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I was born in San Diego on March 4, 1987 to Bill and Lisé Zondler. I have a younger brother Jared who is three years younger than me. I was baptized at St. James Parish in Solana Beach and was raised Catholic. It was at a Steubenville Youth Conference in 2004 that I first truly became open to the possibility of a priestly vocation. I went to University of California at Santa Barbara to study Japanese, however I withdrew after 3 years there and changed my major to Philosophy in an attempt to more seriously discern and pursue the priesthood. I lived with the Eudist Congregation of Jesus and Mary as discerner for a year before transferring to Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio to obtain a degree and continue to discern. While there I was a student in the Pre-Theologate Program, an intensive program of men’s priestly discernment and formation. I also was heavily involved in various ministries on-campus, which included leading a mission trip to Emmaus Ministries in Chicago. I graduated in May 2011 from Franciscan University with a degree in Philosophy. It was through prayer and the formation in the Pre-Theologate that I felt God calling me to apply to the Priestly Formation Program for Diocese of San Diego. I am currently working at the Pastoral Center in the Office for Youth and Young Adults, taking Spanish classes and working in the Office of the Immaculata Parish.
