Conference Speakers

Fr. Allan White, O.P.

Fr. Allan White was born in London and after taking a degree in Modern History at Oxford University he joined the Dominican Order in 1973 and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1979. After studying philosophy and theology at Blackfriars, Oxford, he completed a Ph.D. in sixteenth century history at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. His time in the Order has been mostly spent in the university ministry, teaching in Oxford, Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, and in administration. He has served as senior Chaplain in the University of Edinburgh and was associate Chaplain in the University of Oxford before being invited to become senior Chaplain in the University of Cambridge in 1994. He was elected Prior Provincial of the English Dominican friars in 2000 and served in that capacity for eight years before going to Rome as an assistant to the Master of the Dominican Order. Father Allan came to the United States in 2011 and was asked to accept the post of Director of the NYU Catholic Center where he presently serves.

Dr. Mary Healy

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Dr. Mary Healy is associate professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she earned an MA in theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and a doctorate in biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Dr. Healy is co-editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, a series of commentaries that interpret Scripture from the heart of the Church, and is author of its first volume, The Gospel of Mark. She is also the author of Men and Women Are from Eden: A Study Guide to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Dr. Healy serves as chair of the Doctrinal Commission of International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services in Rome. She addresses conferences nationally and internationally on topics related to biblical interpretation, the theology of the body, and the spiritual life.

Dr. William M. Wright IV

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Dr. William Wright is an associate professor of theology at Duquesne University and a specialist in New Testament studies. Much of his work centers on the Gospel according to John and its reception history in early Christianity. His research includes the Gospels’ use of Greco-Roman compositional rhetoric and the history of biblical interpretation as a resource for contemporary exegesis and theology in light of Catholic Ressourcement theology. He is the author of Rhetoric and Theology: Figural Reading of John 9 (de Gruyter, 2009) and a co-author (with Francis Martin) of The Gospel of John (Baker Academic, forthcoming 2015). His articles have appeared in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Modern Theology, Journal of Theological Interpretation, and The Thomist. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the English edition of Nova et Vetera and a participant in the U.S. Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue.

3rd Annual Conference!

Excellence in Preaching:
Transmitting the Power of the Word

August 4-8, 2014
Emmitsburg, MD
for Priests, Deacons, and Seminarians

Additional information will be posted as details become available.