1 CURRICULUM VITAE

John S. GrabowskiSchool of Theology and Religious Studies

The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC 20069

(202) 319-6509Fax (202) 319-5875grabowski@cua.edu

EDUCATION

1985-1991 - Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies with specialization in Systematic Theology.

1981-1984- University of Steubenville - Steubenville, Ohio. Bachelor of Arts in Theology Summa cum laude.

AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE

Roman Catholic Theology: especially Moral Theology both method and current debates, Sexual Ethics, Theology of Christian Marriage, Theological Anthropology, the Enlightenment, Feminist Theology, Virtue Theory.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: TEACHING

1991-present Now Associate Professor with Continuous Tenure. Teaching: HSTR 101/TRS 230 - Character, Choice and Community, TRS 352 - Christian Marriage and Family, TRS 630A - Foundations of Christian Moral Life, TRS 631 - Christian Marriage and the Family, TRS 732A - Sexuality, the Person, and Ethics,, TRS 737B - The Virtues, TRS 732F - Sex and Virtue, TRS 737 - The Body in Theology, TRS 737E Freedom, Responsibility, Rights. TRS 897 - Directed Readings in Moral Theology. Previously taught Theo 600, - Proseminar, Theo 800 - Proseminar for STL and Doctoral Students, Theo 722 - Conscience, Responsibility, and Freedom, Theo 823 - Personalism in 20th Century Catholic Sexual Ethics, Theo 824 - Medieval Views on Marriage, Sex, and Gender. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

1999-present . Instructor for Archdiocese of Washington Permanent Deacon Program. Teaching Moral Theology and Christian Anthropology (10 - 15 week courses for deacon candidates and their wives). Washington, D.C.

January 2014, 2016. Instructor for the Theology of the Body Institute. Taught: Writings of Pope John Paul II on Marriage, Sex, and Gender. One week intensive course for certificate program (through Creighton University). Quarryville, PA.

Summer, 2015. Visiting Professor in MA Program. University of Notre Dame. Taught Theo 60649 - Sources of Catholic Sexual Teaching. Notre Dame, IN.

1995-2007. Instructor in Education for Parish Service Program course for lay ministers). Teaching: Moral Theology, Human Sexuality, Beginning and End of Life Issues. Trinity College, Washington, D.C,

Summer 1997. Visiting Professor. Taught Sexuality, the Person, and Ethics. Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.

1992-1997. Instructor in Mother of God Pastoral Institute (12 week Adult Education Courses). Taught: Sources of Atheism, Introduction to Christian Moral Living, Human Sexuality: A Catholic Vision, Veritatis Splendor: Controversy and Content, Family in the Light of Faith, Life in Christ: The Moral Teaching of the CCC, "We Believe" . . . The Creed according to the CCC, Matters of Life and Death: The Encyclical Evangelium Vitae, The Problem of Suffering, Marriage: A Catholic Perspective, Chastity: A Catholic Perspective for Teens and Their Parents, Six Weeks Toward a Better Marriage. Potomac/Gaithersburg, MD Summer 1996 Taught Marriage: A Catholic Perspective (6 week adult education course). St. Martin's Church. Gaithersburg, MD.

Spring 1995 Instructor for Diocese of Arlington Master Catechist Training Program (8 week course for catechists). Taught: Moral Theology. Alexandria, Virginia.

1992 (Summer) Instructor for Diocese of Nassau (2 week Intensive Course for Deacon Candidates). Taught Introduction to Moral Theology. Nassau, Bahamas.

1989 Instructor in Summer Session II. Taught Theology 130 - Contemporary Atheism and Theism and Theology 139 - Special Topics in Systematic Theology: Contemporary Questions About God and Belief. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1989 (Spring) Served as co-instructor for three sections of Theo 001 - Introduction to Theology. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1987-1989 Teaching Assistant in Theology Department. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1988 Instructor in Summer Session I. Taught Theology 109 - History of Israelite Religion. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1987 Interim instructor for 4 week period. Taught Theology 115 - Luke-Acts. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1985-86 Research Assistant in the Theology Department. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ADMINISTRATIVE

2006-2008, 2013-present Director of Moral Theology/Ethics, the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2015-16. Governance Committee Chair , the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2015-16. Failing Grades Committee Chair, the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2015 -2016. Search committee Chair (also 2013-14 [Bioethics], 2012-13, 2012 [Clinical], 2011-12) the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2014-15 Structures Committee Chair, , the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2010-2014. First Year Experience Lead Professor, the School of Theology and Religious Studies. The Catholic University of America.

2003-2005. Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, the School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America.

October, 2003. Acting Dean , School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America.

1999-2002. Associate Dean, the School of Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America.

1997-98. Theology Department MA Committee Chair, School of Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SERVICE

2014-present. Theological Consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family and Youth.

