Fr. Dwight Campbell, S.T.D., is a Chicago native who attended Loyola University for both his undergraduate and law degrees (B.A. ’79, J.D. ‘82). After having worked for four years in central Illinois as an assistant state’s attorney, he entered Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Peoria in 1991. After serving in various parishes for a number of years and teaching in high schools, he was released to pursue studies in Mariology, and in 2009 he earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the International Marian Research Institute, located at the Univ. of Dayton, Ohio. His dissertation topic was The Historical Development and Theological Foundations of Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Relation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 2007 he and Fr. Ben Reese, S.T.D. (Cand.) founded a new society for diocesan priests, The Apostles of Jesus Christ, Priest & Victim, and at present they are serving at St. Thomas More Church in Chicago.