LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA — Brother Francis Dankoski, OSIHJM, from the Diocese of Steubenville, was admitted to Candidacy for the Priesthood on February 21, 2008, by the Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Steubenville, in the Archabbey Basilica.

Brother Francis Dankoski, of the Order of Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary, is the son of Dennis Dankoski of Steubenville and the late Diane Dankoski. He is a 1990 graduate of the School of Mary Immaculate-Chapel American School in São Paulo, Brazil. He earned a bachelor of philosophy degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2000.