Serra Meets Fr. Kyle Ratuiste

Rev. Kyle Ratuiste has been the Director of Vocations of the Diocese of Spokane, Wash., since 2019. Since his priestly ordination in 2015, he has served as Parochial Vicar in Walla Walla and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes. He was born and raised in Pasco, Wash. Ordained in 2015, he is a lifelong alumnus of Catholic education, graduating from St. Patrick’s School in Pasco, Tri-Cities Prep High School, Bishop White Seminary, and Gonzaga University. He holds a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Master of Divinity degrees from the Catholic University of America, as well as a Master of Science in Bioethics from the University of Mary.

In 2025, Thomas A. Daly, Bishop of Spokane, appointed Fr. Ratuiste as the Director of Cor Christi, the Propaedeutic Stage program for first-year seminarians at Bishop White Seminary, which has entered its fourth year since its establishment.  As Director of Cor Christi, he will be directly responsible for the initial human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation of young men from as many as 10 dioceses across 7 Western States.

Fr. Ratuiste’s parents, Cocot and Morie Ratuiste, are Serrans in the club of Tri-Cities, Wash.

Fr. Ratuiste’s talk will be on the appeal of a culture of missionary discipleship to prospective seminarians.