ADMINISTRATOR PROFILE
Brother David Migliorino,O.S.F.
Principal
Brother David Anthony Migliorino, O.S.F. was appointed Principal in September 2019. He was born in Epiphany Parish in Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan, attended Epiphany School staffed by the Sisters of Charity of New York and Power Memorial Academy conducted by the Christian Brothers of Ireland. Brother is very proud of his Italian Heritage, his birthplace of Stuyvesant Town and is a proud Associate Member of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
Brother David was sent to Brooklyn, New York and completed his Degree at Saint Francis College, under the direction of the Franciscan Brothers. During the next two years, Brother taught the Fourth Grade at Saint Francis Xavier School, operated by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn. Subsequently, he entered Saint Francis Novitiate in Upper Brookville receiving the Holy Habit of Saint Francis on September 17, 1973, the Feast of the Stigmata and professing First Vows on September 2, 1974. In 2023, Brother celebrated his 50th Jubilee as a Franciscan Brother.
From 1999 – 2019, Brother David became the first male Religious Principal at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Additionally, he served as the Associate Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau for a four-year term. In 2015, Brother David was elected to the General Council of the Franciscan Brothers and continues in that position. In August of 2019, Brother David began administering as the Principal at Saint Anthony’s which has grown to be the largest Catholic High School in the nation. He is also the lively moderator and founder of the Color Guard, marching proudly down 5th Avenue in the Saint Patrick’s and Columbus Day Parade in NYC, along with many local yearly parades.
Over the past fifty years, Brother has served on many school accreditation teams and been a member of the Council of Religious Men in several dioceses. On September 27, 2023 Brother David received The Lighting the Fire for Catholic Education Award, from the Catholic School Administrators Association of New York State. On April 1, 2024 Brother David was the recipient of the President’s Award by the National Catholic Educators Association for advancing the mission of Catholic school education with significant virtues of faith, support, leadership and development. In March of 2026, Saint Anthony’s proudly inducted Brother David into the Alumni Hall of Fame.
In speaking to the faculty, Brother David noted his special devotion to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and how her mantra of “Be children of the Church” is so critical to him as an educator and administrator in Catholic Schools. “l believe every child deserves to be educated not just academically but spiritually and socially teachers have the responsibility to make our future the best by giving all the tools to their students.” Brother David also shared his thoughts on how it is “the lost child” who often needs extra special guidance and attention. “St. Anthony is the patron of the Lost and Found, so we all must reach out and find that lost child and allow them to grow.”
