 Fr. Donald J.
Bramble, OP
I was born in Quebec, Canada (1950)
and raised in south-central
Los Angeles, attending Daniel Murphy H.S. (at one time a
Dominican
high school), where I
got to know the friars. After two years at Cal State College,
Los Angeles, I entered the Dominicans in 1970. I was ordained
June 4, 1976, thirty-five years and
one day after my uncle’s ordination (Msgr. Keith Bramble). My
family is an extended Irish Catholic clan, long involved in
civil rights, with roots in California from the 1890’s. My
educational background includes
Masters
in Divinity
(D.S.P.T., 1977) and theology
(1978), as well as a master of psychiatric social work (University
of Utah, 1989).
I
have served in Alaska, Utah, California and Arizona in parishes,
Hispanic ministry, campus ministry, college teaching, retreats,
adult education, itinerant preaching, and was director of the
Dominican Mission Foundation for six years. Currently, I’m
pastor of Holy Family Cathedral, Anchorage, and Vicar General of
the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
I consider the Dominican community life an outstanding
opportunity to do wonderfully interesting and diverse ministry
in an incredibly diverse field, the Western United States, with
terrific friars in community. My training as a Dominican has
allowed me to take an intelligent approach to my work, and give s
me ample opportunities as a preacher. The international
character of the Order, the men and women, lay and religious in
the Dominican Family, the multitude of provinces, weave a rich
spiritual heritage reaching back to St. Dominic, St. Catherine
of Siena, St. Martin de Porres, and a host of other greats, who
are all our companions on the road to heaven! What wondrous
fellowship we have!
Updated: Octoberl 2004
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