Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I was brought up in an Evangelical home in Pennsylvania. After graduating from the fundamentalist Bob Jones University with a degree in Speech and English, I went to study theology at Oxford University. Eventually I was ordained as an Anglican priest and served as a curate, a school chaplain in Cambridge and a country parson on the Isle of Wight.

Realizing that the Anglican Church and I were on divergent paths, in 1995 I and my family were received into the Catholic Church. For ten years we continued to live in England where I worked as a freelance writer and charity worker. Then in 2006 the door opened to return to the USA and be ordained as a Catholic priest.

I now serve as Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville, South Carolina.

I had always wanted to be a writer, but it was only when I left the Anglican Church to become Catholic I suddenly had something to write about. I began writing short articles for the Catholic press, and then a few books came along.

I’ve now published about twenty books and booklets across a range of topics: apologetics, the saints and Catholic culture. My latest book comes out in November 2017. The Mystery of the Magi- the Quest for the True Identity of the Three Wise Men. I’m working now on a big book about angels. Check out my bookstore for more. Donor subscribers receive a 15% discount on all books.