Bernadette Flanagan
 
Area of Specialisation: Gender Studies, Spirituality
Qualifications:
BA in Mathematics and Religion; Higher Diploma in Education; Higher Diploma in ICT
MA in Spirituality; PhD: Thesis: Liberty God: A Heuristic Study of Irish Urban Spirituality
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TEL: +353 1 8520751

Publications (Selection)
Books:
With Wisdom Seeking God: Papers from the First European Conference on the Academic Study of Spirituality, co-edited with Una Agnew (Leuven: Peeters, 2008).
Lamplighters: Exploring Spirituality in New Contexts, co-edited with David Kelly (Dublin: Veritas, 2004).
The Spirit of the City: Voices from Dublin’s Liberties (Dublin: Veritas, 1999)
Articles:
‘Urban Spirituality: One Size Does Not Fit All’ in A. Walker, ed., Spirituality in the City (London: SPCK, 2005) 90-104.
‘Women and Social Spirituality’, in Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice, eds, Windows on Social Spirituality (Dublin: Columba, 2003) 83 – 90.

Current Research Activities
Book Contract with Wipf and Stock for Embracing Solitude: Women, Solitude and the New Monasticisms
Member of Expert Working Group Constructing Theories of Spirituality as a Subject of Academic Study at Nijmegen Radboud University & Titus Brandsma Instituut, Netherlands

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Joseph Francis McCann
 
Area of Specialisation: Religious Education and Education
Qualifications:
Ph D (Education Administration) Teachers College Columbia University 1980
MA M Ed (Education) Teachers College Columbia University 1972
M Phil Ecum (Ecumenical Theology) Irish School of Ecumenics Dublin University (Trinity College) 1988
BA University College Dublin 1962
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TEL: +353 1 8520724

Publications:
“Managing the Catholic School” and “How World Religions Teach Religion” Chapters in Kieran P. and Hession A. (Editors) Exploring Religious Education: Catholic Religious Education in an Intercultural Europe (Dublin: Veritas 2008)
Managing with Heart: Studying Community and Voluntary Services, Editor with Moya Curran, (Dublin: Veritas 2008)
“Religious Education: an Analysis of the Perspectives of the World Religions” Chapter in de Souza, M., Engebretson, K., Durka, G., et al. International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Aspects of Education Volume One Part Two (Netherlands: Springer, 2006)
Faith Seeking Understanding: Religion and Science with Fachtna McCarthy (Dublin: Veritas 2006)
“Improving our Aim: Catholic School Ethos” Chapter in Monahan, L. and Prendergast, N. (Editors) Re-imagining the Catholic School (Dublin: Veritas 2003)
Religion and Science: Education Ethics and Policy Editor (Dublin: St Patrick’s College, 2003)
Into the Classroom: Religion and Science with Fachtna McCarthy (Dublin: Veritas, 2003)

Current Research Activities
Catholic Education
Management of Faith and Non Profit Organizations
Religious Education by and about World Faiths
Religion and Science

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Brian Nolan
 
Area of Specialisation: Ancient Mediterranean History and Culture
Qualifications:
BA UCD
STL Angelicum University (Rome)
LSS Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome)
STD University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

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Tel. 353 1 8520732

Publications:
Peer-reviewd publications include:
The Royal Son of God (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1975)
Three article in D. Lane, etc. ed., The New Dictionary of Theology (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1987)
One article in James H. Murphy, ed., New Beginnings in Ministry (Dublin: Columba Press, 1992)
Three articles in The Proceedings of the Irish Biblical Association
Two articles forthcoming in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible Vol. 5 (Abingdon Press 2009)

Current Research Activities
The gender and political dimensions of blood sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean (BC 400-AD 400) as excluding women from community leadership

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Marjorie Fitzpatrick
Area of Specialisation: Research Methodology specifically Research Methods, Figurational Sociology, Sociology of Music

