Father Gleason was called to St. Luke's in 2008 to serve as curate and chaplain to the Day School. Before seminary, Fr. Gleason received a BA in history from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and a J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans in 2000 where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the law review. Leaving the practice of law in 2005, Fr. Gleason attended Nashotah House Theological Seminary receiving a M. Div., cum laude, in May 2008.