Fr. Francis Bethel, OSB made his vows as a Benedictine monk in 1977 and was ordained a priest in 1983. In 1999, he was among the founders of the Benedictine monastery of Our Lady of Clear Creek in Hulbert, Oklahoma. Author of John Senior and the Restoration of Realism, Fr. Bethel currently serves as Master of Studies at Clear Creek Abbey and teaches Dogmatic Theology.