Qualifications:
(a) B.Soc.Sc (Sociology, Social Admin. Psychology, Statistics) Specialist Research Methodology.
(b) M.Soc.Sc Thesis: ARE They Dimensional? A Descriptive-Explorative study of Adult Religious Education and the Religiosity of Participants.
(c) PhD. (Sociology) Thesis: Music and Power in Eighteenth-Century Court Society. (Handel’s Messiah and the Protestant Ascendancy in Dublin).
(d) MCIPD.
(e) H. Dip Ed. (Hons) English and Religion.
(f) CTG
(g) Dip. Catechetics
(h) Adult Educ in Theology

Publications:
(1) 21 Labour Availability Studies (Former Dept. of Labour) and School Leavers’ Survey. (1974-1975)
(2) HEA reports (Equality Studies UCD). (1993-1997)
(3) Induction Training in the ESRI (Institute of Personnel Development). (1972)
(4) Article “Music and Power in Eighteenth –century Court Society” in All Hallows Studies Summer 2006.
(5) Researcher contributing to Fulton, J, et al (2000) Young Catholics at the New Millennium: The Religion and Morality of Young Adults. In Western Countries.

Current Research Activities:
Lecturer in Research Methodology to MA and PhD Students in All Hallows. (Documentary, Qualitative, Quantitative and Action Research).
Consultant in Sociology.
Co-Ordinator of Research Methodology.
Collating MA Theses and Phd abstracts and Conclusions and Recommendations Chapters of All Hallows Students work from 1993-present.

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Kevin Egan
 
Education and Training:
2005-2006. Advanced Diploma in Clinical Supervision (Middlesex University)
1994. Internship in Supervision of Spiritual Direction, Mercy Center Burlingame, San Francisco.
1991-1993. Doctoral Studies at Andover Newton Theological College Boston. D. Min (Hons.) Psychology and Clinical Studies.
Thesis: Interpersonal Skills Training for Ministry: Testing a Program.
1991-1993. Internship at United Pastoral Counseling Centers. Fulfilled requirements for membership of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors
1990-1993. Personal Psychotherapy (89 hrs.)
1991-1993. Spiritual Guidance Program Shalem Institute, Washington.
1990-1991. M. S. in Pastoral Counseling Loyola College,Baltimore
1990-1991. Internship Arundel Hospice, Baltimore.
1987. Apostolic Spirituality (3 months) Johannesburg.
1981-1982. Diploma in Mission Studies, St. Patrick’s College. Maynooth.
1974-1975. Human Relations Training, Richmond Fellowship London - a residential therapeutic community for people with mental health problems.
1973-1976. Participated in several conferences organized by the Grubb Institute and the Tavistock Institute on Leadership and Authority.
1967-1971. Theological Studies at Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Rome. B.D. (cum laude.) S.T.L. (summa cum laude.)
1964-1967. Philosophy and Sociology University College Galway. B A. (hons 2.1).
1958-1963. Secondary School Franciscan College Gormanston.

Publications:
“A Spiritual Presence on the Frontier” Dancing on the Edge: Chaplaincy, Church and Higher Education (McGrail, Peter & Sullivan John Eds.) Chelmsford, Essex: Matthew James 2007
“Confronting Institutional Denial: Two Recent Reports on the Sexual Abuse Crisis” Doctrine & Life. Vol 56 No. 2. Feb. 2006.
“Forgiveness: An Interdisciplinary Study” Journal of the National Association for Pastoral Counselling and Psychotherapy. Autumn 2005.

Clinical Experience:
1993-Present: Private Practice as a Pastoral Counselor/Therapist.
1993-Present: Private Practice as a Spiritual Director.
1993-Present: Counselling Supervisor/ Spiritual Direction Supervisor.
1993-Present: I have given workshops on grief, forgiveness in families and pastoral care to Bethany, Accord, Family Life Centre Boyle, Family Centre, Ballaghadreen.
1995-2001: Member of the Child Protection Task Force CORI (Conference of Religious of Ireland).
1999-2000. Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Southdown Institute, a residential mental health facility, in Toronto.
Coordinated the After-care Program
Facilitated a therapy group for residents with sexual allegations
Member of assessment team
Facilitated workshops sponsored by Institute
Provided Spiritual Direction

Membership:
2008-Present: Accredited Member Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
2006: Member of the Supervisors Association of Ireland.
2004-Present: Member National Association for Pastoral Counselling and Psychotherapy.
2003-Present: Founding Member All Ireland Spiritual Guidance Association.
1993-Present: Certified Member American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Member No. 4626.