October 2015. Adiutor (Expert) at the 14th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Vatican City.

2015-present. Academy of Catholic Theology Board Member.

September 2009-present. Member couple (with spouse), The Pontifical Council for the Family.

2005-2009. Theological Consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Marriage and Family.

1998-2006. Executive Secretary, Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Theologians

1996-1999 Theological Consultant for Covenant House Washington, Washington, D.C.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

DISSERTATION: "Theological Anthropology and Gender since Vatican II: A Critical Appraisal of Recent Trends in Catholic Theology." Director Rev. Donald J. Keefe, S.J.

BOOKS: One Body: A Program of Marriage Formation for the New Evangelization. With Claire Grabowski. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Road Press (forthcoming).

Transformed in Christ: Essays on the Renewal of Moral Theology. Faith & Reason: Studies in Catholic Philosophy and Theology. Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press (Forthcoming 2017).

Familiaris Consortio: Anniversary Edition. With Commentary by John & Claire Grabowski. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2015.

Sex and Virtue: An Introduction to Sexual Ethics. Catholic Moral Thought Series. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press: 2003.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Janet E. Smith, John S. Grabowski, J. Budzinski, and Maria Fedoryka, "Self Gift: The Heart of Humane vitae," The National Bioethics Quarterly 16 (2016): 449-74.

"An Analysis of GSUSA's Policy of Serving Transgender Youth: Implications for Catholic Practice" With Christopher Gross. Journal of Moral Theology 5:1 (2016): 86-110.

“Catechesis and Moral Theology: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Christian Experience.” Nova et Vetera 13:2 (2015): 459-87.

“And So He Revealed His Glory: Cana and the Sacramentality of Marriage.” The Thomist 78:1 (2014): 37-63.

“The Luminous Excess of the Acting Person: Assessing the Impact of Pope John Paul II on American Catholic Moral Theology.” Journal of Moral Theology 1, no. 1 (2012): 116-47.

"Dignitatis personae and the Adoption of Frozen Embryos:  A New Chill Factor?'  With Christopher Gross. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 10, no. 2  (Summer 2010):  307-28.

 “Called to Holiness: Spirituality for Families in the Light of Ecclesia in America,” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 5, no. 4 (Fall 2002): 75-95.

“The New Reproductive Technologies: An Overview and Theological Assessment.” The Linacre Quarterly 69 (2002): 100-19.

“Public Moral Discourse on Abortion: The Contribution of Theology,” The Irish Theological Quarterly 64 (1999): 361-377.

“A Theological Analysis of Cloning,” Homiletic and Pastoral Review 98, No. 9 (Spring 1998): 16-21; rpt. Ethics and Medicine 18, no. 3 (1998): 69-72.

“Mutual Submission and Trinitarian Self-Giving.” Angelicum 74 (1997): 489-512.

“Rival Personalisms in 20th Century Catholic Sexual Ethics.” Studia Moralia 35 (1997): 283-312.

“Conceptualism and Consequences: The Legacy of Locke's Essay.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 25 (1996): 273-85.

“Evangelium Vitae and Humanae Vitae: A Tale of Two Encyclicals.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review. 97, No. 2 (November, 1996): 7-15.

“Covenantal Sexuality.” Église et Théologie 27 (1996): 229-52.

“Chastity: Toward a Renewed Understanding.” The Living Light 32, No. 4 (Summer, 1996): 44-51.

“Shooting Abortionists and the Death of the Pro-Life Ideal.” New Theology Review 9 (1996): 33-40.

“Clerical Sexual Abuse and Early Traditions regarding the Sixth Commandment.” The Jurist 55 (1995): 527-91.

“Newton, Hume and the Ethics of the Closed System.” The Irish Theological Quarterly 61 (1995): 138-58.

“Person: Substance and Relation.” Communio 22 (Spring 1995): 139-63.

“The Status of the Sexual Good as a Direction for Moral Theology.” The Heythrop Journal 35 (1994): 15-34.

“Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Inconsistent or Organic?” With Michael Naughton. The Thomist 57 (1993): 555-78.

ARTICLES IN BOOKS

“Not Just Love: The Anthropological Assumptions of Catholic Teaching on Same-Sex Attraction and Activity” In Justice through Diversity. Michael Sweeney, ed., 615-37. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.

“Covenantal Sexuality.” In Divine Providence and Human Freedom . Kevin A. McMahon ed. 107-25. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books., 2015.

“Foreword,” with Claire Grabowski. In The Infertility Companion for Catholics: Spiritual and Practical Support for Couples. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2012. ix-xi.

“Body, Theology of,” in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 96-99.

“Contraception, Sterilization, and Abortion and the Ethical and Religious Directives,” in Moral Issues in Catholic Health Care, Kevin T. McMahon, ed., 68-92. Wynnewood, PA: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 2004.

