Rev. Joe Corpora, C.S.C., serves as the Associate Director of the Transformational Leaders Program (TLP).   He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and entered Moreau Seminary in 1977. He was ordained a priest in 1984. After serving for six years at the University of Portland, then twelve years as Pastor of St. John Vianney Parish, Goodyear, Arizona, and then seven years as Pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish, Portland, Oregon, In 2009 Father Joe was assigned to the University of Notre Dame. He has worked in ACE and in Campus Ministry.  He currently works with first generation, low income students at Notre Dame in the TLP. He lives in Dillon Hall. In 2016, Pope Francis appointed Father Joe to serve the Church as a Missionary of Mercy.