Patrick Sweeney

Patrick Sweeney is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Washington. He grew up in a large close-knit Catholic family in upstate New York and moved to the DC area for his studies. As a seminarian, Patrick's previous assignments have included the Homeless Ministry in New York City and the District of Columbia, Prison Ministry at Howard County Jail, Liturgical Ministry at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and Parish Ministry at Ascension Church in Bowie, MD. Patrick is a Basselin Scholar and the current Archbasselin and Dean of the Basselin College at Theological College and the Catholic University of America. Patrick holds a Pontifical Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America and is currently pursuing a Pontifical Licentiate in Philosophy. Patrick's philosophical research has primarily been in Philosophy of Addiction (a subset of Bioethics) but he also has an interest in Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Phenomenology. In his free time, Patrick enjoys swimming, downhill skiing, and reading the classics. He is an enthusiastic Boston Red Sox fan, although since being in Washington he has developed an appreciation for the Nats.