School Chaplain
Fr. Dominique Peridans -Associate Pastor
The child of Belgian immigrants, Fr. Dominique was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. A graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, he began his undergraduate studies at West Virginia University and finished at the University of Steubenville in Ohio with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Upon graduation he moved to Brussels, Belgium, where he worked with mentally challenged adults in the l’Arche community. From there, he joined the Congregation of Saint John, based in Burgundy, France. In the Congregation, he received a DEUG (Master equivalent) in both Philosophy and Theology and was ordained to the priesthood in 1996. Fr. Dominique’s first ministerial appointment was in the Diocese of Laredo, Texas, where he served, in a non-parochial setting, in various capacities, from prison chaplain to university chaplain, until arriving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2003. He has served at Our Lady of Sorrows in Owensville, Holy Family in Davidsonville and Saint John in Frederick. In addition to his love for ministry, Fr. Dominique enjoys bicycling, yoga, various arts, philosophical debate, natural foods, and more. Like the other priests of the parish, he too is honored to be serving at Saint Louis Parish.