Topic: Be of Good Courage, for God Holds All in His Hands
Father Gary Sumpter served as a Spiritual Director for the Maris Stella Institute since 2017, infusing MSI with a strong Marian consecration, spirituality, and fidelity to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Father Gary serves as chaplain of Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep in Napa, and previously served as Kolbe-Trinity’s school chaplain from 1996-2002. He is priest-in-residence at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Napa, and in his native Diocese of Santa Rosa, he served as pastor, hospital chaplain, and high school theology teacher. He has led many retreats and missions at parishes in California and Washington state, including St. Clare’s.