REV. PETER DAMIAN AKPUNONU, S.S.L., S.T.D.

Professor, Department of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation

S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; S.T.D., Pontifical Urban University, Rome. Former Associate Pastor 1966-67; taught at Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu, Nigeria 1971-1978; and Rector of the same 1979-1989; President of Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1989-1997. Author of: The Vine, Israel and the Church and The Overture of the Book of Consolations (Isa 40: 1-11). Contributor to Bigard Studies and CIWA Studies. Member of the International Theological Commission, Vatican City. Member of Catholic Biblical Association of America, Conference of Catholic Theological Institutions, Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians.

REV. THOMAS A. BAIMA, M.B.A., S.T.D.

Vice President & Provost, Professor in the Department of Systematic Theology

B.A., Butler University; S.T.B., M.Div., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.B.A., (Templeton); S.T.D., Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Former Associate Pastor of Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights and Saint Damian Parish in Oak Forest; Former Director, Archdiocese of Chicago, Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; Former President, Illinois Conference of Churches, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago and O'Hare Interfaith Chapel Corporation. Trustee, Emeritus Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. Author of Concordat of Agreement Between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Lessons on the Way Toward Full Communion. Co author of Understanding Four Views of The Lord's Supper. Contributor to A Sourcebook of the World Religions; A Blessing to Each Other: the Writings of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin on Catholic/Jewish Relations; The Community of Religions: Voices and Images from the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions. Member of the American Academy of Religion, American Catholic Philosophical Association, National Association of Diocesan Ecumenical Officers and North American Academy of Ecumenists.

REV. MARTIN BARNUM, D.MIN.

Director of Spiritual Life, Director of Prayer Formation, Director of International Students

M.Div., University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.A. in Religious Education, Mundelein College; D.Min., Catholic Theological Union at Chicago. Served as associate pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Winnetka (1974-1979); St Isaac Jogues Parish in Niles (1986-1989). Pastor at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights from 1989-1994. From 1979-1986 on the faculty of Quigley Seminary North with residence at St. Aloysius Parish in Chicago. Served as an Associate Professor of Spirituality and as Director of Spiritual Formation. Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. 1994-2005 Currently weekend sacramental minister at Transfiguration Parish in Wauconda.

REV. ROBERT BARRON, M.A. (Phil), S.T.D.

Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Professor of Faith and Culture

M.A., Catholic University of America; S.T.B., M.Div., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; S.T.D., Institut Catholique de Paris. Former Associate Pastor at St. Paul of the Cross Parish. A member of the Catholic Theology Society of America, G.K. Chesterton Society, Paul Tillich Society. Author of The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path, Creation as Discipleship, A Study of the DePotentia of Thomas Aquinas in Light of the Dogmatik of Paul Tillich, Thomas Aquinas: Spiritual Master, And Now I See: A Theology of Transformation, Heaven in Stone and Glass and Bridging the Great Divide and The Word on Fire: Proclaiming the Power of Christ and of the Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism. Articles on theology and the spiritual life have appeared in numerous journals.

REV. AUGUST J. BELAUSKAS, M.A., S.T.L.

Vice Rector, Chairperson, Instructor, Department of Pre-Theology, Associate Dean of Formation, and Director of Admissions

S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.A., Loyola University Chicago. Member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association and the Center for Process Studies.

REV. JACQUE B. BELTRAN, S.T.B., D.MIN. (Cand.)

Associate Dean of Formation

B.A., University of Santo Tomas, Manila; S.T.B., University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Former Associate Pastor at the St. Peter's Cathedral, Tuguegarao, Philippines, Former Diocesan Coordinator of Youth Ministry and Indigenous Peoples' Apostolate, Philippines; Former Pastor St. Isidore, Cagayan, Philippines; Former Associate Pastor at St. Mary's, Evanston; Former Associate Pastor at Sacred Heart, Winnetka.

REV. PATRICK J. BOYLE, S.J., M.A., Ph.L., S.T.L., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Christian Life

M.A., Loyola University of Chicago; Ph.L., S.T.L., West Baden College; Ph.D., Marquette University. Past Lecturer, Theology, and Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Loyola University. Author of Parvitas Materiae in Sexto in Contemporary Catholic Thought. Member of Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.

