Br. Ryan Thornton, OFM

Br. Ryan Thornton, OFM, is a Franciscan friar who lived at Mission San Miguel as both winemaker and tour guide. He was previously Managing Editor of the Harvard International Review and a lecturer in English at the Ukrainian Catholic University.

He holds a degree in Philosophy and Classics from Harvard University, and wrote his first piece on the history of the California missions when he was in the fourth grade.