BRET. THOMAN OFS

Bret Thoman, SFO divides his time between Assisi and the United States with his wife, Katie (originally from Italy), and their two small children whom they home school. He earns a living by organizing and accompanying pilgrimages to Italy. A native of Georgia, Bret has lived in Italy off and on about four years. Together with his wife, Bret made his lifelong Profession in the Secular Franciscan Order (Third Order) in 2006. He has a master's degree in Italian from Middlebury College, as well as a BA from the University of Georgia in foreign languages. He has worked as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) and Italian, and he spent a year on a parish mission team in the Archdiocese of New York. Bret is licensed commercial pilot and accumulated 3,000 hours flight time working as a flight instructor, cargo pilot, and airline pilot.He can be contacted at: bret.thoman@gmail.com