Educational Background:
- M.A., Classical Languages, Villanova University, 1975
- M.S., Religious Education, Marywood College, 1986
- M.A., Liturgy, University of Notre Dame, 1990
- Ph.D., Theology, University of Notre Dame, 1993
Courses Taught:
- Biomedical Moral Issues
- Faces of Heroines
- The Meaning of Death and Dying
- Contemporary Moral Issues
- Heart of the City (with Martin Malloy)
- God and the Struggle for Civil Rights
- Global Perspectives on Slavery and Emancipation
- Graduate: God and Human Suffering, Prayer; Seminar in Holistic Perspectives; Ecology and Mystery; Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Scholarly Interests:
- Women in History; Feminine Symbolism
- Medieval Liturgical Developments
- Social Justice; Healthcare Reform
- Issues Connected to Ordination
Selected Publications:
- Noble Daughters: Unheralded Women in Western Christianity, 13th to 18th Centuries,Greenwood Press, Westport, CT
- C. S. Lewis and Human Suffering: Light among the Shadows, Paulist Press/Hidden Springs, Mahwah, NJ
- New York Abstains “Courteously:” Essays on Civil Discourse and Civic Responsibility, Co-Editor and Contributor (with Thérèse McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.), University Press of America, Lanham, MD
- Imaging the Other: Essays on Diversity, Co-Editor and Contributor (with Thérèse McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.), University Press of America, Lanham, MD
- Not Etched in Stone: Essays on Ritual Memory, Soul, and Society, Co-Editor and Contributor (with Thérèse McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.), University Press of America, Lanham, MD
- Balancing the Scales: The Manipulation and Transformation of Symbolic Concepts of Women, Co-Editor and Contributor (with Thérèse McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.), University Press of America, Lanham, MD
- “The Church and the City,” in David R. Contosta, Ed., This Far By Faith: Tradition and Change in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Penn State Press, pp. 155-177
- “Economic Justice in the Old Testament: Perspectives from the Hebrew Scriptures,” Verbum Incarnatum Volume 4:122-134.
- “The Demand for Justice Implicit in the Eucharistic Celebration, Verbum Incarnatum Volume 4: 92-110.
- “Plurality in Unity: The Ecclesiology of Leonardo Boff, Theology Today Volume 66, Number 1 (April 2009): 7-20
- "Eucharist: Bread and Justice," Questions Liturgiques
- "Health Care Reform:A Human Rights Issue," in J. Koterski, ed., Life and Learning VI (Georgetown University, 1997)
- "Cracking Open Symbols", ARTS, 1997 (with Therese McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.)
- "The Rites of King-Making in 10th-Century England" in M. Gosman, ed., The Propagation of Power in the Medieval West (Groningen: The Netherlands, 1997)
Relevant Experience:
- Named Fellow of Thanatology through ASEC (Association of Death Education and Counseling)
- National certification in Thanatology through ASEC
Numerous book reviews and presentations
- Series of Op-Ed pieces, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Entries in R. P. McBrien, ed., Encyclopedia of Catholicism, HarperCollins, San Francisco, CA
- Certificate in Comprehensive Bereavement Skills, Institute of Life and Living, Fort Collins, CO
- Training in Chaplaincy, Community Medical Center, Scranton PA
- Experience in El Salvador, Tanzania, Turkey, Rwanda
- Named Fellow of Thanatology through ASEC (Association of Death Education and Counseling)
- National certification in Thanatology through ASEC
