Digging Deeper Virtual Conference Series

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Pastor, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Cary, North Carolina

Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter

Department of Philosophy, Christendom College

Jim Sutherland is originally from Louisville, Kentucky. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 and completed his Doctorate in Medicine at the University of Louisville in 1989. After an internship in general surgery at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., he served for two years as an Air Force flight surgeon with the 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron before completing his orthopaedic surgery training with the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He completed his Air Force service in 1998 and settled in Wausau where he has been in private practice for the last twenty-three years, focusing on orthopaedic trauma surgery and adult hip and knee reconstruction. He is the Governor General of the Society of the Sacred Heart, a lay order of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. He is married to Ruth Ohm Sutherland.

Canon James Hoogerwerf is from Rock Island, Illinois. After studies in philosophy and history at St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Canon entered the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, completing his seminary formation at St. Philip Neri International Seminary in Gricigliano, Italy. He was ordained in July of 2019. He currently serves as the Bursar of the American Province of the Institute as well as Chaplain of St. Joseph's Oratory in Hammond, Indiana.

Fr. Matthew Kauth is a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, NC. After completing a Bachelor of Sacred Theology at The Catholic University of America, Fr. Kauth was ordained to the priesthood in 2000. He then served as a parochial vicar, administrator, and pastor for six years. During this time he gained popularity through his lectures with the Catholic Scripture Study International program. He was later sent to Rome to complete a license and doctorate in Moral Theology. After obtaining his doctorate in 2012, he was appointed chaplain of a diocesan high school while also teaching theology at Belmont Abbey College. In 2014 he spearheaded a commission to determine the feasibility of establishing a college seminary in the Charlotte Diocese in cooperation with Belmont Abbey. As a result, St. Joseph College Seminary was founded in 2016. Fr. Kauth became its first Rector, where he continues to serve today.