Fr. Louis P. Masi was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He prepared for the priesthood at New York’s St. John Neumann Seminary, the Theological College in Washington, DC, and The Pontifical North American College in Rome. While in Washington, DC, he completed a Bachelor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.B.) and Licentiate in Philosophy (Ph.L.) at The Catholic University of America. While in Rome, he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology Degree (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a Diploma in Joseph Ratzinger Studies and Spirituality from the Patristic Institute Augustinianum. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York by Timothy Cardinal Dolan on May 26, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Immediately after priestly ordination, he returned to Rome to complete a Licentiate in Patristic Theology and Sciences (S.T.L.) at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum. He began serving as Parochial Vicar of St. Mary, Mother of the Church in Fishkill in July 2019.