Fr. Cyrus Rowan

Fr. Rowan joined Hastings Catholic Schools in June 2020, assuming the role of Principal at St. Cecilia Middle & High School. Fr. Rowan grew up in Falls City, NE, and graduated from Falls City Sacred Heart in 2005. He attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO, before transferring to St.
Gregory the Great Seminary and later to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. Fr. Rowan was ordained in 2015 and was assigned to St. Wenceslaus in Wahoo. He then became pastor of St. Mary's Church in Davey. Fr. Rowan also just recently earned his Master's in Education Administration
from the University of Mary.

Saint Thomas Aquinas, you are called by Holy Mother Church, the Angel of the Schools. Your wisdom, gathered through long meditation from the source of all wisdom, the most holy Trinity, has long been a shining light in the Catholic Church. Ignorance of the things of God is a darkness now enveloping the minds of many of our countrymen. In this darkness, we need an angel like you who will protect, foster, and nourish the schools we have, and guide and strengthen us in establishing and building newer and more adequate schools for the instruction of our children in the ways of Christ. Help and bless the generous sisters, brothers, and priests who labor so unselfishly in the classroom to spread the knowledge of Christ. Inspire our Catholic men and women to be most generous in the support of the schools we have. Grant to parents the wise generosity they need to give their child back to God when that child wishes to follow a priestly or religious vocation. Help us, Saint Thomas, Angel of the Schools, to understand what you taught, and to follow your example. Amen.