Fr. Brad Sjoquist is a priest of the Diocese of Marquette, MI. He is currently pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Sault Ste. Marie. He currently teaches remotely in the Master of Arts in Catholic Health Care Ministry program.
EDUCATION
S.T.D. (Moral theology), Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy (2022)
S.T.L. (Moral theology), Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy (2020)
S.T.B., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, through the faculty of Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI (2015)
M.Div., Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI (2015)
M.A. (Theology), Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI (2014)
B.Phil., Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI (2011)
B.A. (Psychology, Spanish), Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI (2009)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (July 5, 2022–)
Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues Parish, Sault Ste. Marie (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026)
Parochial Administrator of Holy Name of Mary Parish, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (October 17, 2022–January 1, 2023)
Parochial Administrator of Sacred Heart Parish, Sugar Island, MI (October 17, 2022–January 1, 2023)
Chaplain for the University of Mary (Bismarck, ND) Rome Campus, Italy (September 1, 2019–June 10, 2022)
Parochial Vicar of Holy Spirit and Resurrection Parishes, Menominee, MI (July 1, 2015–July 1, 2018)
PUBLICATIONS
“Perfect Contrition and the Intention to Confess Quam primum in Canon 916.” The Jurist 81, no. 2 (2025): 275–303.
“Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Addiction: A Biblical Perspective.” National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 24, no. 3 (2024): 449–466.
“Pharmacosophrosyne Revisited: Drug Use and Virtue Ethics.” Linacre Quarterly 90, no. 3 (2023): 290–305.
"The Contribution to John C. Ford, SJ, to the Understanding of Addiction in Moral Theology: Historical Context and Contemporary Applications," Dissertationes Series Theologica 76 (Rome: Edizioni Santa Croce, 2022).
“The Virtuous Use of Private Exorcism by Laypersons.” Antiphon 25, no. 1 (2021): 63– 90.
PRESENTATIONS
“Addiction and Catholic Moral Theology,” Diocese of Marquette Deacon Convocation, Green Bay, WI (November 4–6, 2022)
“Part III of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” (Totus Tuus training), St. Albert the Great University Parish, Houghton, MI (May 29–June 5, 2020)
“Addiction and Catholic Moral Theology,” Diocese of Marquette Deacon Convocation, Green Bay, WI (November 4–6, 2022) “Part III of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” (Totus Tuus training), St. Albert the Great University Parish, Houghton, MI (May 29–June 5, 2020) “Evangelizing Generation Z" and "The Theology of the Body: Implications for Catechesis,” Midwest Catholic Liberal Arts Forum, Marquette, MI (June, 2018)
“The Evangelizing Classroom” and “Empowering Parents to be the Primary Educators of their Children in the Faith,” Midwest Catholic Liberal Arts Forum, Escanaba, MI (June 12-13, 2017)
“The Narrative Plot of the Old Testament” and “Lectio Divina,” Catechist Formation Retreat, Marygrove Retreat Center, Garden, MI (June 20-21, 2016)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Priestly Fraternity of St. Dominic (professed August 8, 2024)
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
Certificate of Completion for Corso di prassi formativa, Dicastery for the Clergy, Rome, Italy (2022)
