Fr. Thomas Asher comes from Dallas, Texas. He received Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Texas at Arlington. Ordained a priest for the Society of St. Pius X in 2005, he spent a year in St. Mary’s, Kansas. He was chosen the next year to be vice-rector at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, which post he occupied until 2013. Father Asher has been in Los Gatos as Prior and Retreat Master since 2014.
Fr. David Nichols was born in New Jersey and grew up near Saratoga, NY. He answered God’s call to the priesthood and began his formation as a priest of the Society when the seminary was located in Connecticut. Ordained in 1992, he has been assigned to priories of the SSPX all over the world, including England and Ireland. His last assignment was in Florida, and he is now here at our retreat house for the second time in the course of his priestly ministry. He takes care of the sick calls in the local area, and also says Mass for our faithful in Carson City, NV.