Fr. anthony of the transfiguration
A Boulder native, Fr. Anthony Ariniello followed the Lord's call from Boulder to the University of Notre Dame, to Denver diocesan life (Spirituality Year, St. John Vianney, NAC), and then to the Community of the Beatitudes in Italy, France, and Israel.
Founder of the chaplaincy at the Colorado School of Mines as well as Beatitudes Missions, he spent seven years in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon, and he has guided around 30 student and young adult pilgrimages and immersions in the Middle East and in Europe.
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-Philosophy, Lateran University, Rome
-Philosophy, Regis Jesuit University
-Theology in Toulouse, France
-Pontifical License in Christian Anthropology, Institute of Teresa of Avila, Rome
-Formation in Hebrew language and Judaism
-Byzantine Bi-ritual faculties through the Eparchy of Phoenix for 5 years, for which he experienced two immersions in Ukraine
-Founder of campus ministry, chapel, and Catholic student households at the Colorado School of Mines
-2 years Local Superior of nine priests and brothers at Bethany Center for Retreat and Mission, France
-Parochial Vicar, St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Littleton, CO, since Aug. 2025