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Thomas Dalzell
Area of Specialisation: Theology; Psychoanalysis

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Divinity (1985); Licence in Theology (1989);
Higher Diploma in Pastoral Theology (1990); PhD in Theology (1996);
Higher Diploma in Psychoanalytic Studies (2002); Master of Science in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2004);
PhD in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2008)

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TEL: +353 1 8373745

Publications: 
Books:
The Dramatic Encounter of Divine and Human Freedom, Bern: Peter Lang Publishers, 2000 (2nd edition).
 Freud's Schreber between Psychiatrists and Psychoanalysts. On Subjective Disposition to Psychosis in Psychoanalysis (forthcoming from Karnac Books).

Articles:
"Schreber in L'étourdit", The Letter. Irish Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis 41 (2009) 103-133.

"Schizophrenia in Freud and Lacan. No Return to pre-Kraepelinian Bewilderment", The Letter. Irish Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis  40 (2009) 7-17.
“Die Rezeption Eugen Bleulers in Grossbritannien und Irland”, Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie 159.5 (2008) 331-337.
“Kant’s Nothings and Lacan’s Empty Object”, The Letter. Irish Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis 39 (2008) 97-102.
“Eugen Bleuler 150: Bleuler’s Reception of Freud”, History of Psychiatry 18.4 (2007) 471-482.
“Towards a Psychoanalytic Theology of Original Sin”, Irish Theological Quarterly 70.4 (2006) 89-112.
“What Theological Aesthetics can learn from Psychoanalysis”, All Hallows Studies (2006) 61-76.
“Theological Aesthetics and Lacanian Psychoanalysis”, Irish Theological Quarterly 69.1 (2004) 3-16.
“The Enrichment of God in Balthasar’s Theological Dramatics”, Irish Theological Quarterly 66.1 (2001) 3-18.
“Lack of Social Drama in Balthasar’s Theological Dramatics”, Theological Studies 60.3 (1999) 457-475.
Various book reviews.

Current Research Activities:
The theologies of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Rahner;
  
Convergences between Theology and Psychoanalysis;
Freud and Lacan.

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Dr. Patrick Quinn
Area of Specialisation: Platonic influences on St. Thomas Aquinas’s accounts of mind, body and soul, the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of education.
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Qualifications:
BA in Philosophy and Logic, University College Dublin.
BD in Theology, Pontifical Collegio Universita Urbana, De Propaganda Fide, Roma
MA in Philosophy, University College Dublin
PhD in Philosophy, University of Liverpool
Higher Diploma in Education, University College, Dublin.
Diploma in Guidance and Counselling, Mater Dei Institute of Guidance and Counselling, Dublin.

Publications
Books:
Philosophy of Religion A-Z (2005), Edinburgh and New York: Edinburgh University Press and Palgrave Macmillan.
Aquinas, Platonism and the Knowledge of God (1996), Aldershot: Avebury.

Book chapters in:
Platonism and Forms of Intelligence (2008), ed. By John Dillon and Marie-Elise Zovko, Berlin: Akademie Verlag. Neoplatonic Aesthetics: Music, Literature and the Visual Arts (2004), ed. by Liana de Girolami Cheney & John Hendrix, New York: Peter Lang.
Credo: Faith and Philosophy in Contemporary Ireland (2003), ed. by Stephen Costello, Dublin: The Liffey Press.
Neoplatonism and Western Aesthetics (2002), ed. by Aphrodite Alexandrakis, New York: SUNY Press.
Christianizing Peoples and Converting Individuals (2000) ed. Guyda Armstrong & Ian N. Wood, Turnhout, Belgium: Brephols Publishers nv.
The Propagation of Power in the Medieval West (1997), ed. by Martin Gosman, Arjo Vanderjagt & Jan Veenstra, Groningen: Egbert Forster Publishers.
Ethics and the Subject (1997) BY Karl Simms, Amsterdam: Rodopi B.V. publishers
Friendship East and West: Philosophical Perspectives (1996), ed. by Oliver Leaman, Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.

