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Fr. Joseph Wood acquired his secondary and post-secondary education at St. Mary’s Academy and College, where, taught by Mr. Bill Dredger (SMC ‘84) he developed a love for the Latin language, an appreciation fostered in great measure by Rev. Fr. Ramón Anglés, Rector of SMAC from 1989-2003. After graduation from SMC in 2003, Fr. Wood entered St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary of the Society of St. Pius X in Winona, MN, where he remained after his ordination in 2009 to teach English grammar, Latin, and liturgy. Encouraged by the seminary Rector, Fr. Yves le Roux, he spent several summers in France learning French in different regions and schools, including the Sorbonne in Paris, as well as two summers in Milwaukee, WI perfecting his Latin at Latinitatis Schola Aestiva Milvauchiensis under the guidance of former Papal Latinist, Fr. Reginald Foster. Stationed in St. Marys in 2016, he served as Principal of the SMA Boys’ School for four years and in the fall of 2020, he began teaching courses in philosophy, theology, and Latin at St. Mary’s College.