Sister Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., S.T.L., Ph.D.

Sister Sara teaches dogmatic theology at St. Joseph's Seminary. She recently published The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church (Hillenbrand Books). Her articles have appeared in Worship, The Thomist, Theological Studies, Theology Digest, Anglican Theological Review, Communio, Ephemerides Mariologicae, Chicago Studies, and the New Catholic Encyclopedia. In 2004 she was appointed to the International Theological Commission, and she has served on the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission since 1991. Sister Sara belongs to the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity.

Rev. Louis J. Cameli, S.T.D.

Archbishop’s Liaison for Mission and Formation
Department of Parish Life and Formation
Archdiocese of Chicago

S.T.B., S.T.L., S.T.D. Pontifical Gregorian University.  Father Cameli served as Director of Spiritual Life at Mundelein Seminary where he was also a professor in the Department of Christian Life.  He was president of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology at Chicago.  In 1996, Cardinal Bernardin appointed him Director of the Office for Ongoing Formation of Priests of the Archdiocese of Chicago.  Cardinal George appointed him pastor of Divine Infant Parish in Norridge, IL.  He is now the Archbishop’s Delegate for Mission and Formation.

LINDA M. CERABONA, M.A.

Director of Music: Mundelein Seminary/The Liturgical Institute

Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts with a Professional Concentration in Roman Catholic Music, De Paul University. Organist and pianist since the age of 11 in the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet. Formerly Director of Music for 10 years at St. Dominic Parish in the Diocese of Joliet, formerly Director of Music in the Archdiocese of Chicago at the Church of the Annunciata. Founding member and advisor for the Joliet Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Member of American Guild of Organists Hospitality committee for National AGO Convention in Chicago (the summer of 2006). Member of the Chicago Theater Organ Enthusiasts. Member of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Member of the Mundelein Sacred Music Exhibit Committee 2007. Member of the Mundelein Mission and Culture Committee, 2008.

REV. CHRISTOPHER P. CIOMEK, D.Min. (Cand.)

Associate Dean of Formation, Director of Chicago Seminarians

B.A., Niles College Seminary of Loyola University; M.Div., University of St. Mary of the Lake; D.Min. (Cand.) Barry University. Former Associate Pastor of St. Monica Parish in Chicago and St. Theresa Parish in Palatine. Adjunct Formation Director at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and Adjunct Spiritual Director at St. Joseph College Seminary. Member of The Incardination Committee of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Sr. Agnes Cunningham, SSCM, S.T.D.

S.T.D. Institute Catholique de Lyon, Post-Doctoral Studies with Johannes Quasten at the Catholic University of America, Professor Emerita of Historical Theology, University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary.

REV. EMERY A. DE GAÁL, Ph.D.

Chairperson and Associate Professor, Department of Systematic Theology; Associate Professor Pre-Theology

V.D., Dipl. Theol. University of Munich (Röm 3,21-31 als paulinischer Austrag des bereits als Traditionsgut vorgefundenen Rechtfertigungsgedankens); Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, Duquesne University. Associate Pastor, Instructor, Member of Catholic-Protestant Ecumenical Dialogue in Nuremberg, Germany, Author of The Art of Equanimity: A Study on the Theological Hermeneutics of Saint Anselm of Canterbury. Contributes articles and book reviews to a number of academic journals. Member of the American Academy of Religion, College Theology Society, Catholic Theological Society of America, Medieval Academy of America, SIM, and The International Mariological Society.

REV. KEVIN J. FEENEY, M.A.S., M.DIV., D.Min. (Cand.)

Vice President and Dean of Formation

M.Div., D.Min. (cand.) University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.A.S., University of San Francisco. Served as Associate Pastor of Epiphany Parish in Chicago from 1977-1983. Member of the formation team and the Director of Spiritual Life at Mundelein Seminary from 1983-1991. Served as Pastor of St. Sylvester Parish from 1991-2000.

REV. MICHAEL J.K. FULLER, S.T.D.

Chairperson and Assistant Professor in the Department of Christian Life

M.Div., S.T.L., S.T.D., University of St. Mary of the Lake. Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois in 1997. A graduate of Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa. He was a member of the Peace Corps and taught math and science in the Kingdom of Swaziland located in Southern Africa. After seminary, he was an Associate Pastor for St. Bridget Parish, Loves Park, Illinois and taught Medical Ethics at Saint Anthony College of Nursing in Rockford, Illinois.

