 Fr. Garry Cappleman, OP
Fr. Garry is a native of Baytown, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at
Austin with a B.A. history and social welfare studies in 1975 and a Master's degree in
social work in 1977. He worked from 1977 to 1995 as a licensed clinical social worker in
hospital, hospice and mental health settings.
He first met
the Dominicans in 1969 at the Newman Center in Eugene, Oregon while a student at the
University of Oregon, and again later in 1994 as a social work supervisor of Family
Preservation programs at the Anchorage Center for Families in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1995,
he entered the novitiate and made temporary vows for three years. He completed his
philosophical and theological studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
located in Berkeley, California. His pastoral year of residency was at the Catholic
campus ministry at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. His driving interests include
contemplative prayer, community building within a parish setting, healing and
reconciliation of families, and outreach to marginalized people. His first
assignment is at Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska.
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