Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P.

Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. is the Director of Vocations for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He earned a degree in biomedical sciences at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY where he also competed in Division 1 cross country and track. After his ordination in 2017 Fr. Jacob Bertrand served as the assistant chaplain at Aquinas House, the Catholic campus ministry center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. until 2018. Fr. Jacob Bertrand holds a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies. He is also a host of the podcast Godsplaining.

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