REV. SCOTT HEBDEN, S.T.D.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Systematic Theology

M.A., Westminster Theological Seminary; S.T.L, University of St. Mary of the Lake; S.T.D., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome; Pastoral Ministry, Philadelphia, 86-89; Faculty member Evangelical Seminary of Caracas, Venezuela, 90-92; Associate Pastor, St. Philomena Parish, 99-01; Administrator, St. Joseph Parish 02-03; Adjunct faculty/spiritual director, Instituto de Liderazgo Pastoral; Adjunct staff, Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

Rev. Ronald Hicks, D.Min.

Associate Dean of Formation and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pastoral Life

B.A., Niles College of Loyola University, M.Div., D.Min., University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Former Assocate Pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Chicago, Saint Elizabeth Seton Parish in Orland Hills and Former Dean of Formation of Saint Joseph College Seminary at Loyola University. Former Regional Director of Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos homes in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

PAUL C. HILLIARD, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Church History

B.A. in History with Concentrations in Classics and Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Dallas; M.Phil in Medieval History, University of Cambridge; Ph.D. in History, University of Cambridge, Thesis: 'Sacred and Secular History in the Writings of Bede (†735)'. His research interests include Medieval Biblical Exegesis, Christian Historiography, Anglo-Saxon History, Early Medieval History, Monasticism, and Conversion. Forthcoming article, 'The Venerable Bede as Scholar, Gentile, and Preacher' in R. McKitterick, R. Corradini, et. al., eds., Ego Trouble Authors and their Identities in the Early Middle Ages (Vienna, Fall 2008). Member of the American Historical Association, Ecclesiastical History Society, International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, Medieval Academy of America, and Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages.

REV. RONALD KUNKEL, S.T.D., (Cand.)

Instructor in the Department of Systematic Theology

B.B.A., University of Notre Dame; S.T.B., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; S.T.L., Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm, Rome; S.T.D., (Cand.) University of St. Mary of the Lake. Former Associate Pastor, St. Peter, Skokie. Former Associate Pastor and Director of Liturgy, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago. Adjunct faculty member, Institute for Priestly Formation, Creighton University. Member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy.

VERY REV. DENNIS J. LYLE, S.T.D.

Rector/President, Associate Professor in the Department of Christian Life

B.A. Loyola University Chicago; S.T.B., M.Div., S.T.L, University of St. Mary of the Lake; S.T.D., Pontifical Lateran University / Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome. Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Former associate pastor of St. Joseph/St. Bartholomew Parish, Waukegan; former faculty member and academic dean of St. Joseph College Seminary at Loyola University Chicago. Author of Virtues of Discipleship: The Contribution of the Evangelical Councils to Catholic Moral Theology in Light of the Universal Call to Holiness in the Documents of the Second Vatican Council.

REV. DOUGLAS MARTIS, PH.D., S.T.D.

Director, The Liturgical Institute, Chairperson of the Department of Worship and Associate Professor in the Department of Systematic Theology and Department of Worship

M.Div., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; Ph.D., Université de Paris IV (La Sorbonne), Historie des religions et anthropologie religieuse; S.T.D., Institut Catholique de Paris. Editor: The Mundelein Psalter; Member Board of Trustees, Lewis University; Member, Society for Catholic Liturgy. Contributor to The Way, La Maison-Dieu and Rite. The Way and to La Maison-Dieu.

REV. JAMES P. MCILHONE, S.T.L., Ph.D.

Associate Academic Dean; Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation

M.Div., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; Ph.D., Marquette University, Dissertation "The Lord Your God is One: A Reaction Critical Analysis of Mark 12:28-34." Former Associate Pastor; Instructor, Niles College. Contributor to Aim, The Word in the Home, Chicago Studies, Markings, and Bible Today. Author of The Word Made Clear. A member of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Biblical Archaeology Association, Chicago Society for Biblical Research, Catholic Theological Association America, and Member of the Computer Committee of the Catholic Biblical Association of America.

REV. CHARLES R. MEYER, M.A., S.T.D.

Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Systematic Theology and Church History

M.A., S.T.D., University of St. Mary of the Lake; B.S. in Library Science at Rosary College. Post-doctoral study at the Vatican Library and Gregorian University, Rome. Academic Dean of the University of St. Mary of the Lake, 1976-1980. Author of: A Contemporary Theology of Grace, The Touch of God: A Theological Analysis of Religious Experience, Man of God: A Study of the Priesthood, What a Modern Catholic Believes About the Holy Spirit, Religious Belief in a Scientific Age and The Thomistic Concept of Justifying Contrition. He has contributed articles to a wide variety of general and theological periodicals and reference books. Member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Catholic Biblical Association, the American Catholic Historical Association and the American Society of Church History.

SR. KATHLEEN MULCHAY, S.S.C.M., M.Ed., M.A.P.S.

Director of First Year Field Education, Director of the Pilgrimage Quarter

B.A. in English Literature; University of St. Francis, Joliet; M.Ed. in Education, DePaul University, Chicago; M.A. in Pastoral Studies, Aquinas Institute, St. Louis; Certificate of Theological Studies, School of Applied Theology, Berkeley. Served on parish educational staffs in Maryland, Minnesota and Illinois. Former provincial, directress of vocations and directress of formation for the Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary. Member of Catholic Association of Theological Field Education.

ELIZABETH NAGEL, S.S.D.

Professor, Department of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation

M.A. in Theology with a major in Scripture from Mount Angel Seminary, OR; S.S.L. and S.S.D. from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy. Formerly, Full Professor of Sacred Scripture in the Theology Division of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary at Overbrook in Wynnewood, PA. Author of Be a Blessing. A Spring of Refreshment on the Road of Daily Life; Contributor to Bible Today, the National Catholic Education Association Publication, Book Reviews for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly . Lived in Israel for one year and was a Scripture Resource person for numerous Study Tours to the Holy Land. Member of the Catholic Biblical Association of America and the Society of Biblical Literature. Primary interested in teaching and communicating Sacred Scripture in a way that helps contemporary Christians enter into the biblical text and hear, for themselves, God who speaks there. Additional professional work includes courses, lectures, retreats, symposia, and theological updates for lay adults, priests, parishes, religious orders and candidates for the Permanent Diaconate in the Dioceses of Philadelphia, PA, and Dioceses of Wilmington, DE, Allentown, PA, Camden, NJ, Harrisburg, PA, Pensacola, FL and Portland, OR. Summer Scripture courses at St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT, and Jesuit School at Berkeley summer program in Berkeley, CA.

REV. EDWARD T. OAKES, S.J., Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Department of Systematic Theology. .

M. A. (Research), St. Louis University; M. Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; M. Phil, Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary. Former Visiting Professor at New York University, Former Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Regis University, Denver, Colorado. Author of Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar (Continuum, 1997), editor of German Essays on Religion (Continuum, 1994), co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar (Cambridge University Press, 2004), translator of Hans Urs von Balthasar's The Theology of Karl Barth: Exposition and Interpretation and Explorations in Theology, Volume IV: Spirit and Institution (both from Ignatius Press) and Josef Pieper's The Concept of Sin (St. Augustine's Press) . His articles and reviews have appeared in Journal of Religion, Pro Ecclesia, Theological Studies, First Things, Commonweal and other scholarly and popular periodicals.

LORRAINE H. OLLEY, M.A. Div., M.A.L.S

Library Director

B.A., Philosophy, Rosary College; M.A., Divinity, and M.A., Library Science, University of Chicago; Advanced Certificate in Preservation Administration, School of Library Service, Columbia University. Former associate professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University. Former executive director, Library Administration and Management Association. Member, American Theological Libraries Association, American Library Association.

REV. PATRICK O'MALLEY J., M.A., S.T.L.

M.A., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake. Former Vicar for Priests. Pastor Emeritus of St. Celestine Parish. Former Co-pastor of Old St. James Parish. Former Vice-President of Presbyteral Council. Former Diocesan Consultor. Former member Priests' Placement Board. Former President of National Federation of Priests' Councils. Former Administrator of St. Jariath Parish. Co-founder of Association of Chicago Priests. Former Assistant Superintendent of Maryville Academy.

REV. JAMES PRESTA, M.Div., S.T.L., S.T.D.

