied engineering in Chicago. His thoughts at that time
turned to God and philosophy and in 1987 he began to study philosophy at the University of Arizona in
Tucson.
Steeped in Anglo-American analytic philosophy, Br. Christopher
questioned his Catholic faith for years. But impressed by the philosophical works of John Paul II and
other Catholic thinkers, he began a study of Catholic thought and formally returned to the Church,
receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1997. That same year he joined the Dominicans, whose life of
prayer and study he greatly admired.
After six months in the Novitiate, he left the Order to discern a vocation to
marriage. He returned to Arizona and dated the same wonderful woman for four years while working in the
field of computers. But compelled by the power of the Gospel and a sense that God was truly calling him,
Br. Christopher returned to the Dominicans in 2002.
He received the degree Master of Philosophy from the Dominican School of Philosophy
and Theology in 2006 and is currently working toward Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees
with the hope of teaching someday. His other interests include playing the drums, listening to jazz, and
distance running. He is also exploring his Ukrainian Catholic heritage.
Br. Christopher points to his mother and father, brothers and sisters, and their
spouses--his entire family--as the greatest school of love and self-sacrifice he has known. He therefore
credits all of them with building up in him the strength to happily receive the grace of his religious
vocation.
[Updated 7/3/06]
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