Contact Br. Sam Br. Sam Gunn was born in Boston and grew up in Rhode Island. He graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1986 with a BFA in Communication Design and worked as a commercial artist in New York City. In 1990 Br. Sam answered a call to pursue a vocation to religious brotherhood in a new community, the Brotherhood of Hope. Br. Sam has worked in campus ministry for 14 years, and recently took two years off to earn a Masters in Ministry from St. John's Seminary in Brighton. He now serves on staff at the Catholic Center.