AUTHORS

Father Brawn Sullivan

Father Brawn Sullivan was born to a large and active Catholic family in Marysville, California.  He was educated at the University of California at Berkeley where he majored in political science.  Following his graduation he spent fifteen years on the campus, working at the Career Planning and Placement Center, while writing his first novels, and working with agents in New York, looking for success as a writer.  Fr. Sullivan heard the call to priesthood in his mid-thirties, and immediately found himself involved with youth catechesis; he became one of the Confirmation instructors to the teens in the Marysville parish.  From there he became Youth Minister in Marysville, a set of experiences which, in his own words, “Changed not only my life but the way I think about life.”  Studying for the priesthood at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and at St. Patrick’s Seminary, on the San Francisco Peninsula, Fr. Sullivan earned three masters degrees and was ordained for the Diocese of Oakland in 2006.  He is a popular speaker, having given parish talks, retreats and missions around the country.  He is a regular presenter with ShalomWorld Television.  Author of twenty books, several of them novels, Fr. Sullivan is a prolific and diverse Catholic writer.  Continuing his work with the young, Fr. Sullivan currently serves as chaplain to the teens at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland.  He resides at St. Clement Parish in Hayward.