Education
B.A.,    1974, University of St. Thomas, Philosophy, Houston
S.T.B., 1977, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
S.T.L., 1979, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
S.T.D., 1988, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Experience
1978 Ordained Roman Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
1979-81 Parochial Vicar, St. Mary’s of the Miraculous Medal Church, Texas City
1981-1985 Graduate Study, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
1985-89 Service in the English Section of the Secretariat of State of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
1989-90 Instructor in Systematic Theology, School of  Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary
1990-99 Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary
1999-2007 Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Houston
2007- Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary

Teaching Areas
Systematic Theology – Revelation and Faith, Doctrine of God, Trinity, Christology, Christian Anthropology, Eschatology, Mariology, Pneumatology, Theology of the Ministerial Priesthood, Documents of Vatican II, Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Missionary Activity, Theologians of the Twentieth Century
Ecclesiastical Latin

Research Areas
Documents of Vatican II, Pneumatology, Christology, Jacques Maritain on the Preconscious Life of the Intellect, Creative Intuition and Poetic Knowledge, Religious Indifference in Society and the Forgetfulness of God, The Way of the Beautiful as an Approach to God

Other Interests
Swimming, Jogging, Singing, Drama, Liturgical Art, Italian, Spanish and the Spiritual Life