Curriculum Vita
(updated 23 November 2007)
Education
Ph.D. Systematic Theology Boston College
M.A. Systematic Theology Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University
M.A. English Literature University of Delaware
A.B. Mathematics Caldwell College
Mandatum
Granted by The Most Reverend John J. Myers, Archbishop of Newark, N.J., 5 March 2002.
Awards and Honors
Society of Saint Catherine of Siena Research Fellowship in Liturgical Theology, granted October 2005.
Pope John Paul II Chair for the Study of Person and Community, Intercultural Forum of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., 2003.
First Prize, $10,000. Ronald Knox Prize for “Modern English Translation of the Mass,” Wethersfield Institute, Homeland Foundation, 1996.
Dissertation Fellowship, Boston College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
University Fellowship, Boston College.
Pope John Paul II Award for highest cumulative average in Theology, Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University.
Articles and Translations
“The Development of the Feast of Corpus Christi and its Place in the Church’s Sacred Year” in The Genius of the Roman Liturgy: Historical Diversity and Spiritual Reach. Uwe Michael Lang, ed. (Chicago: Hillenbrand Press). Forthcoming.
“Post Vatican II Revision of the Lenten Collects” Ever Directed to the Lord. Uwe Michael Lang, ed. London: T&T Clark, 2007, pp. 62-89.
“The Faithful and the Sacrifice of the Mass.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review, CVII n. 1 (October 2006): 24-31, 40-41.
Solicited translation of one entry of the Martyrologium Romanum for each day of April through September, and November through March. The brief descriptions of the lives and works of the saints appeared day by day in the “Saint of the Day” section of the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Click here
“The Pre- and Post-Vatican II Collects of the Dominican Doctors of the Church.” New Blackfriars, 86 n. 1006 (November, 2005): 604-621. Click here
“The Collects at Sunday Mass: An Examination of the Revisions of Vatican II.” Nova et Vetera, 3:1 (Winter, 2005): 5-38. Click here
“The Orations of the Vatican II Missal: Policies for Revision.” Communio: an International Catholic Review, 30:4 (Winter, 2003): 621-653. Click here
“Missale Romanum 1962 and 1970: a Comparative Study of Two Collects,” Antiphon 7.3 (2002), 29-33.
“Theological Principles that Guided the Redaction of the Roman Missal (1970).” The Thomist 67 (April, 2003): 157-195.
Solicited translation of sanctoral orations and other prayers of Proprium Ordinis Praedicatorum: Missale et Lectionarium editio typica (Rome: Santa Sabina, 1985) forthcoming.
“The Unity of Composition in John Cassian's De institutis V.” Eleventh International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, England, August 1991. Published in Studia Patristica. Vol. XXV. Leuven: Peeters 438-443.
Reviews
Antiphon, 9.1 (2005), p. 87-89: Review of Full, Conscious and Active Participation: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Today’s Liturgy. Edited by Michael R. Prendergast. Portland: Pastoral Press, 2003. Pp. ix + 256.
Antiphon, 8.3 (2003), p. 28-29: Review of Looking Again at the Question of the Liturgy with Cardinal Ratzinger: Proceedings of the July 2001 Fontgombault Liturgical Conference. Edited by Alcuin Reid, OSB; translated by Henry Taylor et al. Farnborough: Saint Michael’s Abbey Press, 2003, 159 pp.
Antiphon, 8.2 (2003), p. 25: Review of A Pope and a Council on the Sacred Liturgy. Edited by Saint Michael’s Abbey Press. Farnborough: Saint Michael’s Abbey Press, 2002, 151 pp.
The Catholic Historical Review, 87.3 (July, 2001), pp. 483-484: Review of John Cassian: The Conferences. Trans. By Boniface Ramsey, O.P. New York: Paulist Press, 1997. Pp. xv + 886.
The Thomist, Vol. 64, No. 1 (January 2000): Review of Cassian the Monk. By Columba Stewart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. The Monastic Institutes. Trans. By Jerome Bertram. London: The Saint Austin Press, 1999. Pp. xiv + 193. John Cassian: The Conferences. Trans. By Boniface Ramsey, O.P. New York: Paulist Press, 1997. Pp. xv + 886.