“Natural Family Planning and Marital Spirituality,” in Integrating Faith and Science through Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring and Theresa Notare, eds., 29-45. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2004.

“Foreword” in Pope John Paul II, Theology of the Body (Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1997), 19-24. Rpt. As “Pope John Paul II on the Theology of the Body.” In Marriage. Readings in Moral Theology no. 15, Charles Curran and Julie Hanlon Rubio eds. , 72-77. New York: Paulist, 2009.

POPULAR ARTICLES

“To Revitalize Parish Life and Welcome Home Wounded Hearts, We Must Seek what Has Been Lost: Community.” Our Sunday Visitor  104, no. 6 (June 7, 2015), p. 11.

“Understanding the New Human Ecology.” Our Sunday Visitor 103, no. 41 (February 8, 2015, p. 9.

"The Law of Gradualism: A Process Toward God." Our Sunday Visitor 103, no. 28 (November 9, 2014), p. 8.

“Sex and the City of God: Exploring the Connection Between Sex and Life Issues.” The Crozier 1, no.1 (2014): 4-8.

“Formation in Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life.” In A Book of Readings on Marriage. Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. Washington, DC: USCCB, 2010. pp. 26-30.

“Divorce and Remarriage in the NT: Clarifying the Bases for the Church’s Teaching.” Family Perspectives Journal. Vol. 28, no. 2 (Spring 2010), 8-9.

Share the Word 27, no. 1 (2005-2006): wrote Sunday reflections for November 27, 2005 (First Sunday of Advent, pp. 10-12, December 4, 2005 (Second Sunday of Advent, pp. 16-18), December 11, 2005 (Third Sunday of Advent, pp. 22-24), December 18, 2005 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, pp. 28-30), December 25, 2005 (The Birth of the Lord, pp. 34-36), January 1, 2006 (Mary, Mother of God, pp. 40-42), January 8, 2006 (Epiphany, pp. 46-48).

“Promises, Promises: Biblical Reflections on Hope,” Share the Word 26, no. 1 (2004-2005), 14-17. In the same issue wrote the Sunday reflections for November 28, 2004 (First Sunday of Advent, pp. 18-20), December 5, 2004 (Second Sunday of Advent, pp. 24-26), December 12, 2004 (Third Sunday of Advent, pp. 30-32), December 19, 2004 (Fourth Sunday of Advent, pp. 36-38), December 26, 2004 (Feast of the Holy Family, pp. 42-44, January 2, 2005 (Epiphany of the Lord, pp. 48-50), January 9, 2005 (Baptism of the Lord, pp. 54-56).

“A Tale of Two Gardens,” Share the Word 25, no. 3 (2004), 14-16. In the same issue wrote the Sunday Reflections for February 29, 2004 (First Sunday of Lent, pp. 19-21), March 7, 2004 (Second Sunday of Lent, pp. 25-27), March 14, 2004 (Third Sunday of Lent, pp. 31-33) March 21, 2004 (Fourth Sunday of Lent, pp. 37-39), March 28, 2004 (Fifth Sunday of Lent, pp. 43-45), and April 4, 2004 (Passion/Palm Sunday, pp. 49-51).

“Following Jesus–Ways of Discipleship,” Share the Word 24, no. 5, (2003), 18-20. In the same issue wrote the Sunday Reflections for June 15, 2003 (Trinity Sunday, pp. 24-26), June 22, 2003 (Corpus Christi, pp. 30-32), June 29, 2003 (Peter and Paul, pp. 36-38), July 6, 2003 (pp. 42-44), July 13, 2003 (pp. 48-50), and July 20, 2003 (pp. 54-56).

“Living Together,” CUA World (Catholic University of America, Washington), January 28, 2000, 5, 7.

“Humanae Vitae: Thirty Years Later,” Eutopia 3, no. 1 (1998): 26-30.

“How to Really Get to Know Yourself,” Our Sunday Visitor 86, no. 23 (Oct. 5, 1997): 18.

“Doctrinal Development: Does It Apply to Family & Sex?” With Michael Naughton. Commonweal 124, No. 11 (June 6, 1997): 18-20.

“Divorce, Remarriage, and Reception of the Sacraments.” America 171, No. 10 (Oct. 8, 1994): 20-24.

“Humanae Vitae: Twenty Five Years Later,” The Saint Cloud Visitor, July 22, 1993, 7.

ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS

"Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI's Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives"  in the newsletter of the Pontifical Council for the Family.  No. 4 (2013).  available at  http://www.familiam.org/pls/pcpf/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=4105. 

(Posted February, 2013).

“Formation in Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life” is published on the USCCB’s website for Catechetical Sunday September 19, 2010: Marriage: Sacrament of Enduring Love. Available at http://www.usccb.org/catecheticalsunday/ (in Teaching Resources--posted April 27, 2010).

