Father Carter Griffin

Father Carter Griffin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Raised Presbyterian, he converted to Catholicism while attending Princeton University. He served for four years as a line officer in the United States Navy prior to entering the seminary. Father Griffin is rector at St. John Paul II Seminary, where he has served since 2011. He is the author of Why Celibacy: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, Cross-Examined: Catholic Responses to the World’s Questions, Forming Fathers: Seminary Wisdom for Every Priest, and most recently, Forming Families, Forming Saints, all published by Emmaus Road Publishing. Scepter Press will soon publish Reclaimed: Win the War of Freedom, Self-Mastery, and Holy Purity.