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Also an Ohio native, Marianst Brother Tom 
Wendorf joins the Provincial Council as Assis­
tant for Education.  
Born in Brunswick, Ohio, Bro. Tom first  
encountered the Marianists while a student at 
University of Dayton and, after graduating in 
1986, professed first vows in 1988. He served as 
an English teacher at Msgr. John R. Hackett 
Catholic Central High School in Kalamazoo, 
Michigan, for three years before earning his doc­
torate in English and American literature from 
Washington University in St. Louis in 1999. He 
then taught full-time at University of Dayton for 11 years, followed by seven 
years of service to the Marianists as Province Vocation Director. In 2017, 
Bro. Tom returned to University of Dayton’s English department, where 
he taught full time until his appointment to the Council. 
Bro. Tom has previously stated, “We seek to respond to the needs of 
our particular time and place.” Rooted in education, filled with faith, 
and with Mary as his model of discipleship, he will do just that.  
Brother Tom Wendorf, SM
Brother Tom Wendorf, SM
Outside of the Society of Mary, Bro. Bob has served the United States 
Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Conference of Major Superiors 
of Men; the National Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutes and 
the Resource Center for Religious Institutes; and the Christian Brothers 
Religious Comprehensive Medical Trust.  
Although a second term on the Provincial Council is not something 
he thought he would be doing at this stage of his life, Bro. Bob accepts 
this change and acknowledges the changes to come — changes due to 
the aging and decreasing professed population. 
“I am looking forward to listening to our brothers to see how we should 
position ourselves to prepare for a much smaller province,” he said. 
“Some of the changes will not be easy, but with Mary as our guide and 
model, we will be able to accomplish this.”
Marianist Father Michael Chiuri will serve as Councilor for the Provincial 
Council. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Fr. Mike earned a bachelor of 
commerce from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi in 
1997; a master of business administration from California State University 
in San Bernadino, California in 2000; a baccalaureate in Sacred Theology 
from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy, 
in 2020; and will complete his doctorate in business administration at 
DePaul University in Chicago, in 2027. 
Father Michael Chiuri, SM
“WE SEEK TO  
RESPOND TO THE 
NEEDS OF OUR 
PARTICULAR TIME 
AND PLACE.” 
 
– Brother Tom Wendorf, SM

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