“The Theology of the Body according to Pope John Paul II” is published on the USCCB’s “For Your Marriage website at http://www.foryourmarriage.org/interior_template.asp?id=20398998. (Posted September 2008).

“Marriage as a Unitive and Procreative Partnership” is published on the USCCB. website at http://www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/npim.shtml (Posted November 2005).

“Sex American Style--Part I: History.” www.christianity.com. (Posted September 2000).

“Sex American Style--Part II: The Contemporary Scene” www.christianity.com. (Posted September 2000).

“Sex: The Catholic Dilemma--Part I: A Pervasive Silence.” www.christianity.com. (Posted October 2000).

“Sex: The Catholic Dilemma--Part II: The Roots of Alienation.” www.christianity.com. (Posted October 2000).

“Harry Potter: Muddled Mythology for a Postmodern World.” www.christianity.com. (Posted October 2000).

CONFERENCE AND ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Faculty Study Days. Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Presentations on the Synods and Pope Francis’s Teaching on Family. New Harmony, IN. September 22-23, 2016.

Academy of Catholic Theology Annual Meeting. “Family in the Ministry of Pope Francis: A Report from the Synod.” Washington, D.C. May 25, 2016.

Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy Lecture. "Inside the Synod on Family: What Happened and What Does It Mean?" University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Minnesota. January 28, 2016.

Building Spiritual Bridges to the Community lecture. “The Family as an Agent of the New Evangelization: Seeing the Big Picture around the Synods.” Pontifical College Josphinum, Columbus, OH.. November 12, 2015.

U.S.C.C.B. Conference on the Intellectual Tasks of the New Evangelization. “Catechesis and Moral Theology.” Washington, DC. September 14, 2013.

School of Theology and Religious Studies Symposium. Reform and Renewal: Vatican II After 50 Years. “Gaudium et spes: Ressourcement, Experience, and the Human Person.” The Catholic University of America. Washington, DC. September 29, 2012.

Academy of Catholic Theology Annual Meeting. “And So He Revealed His Glory: Cana and the Sacramentality of Marriage.” Washington, DC, May 23, 2012.

Theology Department Lecture. “The Luminous Excess of the Acting Person:  Assessing Venerable Pope

John Paul II’s Impact on American Catholic Moral Theology.”    Franciscan University.  Steubenville, OH.  March 22, 2011.

 Theology Club Guest Speaker Series. “Caught in a Bad Romance?  Reexamining Allegations of Romanticization in the Theology of the Body’s Account of Sex and Gender,” Assumption College, Worcester, MA.  March 21, 2011.

Columbus School of Law Symposium on a Common Morality. “Response to Gilbert Meilaender.” The Catholic University of America. Washington D.C. March 28, 2008.

Institute for St. Anselm Studies. Metaphysics Colloquium. “Response to Francesca Murphy on the Metaphysical Basis of the Difference between Men and Women.” Saint Anselm College. Manchester, NH, June 15, 2006.

Promoting and Sustaining Marriage as a Community of Life and Love. A Colloquium of Social Scientists and Theologians sponsored by the U.S.C.C.B. Committee on Marriage and Family Life. “Marriage as a Unitive and Procreative Partnership.” Creighton University, Omaha, NE, October 25, 2005.

Theology/ Philosophy Lecture. “The Theology of the Body.” Newman University. Wichita, Kansas, February 11, 2005.

Theology Department Lecture. “Mutual Submission: A Development of the Catholic Doctrine of Marriage.”Franciscan University of Steubenville. Steubenville, OH, December 3, 2004.

Catholic Medical Association 73rd Annual Meeting and National Conference: The Vocation of Medicine in the Third Millenium. “The Medical Covenant: A Theological Perspective” and “Medical Issues at the End of Life.” Orlando, FL, September 23& 24, 2004.

Catholic Healing Symposium. “Response to Barry Levy ‘Theology and Therapy: A Great Marriage.’” Mother of God Community. Gaithersburg, MD, April 23, 2004.

Catholic Common Ground Initiative. Eighth Annual Cardinal Bernadin Conference. “Sex, Conscience, and Authority.” Marymount University, Arlington, VA, March 5, 2004.

The Call to Holiness and Communion: Vatican II on the Church. (Sponsored by Sacred Heart Major Seminary). “Response to Pia de Solenni on the Authority of Women in the Church and Ordinatio Sacerdotalis.” The John Paul II Cultural Center. Washington, D.C., November 14, 2003.

2003 Diocesan NFP Coordinators Conference on the Continuing Importance of Humanae Vitae on its Thirty-Fifth Anniversary. “The Pope, The Pill, and the Theology of the Body.” Phoenix, AZ, July 10, 2003.

Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Theologians, Fifth Annual Meeting “The Personalist Bases of Catholic Moral Theology.” Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO, November 16, 2002.

The Achievement of John Paul II: Community, Family, Culture Conference (Sponsored by the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and CUA). Response to Bishop Marc Ouellet’s “Christian Marriage, Sin and Conversion” and Dean Stephen Happel’s “The Sacrament of Marriage, Contemporary Cultures, and Ecclesial Responsibilities.” The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., September 7, 2002.

Integrating Faith and Science through Natural Family Planning Conference. “Natural Family Planning and Marital Spirituality.” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, June 22, 2002.

Symposium on Catholic Health Care and Medical Moral Issues . "Contraception, Sterilization, Abortion and the Ethical and Religious Directives." Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. April 20, 2002

Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Theologians, Annual Meeting (e-version). “Teaching Sex: Education, Sexuality, Character.” On-line presentation. November, 2001.

Marriage and Family Life: Enduring Truths, Changing Realities–Symposium sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Bishops. “ Familiaris consortio and Openness to Life: What Does It Really Say?” Arlington, VA, August 17, 2001.

The Morality of the Death Penalty Conference. “Response to Avery Cardinal Dulles and Judge John T. Noonan..” The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001.

Restoring Life Connections through Natural Family Planning. “Natural Family Planning and Moral Education within the Family: Practices Makes Perfect” and “New Reproductive Technologies: A Catholic Ethical Perspective.” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, March 25, 2000.

Jubilee Year Reflections on Catholic Social Thought. Response to David Schindler’s “Homelessness and the Modern Condition: The Family, Community, and the Global Economy.” CUA Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2000.

Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Theologians, Third Annual Meeting. “The Call to Holiness and American Families: Resources for a Contemporary Spirituality,” Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO, November 13, 1999.

Hemispheric Consultation on Ecclesia in America. “ Called to Holiness: Spirituality for Families in Light of Ecclesia in America,” Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, October 11, 1999.

In God’s Image: Called to Build a Culture of Life Convocation. “The New Reproductive Technologies: A Catholic Ethical Perspective.” CUA Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C. -March 5, 1999.

Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Theologians, Second Annual Meeting. “Sex, Virtue, and Early Christianity” Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO, November 14, 1998.

Missouri Valley Association of Catholic Professors in Theology, First Annual Meeting. “Abortion, Personhood, and Evangelium vitae: A Test Case for Public Moral Discourse.” Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis, MO, November 14, 1997.Center for Jewish and Christian Values Conference on the Challenge of Cloning Technology. “Cloning: A Theological Analysis.” U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, June, 24, 1997.

Marquette Faculty for Life/Department of Theology Lecture. "Body, Sex and Church: New Theological Perspectives." Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI - April 10, 1997.

Communio Conference on the New Evangelization. Response to Joyce Little's “The New Evangelization and Gender.” Washington, DC, 1994.

Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting. “Hume, Newton and the Ethics of the Closed System.”

Chicago, January, 1994.

Regional AAR/SBL/CTS Meeting. “A Structural Analysis of John 18:28-19:22.” Luther Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1986.

EXTENDED REVIEWS

Review of Fertility and Gender: Issues in Reproductive and Sexual Ethics. Ed. Helen Watt. The Thomist 78, no, 2 (2014): 295-99.Review of John Paul II and St. Thomas Aquinas Ed. Michael Dauphanis and Matthew Levering. The Thomist 72 (2008): 504-509.Review of Benedict Guevin’s Christian Anthropology and Sexual Ethics. The Thomist 69 (2005):492-96.Review of John Paul II and Moral Theology: Readings in Moral Theology, Charles Curran and Richard McCormick,eds. With John Berkman and Joseph Capizzi. The Jurist 60 no. 2 (2000) 341-47.Review of Thomas Weinandy's In the Likeness of Sinful Flesh. The Thomist 59 (1995): 649-53."Mary within the Mystery of Christ." Review of John Macquarrie's Mary for All Christians and Betrand Buby's Mary of Galilee, Vol I: Mary in the New Testament. The Word Among Us 14, No. 5 (1995): 62-68.Review of William E. May's An Introduction to Moral Theology. The Thomist 58 (1994): 359-64.

