Fr. Brent was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine. He began discerning the call to religious life during graduate school at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and entered the Dominican Friars, Province of St. Albert the Great USA in 2012.  Ordained, in 2019, discerning charisms through the Called & Gifted discernment process played an important part in his priestly formation. A presenter for the Institute, he desires to help other realize the life-changing role that charism discernment plays in the life of a disciple of Jesus. Fr. Brent received a Doctor of Ministry in Evangelization from the Catholic University of America. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Preaching & Evangelization at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, MO.