Born and raised in Ellensburg, Washington, Father Ross graduated from Central Washington University with a business degree. He eventually left the corporate world and became a full-time missionary with Net Ministries ( National Evangelization Teams).  After that, he was a youth ministry leader at St. Michael's in Olympia and Holy Family in Kirkland. He was ultimately called by the Holy Spirit to the priesthood and entered Mount Angel Seminary in 2011 and ordained a Priest of Jesus Christ on June 25, 2016.

Click here for a link to Father's Vocation Homily.