Rev. John Ehrich, STL, was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Phoenix in 2000. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Meinrad College, an M.A. from St. Meinrad Seminary in 1998 and an MDiv from St. Meinrad in 2000. After five years of parish ministry, he studied moral theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome where he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) in 2007. Fr. Ehrich is the Medical Ethics Director for the Diocese of Phoenix, chaplain of the Catholic Medical Association and chaplain of the Catholic Physician's Guild of Phoenix. Fr. Ehrich is currently the pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Phoenix, AZ. He is the founder and director of the St. Thomas the Apostle Institute of Catholic Theology.