Department of Theology
- Ph.D., Marquette University
- B.Ed., Education Faculty, University of Windsor
- M.A., Religious Studies, University of Windsor
- Hon. B.A., Religious Studies & Music, Univ. Windsor
Experience
- Professor of Scripture, Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH)
- Dean of Faculty (VPAA) Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH)
- Provost & Academic Dean- Notre Dame Institute (Alexandria, VA)
- Research & Religious Education Consultant (Ottawa)
- Director, National Office of Religious Education – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Education Consultant, Diaconate Office (Diocese of Steubenville, OH)
- Doctoral dissertation committees
Memberships
- The Catholic Biblical Association
- Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
- Association for Catechumenal Ministry
Current Boards
- Board member, Association for Catechumenal Ministry
- Board Member, Redeemer Pacific College (Langley, BC Canada)
- Board of Advisors, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academic (Barry’s Bay, ON, Canada)
- Hebrew
- Greek
- French
- German
-204 brief New Testament articles for The Catholic Encyclopedia, Our Sunday Visitor 1991.
-Commentaries on biblical texts for Sunday, Cycle C for Discover the Bible, No. 1166, 12 July, 1992; 4th & 5th Sundays of Easter, Cycle A, 1993; 1st & 2nd Sundays of Lent, Year B, 1994; 29th & 30th Sundays of Ordinary Time, Year B, 1997; All Saints and 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 1998.
-Seven 1500-word articles on the Catechism of the Catholic Church for The Word Among Us, 1994.
Full List
-Fourteen articles (various length) on the Catechism of the Catholic Church for The Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine, Our Sunday Visitor, 1996.
-Two one-thousand word essays on Distance Learning and Education, Concourse, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1997.
-Fifty two, 160-word “notes” for the deuterocanonical books in Catholic Study Bible For Teens, Thomas Nelson Publishers, January 1997.
-“On the Oath of Fidelity,” 1500 word essay on the oath of fidelity to the magisterium for National Catholic Register. Submitted June 24, 1998.
-“Gender & Sacred Scripture,” academic presentation at the 2004 Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, published in Annual Proceedings.
-“The Spiritual Sense of Jn. 1.23 (Is. 40.3)” academic presentation for CBA Taskforce on Spiritual Senses of Scripture, 2005 Annual Convention of the Catholic Biblical Association, Collegeville Minnesota.
-“Dei Verbum: The Literal & Theological Senses of Mark 1.1-3” academic presentation to the 2005 Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, published in Annual Proceedings.
-Seven 950 word commentaries on biblical texts for first seven Sundays of 2006 for Share The Word (Jan 9 – Feb 28, 2006).
-Appointed Ordinarius (dissertation director) June 15, 2005 for doctoral dissertation of Rev. Mr. Dominic Cerrato by Graduate Theological Union (South Bend IN); doctoral defence February 12, 2009.
-“To Hope for the Second Coming,” in Teaching The Faith, homiletic/catechetical commentary of the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2013, in Vol. 2, Number 2, pp.1-3.
-“To Hope for the Second Coming,” in Teaching The Faith, homiletic/catechetical commentary of the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 5, 2013, in Vol. 2, Number 2, pp.1-3.
-“The Mystery of Salvation – Temptations and The Recovery of Intimacy with God,” in Teaching The Faith, homiletic/catechetical commentary of the readings for the First Sunday of Easter, March 9, 2014, in Vol. 3, Number 3, pp.1-2.
-“Integrated Diaconal Spirituality and the Ministry of Charity,” Josephinum Diaconal Review Spring 2015, pp. 3-11.
-Two essays on “Revelation,” RCIA (teens, children) for Liguori Press (revisions of their RCIA program, completed July 2015). Teen Edition published 2016.
-“Lectio Divina:” Reading Scripture in the Spirit – Encountering the Mystery of Christ in and through Sacred Scripture, Josephinum Diaconal Review Spring 2016: 20-27.
-“The Mystery of Jesus as Deacon,” Chapter 2 of The Character of the Deacon: Pastoral and Spiritual Foundations, Ed. Dcn. James Keating, Ph.D., Paulist Press, 2017.
