Gratitude for Fr. Ramón by Charlie Thom '25

Through the turbulence of the 2023-2024 school year with the sudden absence of PVI’s beloved chaplain Fr. Schultz due to health issues, Father Ramón was a great blessing to the PVI community. While the students and staff enjoyed the diverse priests who celebrated the daily Masses in the Chapel, having Fr. Ramón be the school’s interim chaplain for most of the school year was a welcomed constant. His retreats never failed to guide students through the complicated issues of teenage life, and he always delivered a meaningful, heartfelt homily during his morning and schoolwide Masses

For those who didn’t know it, Fr. Ramón Domínguez was born in Cuba and moved to the US soon after, growing up in Connecticut and Maryland. His upbringing and faith became intertwined very early on by attending Catholic schools and garnering Christian values at home Alongside his spiritual upbringing, he cultivated his skills in the kitchen perfecting his grandmother’s flan recipe, and he honed his prowess in arm wrestling, to which he is always up for a challenge.

While Father always had a passion for discovering the mechanisms of the world around him expressing this in his hobbies and culminating in his career as a mechanical engineer, he felt his faith beckoning him, leading him to seminary school and ultimately, to us here at PVI.

If you’re up for challenging Fr. Ramón to an arm wrestling match, want to find out about his favorite Ramones’ tune or simply want to keep in touch with him, you can find him at Queen of Apostles parish in Alexandria where he now serves as the Parochial Vicar.