Fr. Chris Wittmann, SM has served for nine years as Director of Novices for the brothers and priests of the Marianist Province of the U.S.  He earned a Master of Divinity degree from St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology in Toronto.  He holds a M.A. in theological studies and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Dayton.  Fr. Chris has served previously in high school ministry and campus ministry at the University of Dayton.  He was previous director of the Marianist LIFE Retreat Program, a summer program for 70 students from the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Fr. Chris enjoys cycling, birding and sailing. He is a novice hand-tool woodworker.