Fr. Ben Keller, OP, joined St. Tom’s for his first assignment following ordination in May 2021. He grew up in Andover, Minnesota, and attended Andover High School and Minnesota State University where he majored in mechanical engineering, played baseball, and began to feel the Lord calling him to share His love with others. Fr. Ben spent a year as a Missionary with FOCUS and Varsity Catholic (the athlete outreach of FOCUS) at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND. He joined the Dominicans in the Summer of 2014.