Journal publications:
“Wittgenstein on Education” in Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society 2007, ed. William Desmond, Maynooth.
“Aquinas’s views on mind and soul: Echoes of Platonism” in Verbum, Budapest,/2004.
“Disembodiment as a pre-condition for the ultimate aesthetic experience” in TKS Journal of Cultural Studies 2002.
“Aquinas’s views on Teaching” in New Blackfriars Vol.82, no.961, March 2001.
“Plato and Freire on Knowledge, Education and Justice” in Skepsis Vol.XII, 2001.
“Teaching as Critical Communication: Some Philosophical Views” in SATS-Nordic Journal of Philosophy Vol.1, No.1, Philadelphia Press, 2000.
“Teaching and the Ethical Dimension” in Issues in Education, ASTI Journal, Winetavern Street, Dublin, 2000.
“Better than Wittgenstein” in Issues in Education, ASTI Journal, Winetavern Street, Dublin, 1999.
“The Social Production of Reality: Post-modern Implications for Dialogue and Flexible Language” in International Journal of Communication Vol.9, no.1-2, January-December, 1999.
“The Ethical Aspects of Teaching and Learning” in T.E.X.T. Conference Proceedings, 1997.
“Aquinas’s Concept of the Body and out-of-body situations” in The Heythrop Journal, Vol.34, no.4, October 1993.
“The Interfacing Image of the Soul in the Writings of Aquinas” in Milltown Studies No.32, Autumn 1993.
“Knowledge for its own sake” in The Secondary Teacher Vol.21, no.3, published by the ASTI, Dublin, 1992.
“Education, Politics and Freedom – A Radical Perspective” in The Secondary Teacher Vo.20, no.1, published by the ASTI, Dublin 1991.
“Education: Theory or Practice?” in The Secondary Teacher Vol.19, no.3, published by the ASTI, Dublin,1990.
“The Relationship between Transcendence and Death in the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas” in Milltown Studies, no.24, Spring 1990.
“Paulo Freire’s Philosophy of Education and its relationship with Marxism in 3rd World Countries” in Irish Philosophical Journal Vol.1, no.1, Spring 1984.

Current Research Activities:
Medieval philosophy, specifically on the influences of Platonism on St. Thomas Aquinas’s thought, the philosophy of religion, the relationship between beliefs (including scientific beliefs) and knowledge, the philosophy of education and the nature of pedagogy, Aristotle’s views on ethics and politics, aspects of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s thought, the philosophical analysis of culture, aspects of philosophical psychology, and the contributions of some contemporary women philosophers.
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Eugene Curran
Area of Specialisation: Adult Education, Faith Formation, Pastoral Theology, Faith and Media, Vincentian Studies, Men's Spirituality

Current position:
Head of the School of Adult and Community Learning, All Hallows College
Director of the Pathways Programme in Adult Faith Formation

Qualifications:
BA (English and History), Maynooth
BD, Maynooth,
H Dip Past Theology (All Hallows)
H Dip in Education (Trinity College)
Graduate Studies in Formation Psychology, Dublin 1993-1996
Graduate Studies in Formation Science, Indianapolis, 2005-2007
D Min (CTU, Chicago)
Thesis: "Go and Open the Door; Initial Steps towards a future Project in Adult Formation"

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Tel: (+353-1-) 8520706

Publications:
Editor, COLLOQUE; the journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission
"Method and Model; Lonergan and Montessori", Divyadaan; Journal of Philosophy and Education
"The Psycho-Spiritual Development of John Gabriel Perboyre", in Vincentiana, 2003
"The Psycho-Spiritual Development of Louise de Marillac", Colloque, 2001