SHORT REVIEWS

“Response to Gilbert Meilaender,”  Journal of Law, Philosophy, and Culture 3, no. 1 (2009):  129-30.Review of Moral Theology: New Directions and Fundamental Issues. James Keating, ed. The Jurist 69 (2009): 790-91.“Harry Potter: Muddled Mythology for a Postmodern World.” Review of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series Our Sunday Visitor 90, no 33 (December 16, 2001), 19.Review of Timothy J. Buckley’s What Binds Marriage? Roman Catholic Theology in Practice. Worship 73, no. 1 (1999): 75-77.Review of Ronald Lawler, Joseph Boyle, and William May's Catholic Sexual Ethics: A Summary, Explanation and Defense: Updated. The Living Light 33, No. 2 (Winter 1996): 88-89.Review of Gerard Coleman's Homosexuality: Catholic Teaching and Pastoral Practice. The Living Light 33, No. 2 (Winter 1996): 86-87.Review of Ranerio Cantalamessa's, Mary: Mirror of the Church. The Word Among Us 15, No. 5 (1996): 58-61.Review of Carlo Maria Martini's The New Wine: Christian Witness of the Family. The Word Among Us 15, No. 2 (1996): 68-70.Review of Riding Time Like a River: The Catholic Moral Tradition Since Vatican II. William J. O'Brien (ed.) The Jurist 55 (1995): 937-38.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE

Diocese of Lansing. Adult Formation Day "What the Heck is Going On? Gender, Genesis, and the Theology of the Body." Day long presentations on the 21st century challenges, the Theology of Body, and Amoris laetitia. Lansing, MI. March 25, 2017.

2017 Mid-Atlantic Congress Workshop. “Familiaris consortio in the Ministry of Pope Francis.” With Claire Grabowski. Baltimore, MD. February 18, 2017.

National Association of Diaconate Directors Region 1 Conference Keynote addresses on Amoris Laetitia and Its Implications for Ministry. Newport, RI. November 5, 2016.

U.S.C.C.B. Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Directors Orientation. "The Challenge of Amoris laetitia for Marriage and family Life Ministry." Washington, DC. November 3, 2016.

Priests Convocation Diocese of Richmond .Addresses on the Synods, Marriage, and Sexuality. Staunton, VA. October 17-19, 2016.

Theology of the Body Institute International Congress Plenary Address. "Discerning the Body: The Place of the Theology of the Body in the Ministry of Pope Francis" Ontario, CA. July 24, 2016.

Courage International Apostolate Conference Plenary Address. "Create in Me a Clean Heart: The Perils of Pornography." The Catholic University of America. Washington, DC. July 22, 2016.

Hope, Help, and Healing: A Catholic Response to Domestic Violence Conference Keynote Address. "Church Teaching on Marriage, Domestic Abuse and Violence." The Catholic University of America. Washington, DC. July 7, 2016.

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Pastoral Council Presentation. "Emerging Challenges to Marriage and the Family." Philadelphia, PA. June 25, 2016.

Archdiocese of Washington Priests Convocation. Keynote Address. "’'Pastors Who Take on the Smell of Their Sheep': Priestly Accompaniment of Families in Light of Amoris laetitia." The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. May 10, 2016.

CUA on Tap Presentation. "Christian Marriage: Understanding, Living It. and Preparing for It." The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. February 11, 2016.

Parish Lenten Lecture. "The Beauty of the Church's Teaching on Marriage as the Domestic Church" St. Francis Church. Derwood, MD, February 12, ,2016

Thomas More Society Lecture. “Pope Francis, the Synods, and the Family: Seeing the Big Picture.” Diocese of Wilmington, DE. December 10, 2015

World Meeting of Families Breakout Session. “The Other Side of Sinai: Growing in Virtue.” Philadelphia, PA. September, 23, 2015.

Diocese of Harrisburg 2015 Education Conference. Keynote Address. “ Forming Families for the New Evangelization: The Task of Catholic Education." Harrisburg, PA. September 16, 2015.

Address to Plenary Session of the USCCB. “The Beauty of the Church’s Teaching on Marriage.” With Claire Grabowski. Saint Louis, MO, June 11, 2015.

Archdiocese of Denver, Archbishop’s Lecture Series. “Pope Francis’s Call to Mission and the Role of the Family.” Denver, CO. April 21, 2015.

CUA School of Theology and religious Studies Symposium. "The Synods on the Family and the New Evangelization". With Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, President of USCCB, March 16, 2015.

Diocese of Richmond Priests Convocation. The Emerging Theological Issues Regarding Marriage and Family Life in Light of the Synods of Bishops." Staunton, VA. October 22, 2014.

“Something Old Something New: Tradition and Development of Doctrine in the ToB’s teaching on Marriage.” Theology of the Body International Congress. Philadelphia, PA. July 9, 2014.

“Recent Catholic Teaching on Sex and Chastity: An Overview and Some Applications.” Saint Luke’s Institute. Silver Spring, MD, March 27, 2014.

Catholic Diocese of Richmond NFP Symposium. Workshop. " Integrating NFP into the Stages of Marriage Preparation:  Remote, Proximate, Immediate, and Ongoing."  Richmond, VA. March 2, 2013.

Catholic Diocese of Richmond NFP Symposium. Keynote Address. "The Moral Difference between Contraception and NFP: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Church's Vision."  Richmond, VA. March 2, 2013.

