Significant Dates

1993: Ordained a Priest of the Archdiocese of New York

Degrees

S.T.D. Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome (2003)

S.T.L., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome (1996)

S.T.B. St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, in cooperation with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome (1992)

M.Div. St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, in cooperation with the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome (1992)

M.A., Theology, with a concentration in Sacred Scripture St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie (1993)


Professional Positions

2001-present: Dean, St. John Neumann Residence and Hall

1998-present: Professor of Sacred Scripture, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie (Yonkers, N.Y.)

1993–94: Parochial Vicar, St. Charles Church (Staten Island, N.Y.)


Memberships in Learned Societies
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars

Catholic Biblical Association of America

Society of Biblical Literature

American Academy of Religion


Fraternal and Honorary Organizations

Sovereign Military Order of Malta (American Association)

Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Eastern Lieutenancy of the United States)

Knights of Columbus (Chaplain, Council 410)


Publications
"Ecclesiae Sanctae at Forty" Sacerdos 13/63 (May-June 2006): 31–34.

"Are We Losing Faith in the Resurrection?" The Priest 62/4 (April 2006): 16–24. 

"The Clergy and Science." Homiletic and Pastoral Review 106/6 (March 2006): 17–21. 

"The Reservation of the Homily to the Clergy." Sacerdos 13/61 (January-February 2006): 24–28. 

"Mariology from Lumen Gentium to Redemptoris Mater." Homiletic and Pastoral Review 106/1 (October 2005): 14–20.

"Baptism on Account of the Dead (1 Cor 15:29): An Act of Faith in the Resurrection." Academia Biblica 22 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005).

“We Cannot Live without Sunday.” The Priest 61/9 (September 2005): 49–52.

“Priestly Identity and the Danger of Democratism.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review 105/10 (July 2005): 8–13.

 

“Priestly Identity and Priestly Holiness.” The Priest 61/7 (July 2005): 38–41.

 

“The Eucharist and the Trinity.” The Priest 61/5 (May 2005): 17–19.

"The Witness of Women in Sacred Scripture." The Priest 60/12 (December 2004): 42–46.

"Marriage and the Family in Casti Connubii and Humanae Vitae." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 105/2 (November 2004): 50–54.

"Transformation and Victory over Death in 1 Corinthians 15:50–58." Dunwoodie Review 27 (2004): 86–101.

"The Primacy of Peter in Ut Unum Sint." Ecumenical Trends 33/6 (June 2004): 89–91.

"Knowing One’s Place: On Venues in Biblical Interpretation." Dunwoodie Review 26 (2003): 82–97.

"The Actualization of Sacred Scripture." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 101/3 (December 2000): 55–60.

"Hermeneutics Begins at Home: On Retrieving the Reader in Biblical Interpretation." Dunwoodie Review 23 (2000): 77–99.

"Jezebel and John: Authority in Thyatira." Dunwoodie Review 17 (1994): 99–128.

"Prophecy and Revelation 10:1-11 and 11:1-13: The Creative Use of the Old Testament by a New Testament Prophet." Dunwoodie Review 16 (1993): 16–26.


Presentations and Colloquia

International Theological Colloquium - "Theology from Vatican II to Today." Sponsored by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy. (Presentations in video and text available at www.clerus.org.) Monthly 2001–.