Membership:
Former Director of The Irish Federation of Film Societies
Chair of the Phyllis Wallbank Education Trust
Member of Secretariat Internationale des Etudes Vincentiennes (SIEV)

Current Research Activities:
Evaluation of the Pathways Programme
Men's Spirituality
Adult Education and Faith Formation in Dublin
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Michael O’Sullivan SJ

Areas of specialisation: The academic study of spirituality; Theology and violence against women; Liberation theology; Spiritual Capital
Qualifications: BSocSc, Bac Phil, BD, MTh, STL, PhD
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TEL: + 353 1 837 3745

Publications:
Book
What Do You Say: Theology and Violence Against Women (in preparation with Peter Lang)

Selection of Articles or Book Chapters:

“The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of Liberated Israel,” Milltown Studies, no. 18 (1986): 87- 92.
 
“The Feminist Hermeneutics of Elizabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.” Milltown Studies, no. 21 (1988): 40-61.
“Tribute to a Latin American Martyr - Luis Espinal, S.J.” America, 7-14 January 1989, 8-11 and 20-21.
"Women, Poverty and Christianity in Relation to Africa.” Milltown Studies, no. 44 (1999): 103-29.
“The Case of Safiya Hussaini in Nigeria.” America (18 March 2002), 10-11
“Sin and Salvation in Relation to Male Violence against Women: A Perspective from Liberation and Feminist Theologies. In Faithful Witness: Glimpses of the Kingdom, edited by Joe Egan and Brendan McConvery, 24-39. Dublin: Kimmage Mission Institute at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, 2005.
"The Human Spirit and the Option for the Economically Poor." In With Wisdom Seeking God: The Academic Study of Spirituality, edited by Una Agnew, Bernadette Flanagan, and Greg Heylin, 223-33. Leuven: Peeters Press, 2008.
"Spirituality: A New Academic Discipline." Melita Theologica 59, no. 2 (2008): 71-77.
“Spiritual Capital and Social Transformation, Doctrine and Life (May-June 2009), 39-46.
"Authentic Christian Spirituality and a Journey with Incest.”Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Spirituality as an Academic Discipline (Forthcoming). 

Current Research Interests:
Member of the Governing Board of the International Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality; member of the Steering Committee of the Christian Spirituality Study Group of the American Academy of Religion; member of the executive team of the Waterford Institute of Technology and All Hallows College Spiritual Capital Centre Ireland and co-editor of a volume being prepared for publication about ‘Spiritual Capital’.

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Livingstone A. Thompson PhD

Areas of Specialisation: The Ecumenical Movement, Christian theology and religious pluralism, pastoral ministry

Qualifications:
2003 Doctorate in Philosophy, (PhD), University of Dublin/Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Dissertation in Religious Pluralism.
2000 Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Ecumenics, ISE, University of Dublin/TCD
Dissertation on Muslim-Christian Dialogue.
1989 Master of Arts in Theological Studies, (MATS), McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, USA. Thesis in Early Church History.
1982 Bachelor of Arts in Theology (BA Th), University of the West Indies, (UWI) Kingston, Jamaica.
1982 Diploma in Ministerial Studies, United Theological College of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
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Publications
Books
• 2009: A Protestant Theology of Religious Pluralism (Manuscript with Peter Lang Publishers).
• March 2007: A Formula for Conversation: Christians and Muslims in Dialogue. (University Press of America).

