Rev. Thomas Aschenbrener is a native of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric with a minor in Art History at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. In 2002 he received a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and in 2003 a Master’s in Divinity from Mundelein Seminary in Illinois and is currently working on completing his Sacred Theological Licentiate in Systematics with an emphasis on Marriage and Family. Fr. Aschenbrener is the author of the popular One in Christ Marriage Program and Preparing for the Rite of Matrimony. Fr. Aschenbrener was ordained to the priesthood by Francis Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago in May of 2003. He has served at St. Luke in River Forest, St. Alphonsus in Chicago, Holy Name Cathedral, and is currently the Pastor of St. Mary of Perpetual Help in Chicago.