Msgr. Morris has been a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Louis since 1996. For two years, he served as the parochial vicar of Saint Gabriel the Archangel Parish in South St. Louis City before moving to St. George Parish and teaching at St. Mary’s High School.
In 1999, Msgr. Morris was invited to study at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome. He completed a license in sacramental theology and returned to St. Louis where he began work at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. In 2005, he was named director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate and the Vicar for Deacons in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. In 2006, under leadership of then Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, he established and served as director of the St. Maximilian Kolbe House of Discernment. Monsignor was named a member of the Papal Household in 2008. From 2009-2010, he was pastor of St. Mary Magdalen in St. Louis. In late 2010, he began work at the Pontifical College Josephinum as the Director of Sacred Liturgy and Assistant Professor in sacred theology. Msgr. Morris was permitted in 2014 to work full time on the completion of his doctorate in Mariology at the International Marian Research Institute writing on the Mariological contributions of Cardinal Carberry, former Archbishop of Saint Louis.
Msgr. Morris has served as an assistant professor of Sacramental Theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, a lecturer for the Paul VI Catechetical Institute, and the spiritual advisor to the Marian Catechists in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Liturgical Institute at St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein Seminary. He has hosted a weekly radio program on WRYT, Catholic radio in St. Louis and is a spiritual director for the Inner Life, a program on Relevant Radio. Msgr. Morris is also a commentator on Catholic affairs for the Son Rise Morning Show on Cincinnati's Sacred Heart Radio. Msgr. Morris has worked with Saint Gabriel Catholic Radio in Columbus and also serves as chairman of the Advisory Board for Newman Connection. Msgr. gives talks, retreats, and days of recollection throughout the United States.