Select Published Articles
• October 2006: “Dr Lewin Williams and Caribbean Theology,” The Sunday Gleaner, (Kingston) 1 Oct 2006.
• September 2006: “Economic Success and Religious Affiliation,” The Sunday Gleaner, (Kingston) 3 Sept 2006.
• February 2006: “Civil Partnership vs Marriage, The Sunday Gleaner, (Kingston) 5 Feb 2006.
• January 2005: “The Death of Thousands a Theological Problem,” The Sunday Gleaner (Kingston) 2 Jan 2005.
• December 2004: “A Crisis in Human Sexuality,” The Sunday Gleaner, (Kingston) 5 Dec 2004.
• November 2004: “The Church and Politics,” The Sunday Gleaner (Kingston), 7 November 2004.
• July 2004: “The Moravian Migrants and the Miskito Indians in the 19th and 20th Century,” The Socio-Economic and Cultural Impact of Caribbean Migration to Nicaragua (Kingston: University of the West Indies, 2004).
• October 2003: “Interfaith Relations,” The Sunday Gleaner (Kingston) 5 Oct 2003.
• February 2001: “Ecumenism in the Caribbean,” Ecumenical Review, July 2001.
• Over 30 other articles dealing with issues of Religion and Society published monthly between August 2003 and May 2007 in the Jamaica Sunday Gleaner. See www.jamaica-gleaner.com.

Recent Areas of Research
• June-October 2008: Migrant-Led Churches and Chaplaincies in the Republic of Ireland. Results Published as AICCMR, Directory of Migrant-Led Churches and Chaplaincies in the Republic of Ireland. Belfast, AICCMR, 2009.
• Jan-Dec 2007: Migrant Information and Advocacy Needs in Meath. Manual for Intercultural Training Produced with End of Project Report. Result presented to the Board of Organisation.
• Sept 2004 – Feb 2005: “Management and Pastoral Practices of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.” Report presented to Board of Organisation.
• May 2004: “Liturgical Practices in the Surrey District Conference of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.” Resulted presented to the Moravian Church in Jamaica in 2004.
• June 2004: “Provincial Practices in the Office of Bishop in the World wide Moravian Church.” Result Presented to the Unity Board of the Worldwide Moravian Church.
• November 2001: “The Black-Led Churches in Ireland and the United Kingdom.” The result was presented seminar at the Irish School Ecumenics in 2002.
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Anne M Codd  pbvm   
Area of Specialisation:  Practical Theology with particular interest in pastoral development
Qualifications:  B.Sc., H.Dip.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D., Dip. in Consulting and Facilitation. AIMCI (Associate of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers).

TEL:  353 1 5053025
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Publications:
‘The Parish in Partnership’ in The Furrow, November 2002
‘The School and the Parish: changing patterns of involvement’ in Ned Prendergast and Luke Monaghan (eds.) Reimagining the Catholic School, Dublin: Veritas, 2003
‘Releasing the Power of the Spirit, Vatican II as process’: in The Furrow, December 2003
Parish Pastoral Councils: a framework for developing diocesan norms and parish guidelines, published by the Commission for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. (I was the convener and writer for the task group which produced this document.) October 2007
The Pastoral Context as a Living System: implications for theology and practice’ in Thomas Grenham (ed.) Who Do You Say I Am, Dublin: Veritas 2009 (forthcoming)

Current Research Activities
Pastoral planning and development activities in the Catholic dioceses of Ireland
Spirituality in a voluntary organization: a research project for ACCORD, Catholic Marriage Care Services.
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Jennie Clifford pbvm  

Area of Specialisation: Pastoral Theology

Qualifications:
BSc, H Dip in Ed, BST, M Div, PhD

Publications:
“Collective Worship in Schools: Community Building” in At the Heart of Education: School Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care edited by James Norman. Dublin: Veritas Publications, 2004.

Current Research Activities:
Feasibility Study for Vincentian Family in Ireland and England

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Anthony Draper

Area of Specialisation: Systematic Theology.
Qualifications:
BA English and History.
STL St. Patricks College, Maynooth.
H.Dip in Education.
DD. St. Patricks College, Maynooth.

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Tel. 353 1 8520712

Publications:
‘What Theologians are now saying about Faith’, Doctrine and Life, January 2001.
‘ I Must be Listening to my Friends’, The Furrow, June 2001. (Reflections on the Priesthood).
‘Ever Wondered what God looks like?’ The Word, December 2001.
Regular reviewer of books in The Furrow and Doctrine and Life. Most recent The Furrow December 2008 and January 2009.

