Fr John Flader was born in the United States and has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and a Doctorate in Canon Law from the University of Navarre. He was ordained a priest of Opus Dei in 1967 and served as chaplain of Warrane College at the University of New South Wales (1970-1991), chaplain of the University of Tasmania in Hobart (1992-1997) and chaplain of RMIT University in Melbourne (1998-2001). Since 2002 he has been Director of the Catholic Adult Education Centre for the Archdiocese of Sydney.