Antiphon, 4.3 (1999): Review of Wine and Bread. By Photina Rech, OSB. Translated by Heinz R. Kuehn. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1998. 118 pp.
Papers and Presentations
“The Advent Sunday Collects in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite: Likeness and Difference,” invited participation in Au coeur de la liturgie romaine, an International Colloquium sponsored by Centre International d'Études Liturgiques (C.I.E.L), 14-18 November, 2007 with conferences held at the Pontificia Universitŕ Urbaniana, Rome and other events off-site.
“Saint Thomas and the Feast of Corpus Christi,” invited participation in Sacraments in Aquinas, a conference sponsored by the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal, Ave Maria University, 1-3 February, 2007.
“The Revision of the Roman Collects,” presentation at a faculty development brown bag luncheon at Caldwell College on 4 October 2006.
“The Liturgical Calendar: History and Theology, with special consideration of the feast of Corpus Christi” at The Genius of the Roman Liturgy: Historical Diversity and Spiritual Reach, the 11th International Colloquium of Centre International D'Études Liturgiques (C.I.E.L), hosted at Merton College, Oxford University 13-16 September, 2006.
“The Revision of the Roman Collects,” presentation to faculty and students of Heythrop College, London, on 11 September 2006.
“Post Vatican II Revision of the Lenten Collects.” Paper presented at “Ever Directed to the Lord,” a conference sponsored by the Society of Saint Catherine and held at Oxford University and Blackfriars Priory in Oxford, England 28-29 October, 2005.
Four presentations to the priests and brothers of The Order of Our Lady of Mercy, Leroy, New York, 5 July 2005: “The Post-Vatican II Revision of the Mass Collects;” “The Advent Sunday Collects in the Pre- and Post-Vatican II Missals: a consideration of their spiritual and theological differences;” “The Mass as Sacrifice;” “The Mass as Sacrifice: Practical Considerations.”
“Looking at the Liturgy Again: the Rocky Road to Reliable Liturgical Translations.” Paper presented at the Theta Alpha Kappa Induction Ceremony, Caldwell College, 4 April 2004.
“The Collects at Sunday Mass: An Examination of the Revisions of Vatican II.” Paper presented at the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, DC, 17 October 2003.
“Sunday and Feast Day Collects in the Missals of 1962 and 1970: A Comparative Study.” Paper presented at the annual conference, Society for Catholic Liturgy, Northampton, Pennsylvania, 18 September 2003.
“The Mystery of the Mass.” Adult education lecture given at Saint Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield, N.J., 6 May 2003.
“The Consilium and the Redaction of the Roman Missal,” public lecture given at the Intercultural Forum, Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., 29 March 2003.
“Dominus Jesus: An Overview.” Paper presented at the Caldwell College Symposium on Dominus Jesus, January 2001.
“Mass Hymns: Some Theological Considerations.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, Denver, Colorado, September 2000.
“The Martyrdom of Polycarp: As Bread Baking.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society, Chicago, May 2000.
“The Liturgical Setting of Scripture Lessons: Formulas of Introduction.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society, Chicago, May 1997.
“The Development of the Portrayal of the Presence of Christ in and with the Martyr in Second and Early Third Century Martyrdom Accounts.” Paper presented at the Fiftieth Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, New York, June 1995.
"John Cassian's Theology of Grace." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society, June 1994.
Professional Organizations
Academy of Catholic Theology, 2006 to present.
American Association of University Professors, 2006 to present.
Society of Saint Catherine of Siena, United States representative, 2005-2006.
Society for Catholic Liturgy, 1996 to the present.
Board of Directors, 1996 to 2006.
Vice-President, 2002 to 2004.
Secretary, September 1997 to January 2001.
North American Patristic Society 1993 to the present.
Catholic Theological Society of America, 1993 to 1998.
Boston Patristic Society 1990-1993.
Professional Service
Translation of selections of Martyrologium Romanum for the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Associate Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, November 2002 - September 2004.
Consultant to the Bishops’ Committee on the Doctrine and Pastoral Practices, National Council of Catholic Bishops. Consultation on draft document “The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers,” August 2000.
Consultant to Dominican Fathers, Province of St. Joseph, on translations of Proprium Ordinis Praedicatorum.
Consultant to the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy, National Council of Catholic Bishops. Consultation on the Translation of Liturgical Texts, June 1998