Current Research Interests:
The interconnections between Theology and Literature.
The interface between Spirituality and Literature.
Relationship between Spirituality and Culture.
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Ruth Anne Francis O’Donnell

Area of specialisation:
Qualifications:
PhD in Psychotherapy; MSc in Education & Training management; Certificate in Family Therapy Training; Diploma in Community Psychiatric Nursing
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TEL: +353 1 840 4302
 
Publications:
Unpublished Doctoral Thesis: ‘The Self as it emerges from the Couple Review; A Constructivist Theory for Reflective Conversations.’ (All Hallows College Dublin 2008)
Unpublished MSc Thesis: ‘Learning the SASB (Structural Analysis of Social Behaviour) Method of Research: Its History and Methodology as Applied to a Family Therapy Session’ (DCU 1997)
 
Membership:
1987 to date Family Therapy Association of Ireland
1990 to date Irish Council for Psychotherapy
1995 to date Society of Psychotherapy Research
2001 to date English Association of Family Therapy

Professional Interest:
1987 - 1989 Executive Member of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland
1989 – 1992 Chairperson of FTAI
1990 – 1992 Founding person (of three) of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy
1992 – 1995 General Secretary of ICP
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David Kelly 

B.D.   Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome,
B.A.   University College Dublin (NUI), (Irish, Latin)
H.Dip.Ed.  University College Cork (NUI),
M.A. (Spir.)       Milltown Institute/NCEA,
Ph.D (Theol.)   Milltown Institute/HETAC, Doctoral Thesis:
Seeing the Face of God: A Thematic Exploration of the Vision of God in the
Spirituality of St. Augustine.

Publications
Books:
Sinne a Phobal, a translation into Irish of the decree of Vatican II on the Apostolate of the Laity, Dublin: Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta, 2000.
Lamplighters. Exploring Spirituality in New Contexts, co-edited with Bernadette Flanagan, Dublin: Veritas Publications, 2004.

Articles:
‘The Arrival of the Augustinian Canons and the Augustinian Friars in Britain’, Canterbury Studies in Franciscan History, volume (2), 2009, 201- 217.
Reflections for Weekdays and Saints’ Days, Scripture in Church, vol. 39, (2009), 86-95.
‘Hearing the voices of those who have gone before us’, a response to Tom O’Loughlin’s paper, ‘ “Celtic Spirituality” : A Case Study in Recycling the Christian Past for Present Needs’, in With Wisdom Seeking God. The Academic Study of Spirituality, ed. by Ú. Agnew, B. Flanagan, G. Heylin, Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2008, 163-165.
‘Medieval Augustinian Foundations in Britain and Ireland’, Analecta Augustiniana vol. LXX (2007), 187-204.
Reflections for the Weekdays of Lent, Scripture in Church, vol. 37 (2007), 99-110
‘From the Cor Inquietum to the Sabbatum Cordis: The Journey to the Vision of God in the Writings of St. Augustine’, Milltown Studies 59-60 (2007), 1-20.
‘Facies Dei / Vultus Dei – the “Face of God” in the Writings of St. Augustine’, Milltown Studies 57 (2006), 6-32.
‘Perceptions of St. Patrick in Eighteenth-Century Ireland’ by Bridget McCormack, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000, a review article in Milltown Studies 56 (2005), 125-133.
‘The Augustinians in Dublin’, The Dublin Historical Record, vol. LVIII/2 (2005), 166-175.
‘The Irish Augustinian Archives: An Overview’, Irish Archives, vol. 12 (2005-2006), 31-34.
‘Central Themes in Christian Spirituality’ in Introduction to Christian Spirituality, Dublin: The Priory Institute, 2005, 8-25. Text revised and expanded in 2006.
‘Aspects of Augustinian Life in the 15th and 16th Centuries’, in S. Owens (ed.), As the Waters Flow: Banada through the Ages, Banada, Co. Sligo: 2003,18-19
‘An Glaoch chun na Naofachta’ in É. Ní Thiarnaigh (eag.), Machnamh 2001, BÁC: Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta, 2001, 35-49.
‘Naomh Bríd’, An Sagart , Samhradh 2001, 27-29.
‘Oscailt Shollúnta Na Comhairle: Aitheasc an Phápa Eoin XXIII’, a translation into Irish of the address of Pope John XXIII for the opening of the Second Vatican Council, published as an appendix in É. Ní Thiarnaigh, Briathar Beo Dé, BÁC: Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta, 2000, 90-101.
‘Back to Our Origins and Inspiration’, Religious Life Review 38(1999), 154-163.