“Vatican II and the Renewal of Moral Theology.” Continuing Christian Development Institute, Adult Education Mini Course. Saint Luke’s Church, McLean VA. April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2012.

Archdiocese of Washington Marriage Summit. Keynote Address. “Human Sexuality and the Gift of Marriage.” Washington, DC. October 1, 2011.

Trade School Class. "Marriage: Covenant, Sacrament, Communion. The 2011 Marriage-Building Construction Zone International Conference sponsored by the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers and the USCCB. Marquette University. Milwaukee, WI. August 4, 2011.

“The Theology of the Body: A Tool for Evangelization and Catechesis.” Archdiocese of Baltimore Permanent Diaconate Day of Enrichment. St. Louis Church, Clarksville, MD, October 2, 2010.

First Annual Cornerstone Conference of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Keynote Address. “Spirituality for Families in the 21st Century.” With workshops on “Marital Spirituality.” West Islip, N.Y. October 21, 2007.

Marian Fathers Workshops. “The Theology of the Body, Religious Celibacy, and Pastoral Ministry.” Marian Scholasticate. Washington, D.C. September 2-3, 2006.

Archdiocese of Washington. Priests Luncheon. “Deus Caritas Est: An Overview.” Saint John Vianney House. Kensington, MD, April 24, 2006.

Diocese of Wichita Romance Night. “The Adventure of Christian Romance.” With Claire Grabowski. St. Michael’s Church. Wichita, Kansas, February 12, 2005.

Diocese of Bridgeport 50th Jubilee Conference: Human Love in the Divine Plan. “Original Unity of Man and Woman.” Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, March 20, 2004.

Federation of Seminary Spiritual Directors Annual Conference. “Theology of the Body: Foundations and Implications.” Mt. Saint Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD. October 25, 2003.

Catholic Medical Association Detroit Guild Conference: Human Sexuality Revisited. “The Spirituality of Marriage and Natural Family Planning.” The Westin Detroit Hotel. Detroit, Michigan, March 29, 2003.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops–Polish National Catholic Church Dialogue. Response to Rev. Anthony Mikovsky and Rev. Robert Nemkovich, Jr.’s “The Sacrament of Matrimony in the Polish National Catholic Church.” Washington Retreat House, Washington, D.C. March 27, 2003.

17th Annual Florida Respect Life Conference: Word of Life . . . Light of the World Keynote Address. “Just Persons: Living the Life of Faith.” Radisson Hotel. Orlando, Florida. October 19, 2002.

Florida Catholic Medical Association Meeting: Physicians-Guardians and Servants of Human Life. “Moral and Medical Issues at the End of Life.” Radisson Hotel. Orlando, Florida. October 19, 2002.

Living the Culture of Life: A Catholic Bioethics Forum sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Orlando and the Florida Catholic Medical Association. “Catholic Moral Teaching: ‘Beginning of Life’” and “Catholic Moral Teaching: “End of Life’.” Holy Family Parish, Orlando, Florida, February 25, 2000.

Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland Conference. “Challenges to Moral & Spiritual Maturity in Catholic Men.” Baltimore, MD - March 20, 1999.

Workshop on “Family, Catechesis, and the Mystery of Sexuality” at Convocation 2000, Washington, D.C. - January 16, 1998.

Archdiocese of Washington. Master Catechist Program. "Veritatis splendor and Evangelium vitae." Washington, D.C. - February 22, 1997.

Annual Conference of Roman Catholic/United Methodist Dialogue Keynote Address: "Marriage: Christian Covenant/ Social Event" & Workshop "The Wedding: Faith vs. Pageantry." Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Charleston, WV - Sept. 27, 1995.

Theological Colloquium. "Family as the Icon of Trinitarian Communion." Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD - March 9, 1995..

Pallotine Convocation, Immaculate Conception Province. "Contemporary Catholic Sexual Ethics: An Overview." Lancaster, Penn. - September 29, 1992.

HONORS/ FELLOWSHIPS/ GRANTS

Fr. Columba Devlin Award for Achievement in Education. Franciscan University of Steubenville, 1998.

Summer Research Grant on Evangelium vitae from the Homeland Foundation ($8000.00), 1997 at Catholic University.

Faculty Research Grant ($500.00), 1993 at the Catholic University of America

Recipient of 2 Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowships 1989-91 at Marquette University ($7500.00 per year).

Elected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities 1988-89

Member of Phi Beta Kappa honors society, Zeta Chapter of Marquette University

Recipient of 2 Teaching Assistantships 1987-89 at Marquette University

Recipient of 2 Research Assistantships 1985-87 at Marquette University

Graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Steubenville

SOCIETIES/ PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Academy of Catholic Theology

1990-2009. Member of the Catholic Theological Society of America

1991 – 2008 Member of the Society of Christian Ethics

1987-1994. Member of the American Academy of Religion.

