Daniel Chowning, OCD, is a member and present provincial of the Washington Province of the Discalced Carmelite Friars and resides at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Hubertus, Wisconsin. He completed his theological studies at the Catholic University of America, and continued specialization in Carmelite studies in Spain at the Teresian Sanjuanist Center in Avila and at the University of Salamanca. He is a member of the Institute of Carmelite Studies. He has served his province in formation ministry as novice director and preached retreats extensively in the United States and in Europe.