Research Interests
The spirituality/theology of St. Augustine and its significance for today.
Early Christian patristic writers including Cassian, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great.
Early Irish/Celtic Spirituality: its sources and contemporary significance: the Vitae of the early Irish saints and other monastic writings of the early Irish Church.
Medieval origins of the Augustinian Friars and Nuns and of the Augustinian Canons Regular in Ireland, Britain and mainland Europe and the later history of these groups.
Medieval theologians and spiritual writers: Bonaventure, Hugh and Richard of St. Victor, Aelred of Rievaulx, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, William Flete.

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Teresa Whitaker
Area of Specialisation: Research Methodology specifically Qualitative, Quantitative and Documentary Research, Sociology of the Family, Gender Issues, Addiction and Problematic Drug Use, Sex Work.
Qualifications:
B. A. (Moderatorship) (Sociology and Political Science) (TCD).(1991)
M. Soc. Science (Sociology) (UCD) (1995)
PhD (Sociology) (UCD) Thesis: Bequeathing Practices in Twentieth Century Ireland: A Sociological Study. (UCD) (2005)
Cert. Addiction Studies (NUI, Maynooth) (2007)
Dip. Addiction Studies (Dublin Business School) (2008)
Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge Meánleibhéal B1 NUI (Maynooth) (2009)

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles:
Hyde, A. Treacy, M., Whitaker, T. Santos, P., Knox, B. (2000) Young People’s Perceptions of and Experiences with drugs; findings from an Irish study. Health Education Journal, Vol. 59(2), 180-188
Hyde, A. Treacy, M., Boland, J., Whitaker, T. Santos, P., Knox, B. (2001) Alcohol Consumption among 11-16 Year olds: ‘Getting Around’ structural barriers? Nursing and Health Sciences, 3, 237-245
Treacy, M., Boland, J., Whitaker, T. Santos, P., Knox, B. (2006) Children Talking: Emerging Perspectives and Experiences of Cigarette Smoking, Qualitative Health Research, 17(2), 238-249
Whitaker, T. (2007), Creating Virtual Families? Bequeathing practices of childless, single and widowed testators in Ireland in 1951 and 2000. Journal of Family History, 32(2), 133-148
Whitaker, T. (2007), Patriarchs and Partners in Spousal Bequests in Ireland in 1951 and 2000: the life interest as a dying practice. Irish Journal of Sociology, 16(1), 97-117
Reports:
Cox, G. & Whitaker, T. (2009) Drug Use, Sex Work and the Risk Environment in Dublin, Dublin: NACD.
NACD (2009) Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland. 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence Survey: Sedatives or Tranquilisers, and Anti-Depressants Results.
NACD (2009) Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland. 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence Survey: Polydrug Use Results, Dublin: NACD.
NACD (2007) Recommendations to Government in relation to Workplace Drug Testing and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, Dublin:NACD.
NACD (2006) Progress Report August 2003-December 2005, Dublin: The Stationery Office
Treacy, M., Collins, R., Whitaker, T. (1995) Evaluation of a Course for Care Assistants, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCD, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2.
Whitaker, T. (2000) Off The Wall, Evaluation of Audience Development Initiative by Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin: The Arts Council.
Whitaker, T. (1998) Tombs, Evaluation Research of Audience Development Initiative by Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dublin: The Arts Council.
Membership:
Sociological Association of Ireland
European Sociological Association

Current Activities:
Independent Researcher; Teaching, and Supervision of students doing Masters Dissertations.