2000-2006. Member of the Education for Parish Service Academic Programs Committee

DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED

Casmir Onyegwara, PhD. “Be Fruitful and Multiply: Catholic Teaching on the Ends of Marriage with Reference to Questions Posed by Igbo Culture.” The Catholic University of America, 2015.

Brian Pedraza, PhD. Truth and Love. The Christocentric Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla/.Pope John II and Catechesis for the New Evangelization.  The Catholic University of America, 2015.

Christopher Gross, PhD. "Men and Women Becoming Virtuous:  An Examination of Aquinas’s Theory of Virtue in Light of a Contemporary Account of Sexual Difference." The Catholic University of America, 2013.

Silvio Fonseca Martinez, STD. “Pope John Paul II’s Understanding of Education in Moral Values and Its Application to Catholic Secondary Education in Present Day Nicaragua.” The Catholic University of America, 2010.

Sarah Smith Bartel, PhD. “St. Thérèse of Lisieux on the Vocation and Mission of the Child in the Domestic Church.” The Catholic University of America, 2010.

J. Thomas Petri, O.P., STD. “Locating A Spousal Meaning of the Body in the Summa Theologiae: A Comparison of a Central Idea Articulated in the Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II with the Mature Work of St. Thomas Aquinas.” The Catholic University of America, 2010. Published as Aquinas and the Theology of the Body: The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II's Anthropology (Thomistic Ressourcement Series). Washington: CUA Press, 2016.

Peter Harman, STD. “Towards a Theology of Suffering: The Contribution of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II.” The Catholic University of America, 2009.

Kevin Douglas Schemenauer, PhD. “Dietrich von Hildebrand on Procreation: The Primary and Superabundant End of Marriage.” The Catholic University of America, 2009. Published as Conjugal Love and Procreation: Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Superabundant Integration. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.

John J. Fitzgerald, PhD. “Doing Good (or Evil) and Personal Fulfillment in the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II.” The Catholic University of America, 2008. Published as The Seductiveness of Virtue: Abraham Joshua Heschel and John Paul II on Morality and Personal Fulfilment  . Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2016.

Raphael Gao Chao Peng, STD. “A Christian Understanding of Becoming Parents: A Study of Lisa Sowle Cahill’s and John Paul II Moral Analyses of Reproductive Technologies and the Application of these Perspectives to Contemporary China.” The Catholic University of America, 2007. Published as : A Christian Understanding of Becoming Parents ( Sarbrüüuken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 2008).

Clifford Aniefuna, STD. “The Christian Family as the Path to Life in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II: Implications for Igbo Christian Marriage and Family.” The Catholic University of America, 2006.

Charles D. Dern, PhD. “The ‘Rival’ Personalisms of Louis Janssens and Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II: A Critical Analysis with Respect to In Vitro Fertilization and the Nexus Indissolubilis.” The Catholic University of America, 2004.

Scott A. Huber, PhD. “Catholic Hospital Resistance to Federally Regulated Labor Organization: A Moral Assessment in Light of Occupational Structure.” The Catholic University of America, 2004.

Jennifer Lee Sean Bader, PhD. “Personal Consciousness and Freedom in the Thought of Karl Rahner and Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II: A Comparison of the Contributions to Theological Anthropology and Moral Theology.” The Catholic University of America, 2003.

William Wagner, PhD. “The Normative Role of ‘Basic Goods’ in the Natural Law Jurisprudence of John Finnis: A Critical Assessment.” The Catholic University of America, 2001.

Christopher Klofft, STD. “Moral Development, Virtue, and Gender: A Comparison of the Differing Accounts of Lisa Sowle Cahill, Servais Pinckaers, and Paul Evdokimov.” The Catholic University of America, 2000.

Gerard Biegel, STD. "'The Person Revealed in Action': A Framework for Understanding How Social Justice is an Essential Part of the Gospel in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II." The Catholic University of America, 1994. Published as Faith and Social Justice in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II (New York: Peter Lang, 1997).

Donald Miller, O.F.M., PhD. "A Critical Evaluation and Application to Various Situations in the United States of the Official Roman Catholic Position on Family Life from Vatican II through Christifideles Laici." The Catholic University of America, 1994. Published as Concepts of Family Life in Modern Catholic Theology (Bethesda, MD: Catholic Scholars Press, 1997).

REFERENCES

Rev. Mark Morozowich, Dean, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064 (202) 319-5683.

Dr. Joseph Capizzi. Professor, Moral Theology/Ethics. School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064 (202) 319-6511.

Dr. Lawrence Welch. Professor of Systematic Theology. Kenrick Glennon Seminary. Saint Louis, MO 63119 . (314) 792-6100.

PERSONAL DATA

Roman Catholic, Married, 5 children, Member of Saint Ignatius Church, Ijamsville, MD.