Drake McCalister

Father Drake McCalister has been the coordinator of the catechetical practicum for the Office of Catechetics at Franciscan University since 2007 and pastor of Holy Family Church in Steubenville since 2023. He has worked with OCIA, youth ministry, children's ministry, evangelization, catechist formation, and has served as a writer and speaker. A Pentecostal pastor in the Foursquare Church for 13 years, he resigned his pastorate after 5 years of study, prayer, and reluctance and brought his wife, Crystal, and three daughters (now five) home to the Catholic Church on December 12, 2004, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Father Drake was ordained to the priesthood on December 19, 2019. To read how this was possible, visit thattheymaybeone.org.