Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Biblical Studies, and Member, Formation Faculty
  Seton Hall University, Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology
  (July 2008 – Present)
 
Ordination:  Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Trenton, NJ
  (May 18, 1996 – Present)
9/08 – Present Weekend Assistant, Christ the King Parish, Long Branch, NJ
8/02 – 6/08 Graduate Studies, Rome
7/98 – 8/02 Secretary & Master of Ceremonies for Bishop John M. Smith, Trenton, NJ
7/98 – 8/02 Weekend Assistant, St. Ann Parish, Lawrenceville, NJ
6/96 – 7/98 Parochial Vicar, St. Ann Parish, Keansburg, NJ

Education:
10/05 – 7/08 Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome (Biblical Theology)
  Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), July 2008
  Dissertation Title: Called from the Jews and from the Gentiles:
    Pauline Ecclesiology in Romans 9–11
  Director: Jean-Noël Aletti, S.J., Professor of NT Exegesis at the Pontifical
    Biblical Institute & Member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

9/02 – 11/05 Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (Scripture)
  Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (S.S.L.), Nov 2005

8/92 – 5/96 St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA (Theology)
  Master of Arts in Theology (M.A.), May 1996
  Master of Divinity (M.Div.), May 1995

8/91 – 5/92 Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH (Philosophy/Pre-Theology)
  Pre-Theology Certificate, May 1992

9/88 – 5/90 Columbia University, New York City, NY (Graduate Studies, Engineering)
  Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.), May 1990

9/84 – 6/88 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Undergraduate Studies, Engineering)
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), June 1988

Publications:
  Called from the Jews and from the Gentiles: Pauline Ecclesiology in Romans 9-11 (WUNT 2.267; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2009).

  “‘The Lord Will Accomplish His Word’: Paul’s Argumentation and Use of Scripture in Romans 9:24-29,” Letter & Spirit 2 (2006) 141-158.

  Review of P. Basta, Abramo in Romani 4. L’analogia dell’agire divino nella ricerca esegetica di Paolo (Analecta Biblica 168; Rome 2007), in Biblica (forthcoming).

  Review of R.H. Bell, The Irrevocable Call of God. An Inquiry into Paul’s Theology of Israel (WUNT 184; Tübingen 2005), in Biblica 89 (2008) 134-137.

  Translation (from Italian) of F. Belli, Argumentation and Use of Scripture in Romans 9–11 (Rome) (forthcoming).

  Translation (from Italian) of P. Beauchamp, “Is a Biblical Theology Possible?”, in J. Granados – C. Granados – L. Sánchez-Navarro, eds., Opening Up the Scriptures: Joseph Ratzinger and the Foundations of Biblical Interpretation (Ressourcement; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 2008), 65-78.

University Courses Taught:
  Synoptic Gospels
 
  Johannine Literature
 
  Hebrews and Catholic Letters

  Mary in Sacred Scripture

  The Word of God in the Life of the Church  

Presentations:
  “The Word of God is Living and Active: Praying the Scriptures”: Lecture to Permanent Deacons of the Diocese of Trenton, 10/09
  “The Scriptures, St. Paul, and Jewish Methods of Exegesis”: Marzheuser Lecture on Jewish-Catholic Relations, The Athenaeum of Ohio (Cincinnati), 10/09.

  “St. Paul and the Paradox of the Cross”: Lecture at Seton Hall University, 3/09

  “St. Paul: His Life, Letters, and Theology”: Three-Part Monthly Lecture Series to Permanent Deacons, Archdiocese of Newark, 10/08 – 12/08

  Homilies, Applied Biblical Studies Conference, Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, 7/09

  “Pauline Ecclesiology in Romans 9–11”: Seminar at the Applied Biblical Studies Conference, Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, 7/08 (plus 3 homilies on St. Paul)

Professional Memberships:
  Society of Biblical Literature
  Catholic Biblical Association of America

Previous Work Experience:
  Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, NJ
  (6/88 – 8/91)

Languages: English, Italian, Spanish.
  Reading knowledge of French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Latin

Personal Information:
  Born 2/10/67 near Santiago, Chile.  Parents are both natives of northern Italy.
  Family moved to California in 1969 and to New Jersey in 1973.