Rev. Ben “Simon” Dinglasan, Jr., lives in San Francisco and was ordained to the priesthood in June of 2024 after completing their final year of study at Bexley Seabury Seminary. They are one of the founding members of the Companions of Dorothy the Worker (CDW), a dispersed new monastic community that seeks to witness to God’s love in the queer community. Rev. Simon’s approach to ministry has been shaped by their formation as both a practicing spiritual director and as a former Franciscan friar with the Society of Saint Francis. Profoundly shaped by a seminary trip to Israel/Palestine in 2023, they now serve on the Board of Friends of Sabeel, North America (FOSNA), seeking to promote the fleshing out of a liberation theology for Palestine.