Assistant Professor in the Department Systematic Theology

B.S., Psychology and Theology, Loyola University; M. Div. (and S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake - Mundelein Seminary; S.T.D. Pontifical University Marianum, Rome), ordained in 1986, Former Rector/President and instructor of Theology at St. Joseph College Seminary 1996-2010. Former adjunct faculty member in the Theology Department of Loyola University Chicago. He was a parish priest at St. Christopher Parish in Midlothian, Ill (1986-1993) and Queen of Martyrs Parish in Evergreen Park (1993-1996). Member of the Executive Committee of the Presbyteral Council of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Chairman of the Priest Placement Board of the Archdiocese of Chicago.. Current academic affiliations include: National Association of College Seminaries the National Catholic Education Association, Seminary Dept., the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars as well as the Mariological Society of America. His current work and research is in Mariology. He has given workshops, days of recollection and parish missions on the Blessed Virgin Mary.

REV. ROBERT L. SCHOENSTENE, M.A., S.S.L.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation and Pre-Theology, D.Min., Theological Coordinator

M.A. (Greek) Loyola University; S.S.L., Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; Graduate study at Pontifical College Josephinum and Semitic studies at University of Wisconsin. Former Spiritual Director, Dean of Men. Former Associate Professor, Pontifical College, Josephinum. Member of Catholic Biblical Association, American Society of Papyrologists, and Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.

SR. LINDA SEVCIK, S.M., M.A., S.T.L.

Director of Field Education

B.A. in Mathematics, Univ. Of Detroit; M.A. in Education, Univ. Of Detroit; S.T.L. in Psychology, Pontifical Gregorian University. Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois. Certified Pastoral Associate, Archdiocese of Chicago. Former Pastoral Associate at Our Lady of the Snows, Chicago, and 15 years of private practice as a psychotherapist. Former provincial, director of novices and vocation director for the Marist Sisters. Adjunct faculty member: Institute of Priestly Formation. Member of Illinois Counseling Association.

REV. DANIEL S. SIWEK, M.DIV., S.T.L.

Instructor, Departments of Biblical Exegesis and Proclamation and Pre-Theology

M.Div., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake. Former Associate Pastor, St. John Fisher Parish, Chicago; Sacred Heart Parish, Winnetka. Member of the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics and the Academy of Homiletics.

REV. JOHN S. SZMYD, S.T.B., M.DIV.

Director of Liturgy, Associate Dean of Formation

B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, Marquette University; M.Div., S.T.B., University of St. Mary of the Lake. Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago, 1996. Served as associate pastor for St. Joseph Church, Wilmette 1996-2001. Spiritual Director at St. Joseph College Seminary, 1998-2001. Member of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission. Member of the Federation of Seminary Spiritual Directors.

REV. RAYMOND J. WEBB, S.T.L., Ph.D.

Vice President and Academic Dean, Professor, Chairperson Department of Pastoral Life, Director of Newly Ordained Program

M.A. and S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.A., DePaul University; M.A., Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago. Former Associate Professor of Education and Psychology at Niles College of Loyola University. Former Associate Pastor. Member of Federation of Seminary Spiritual Directors, Catholic Theological Society of America, American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Association for Theological Field Education, Catholic Association for Theological Field Education, American Academy of Religion and International Academy of Practical Theology.

KATHLEEN WISKUS, M.A., D.Min.

Associate Dean of Formation; D.Min., Project Coordinator

B.A. in Religious Studies, Edgewood College; M.A. in Biblical Hebrew and Semitic Studies, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; D. Min., University of St. Mary of the Lake. Served as Vocation Co-Director for the Diocese of Madison. Former director of the Diocese of Madison offices of Pastoral Services, Pastoral Planning, and Safe Environment. Former director of the Diocesan Institute for Lay and Diaconate Formation for Diocese of Madison. Former Region VII Representative for National Association of Diaconate Directors. Served as Director of Religious Education for parishes in Iowa and Wisconsin. Member of Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion.

REV. RICHARD J. WOJCIK, S.T.L., M.C.G.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Worship

M.A., S.T.L., University of St. Mary of the Lake; M.C.G., Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome. Member of National Association of Pastoral Musicians, American Choral Directors Association, Catholic Theological Society of America, Hymn Society of America.