Dr. Jem SullivanAbout Dr. Jem Sullivan is a wife and mother, professor and author. Jem holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of America. For the past seventeen years, she has served as adjunct faculty in the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. In August 2017,…
Sr. John Dominic Rasmussen, OPAbout Sister John Dominic Rasmussen, OP, was born in Berkley, California and moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of five. She converted to Catholicism during her sophomore year and entered the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in 1982. In 1997, she and three other Sisters founded the Dominican Sisters of…
Ryan HanningAbout Dr. Ryan Hanning is a professor of Church history and Catholic studies. He has traveled throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, teaching and speaking at both church and academic conferences. Dr. Hanning has served in academic administration and has also created graduate-level education programs for Catholic school teachers. In addition, he has worked…
Amy RobertsAbout Dr. Amy Roberts taught high school for 13 years and served as chair of the religion department for 10 years before accepting a teaching position with the catechetics faculty of Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2011. She assisted Aquinas College with catechist training and taught adult faith formation classes for the Diocese of…
Scott SollomAbout Scott Sollom is an associate professor of theology at Franciscan University. He has been blessed to engage in catechetical workshops in many and varied settings. His recent publications include “Trinity and Unity in Every Catechesis” in The Catechetical Review and co-editing the academic volume Speaking the Truth in Love: The Catechism and the…
Dr. James PauleyAbout Dr. James Pauley is professor of theology and catechetics at Franciscan University and editor of the Catechetical Review. He has also written two books focused on the renewal of catechesis, An Evangelizing Catechesis: Teaching from Your Encounter with Christ (Our Sunday Visitor, 2020) and Liturgical Catechesis in the 21st Century: A School…
Sr. Mary Madeline Todd, O.P.About Sister Mary Madeline Todd, O.P., a Dominican Sister of Saint Cecilia, has spent over two decades joyfully sharing the teaching ministry of Christ. After completing a Masters in Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, she pursued her Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Sister…
Sr. M. Johanna Paruch, FSGMAbout Sister M. Johanna Paruch, FSGM, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, holds a BA in theology and elementary education from St. Louis University, a pontifical catechetical diploma, an MA in religious education from the Angelicum, and a PhD in theology from Maryvale Institute,…
Fr. Jay MelloAbout Father Jay Mello is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and was ordained in 2007. He completed his undergraduate studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2003. He also attended the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he completed his STB and earned his STL in dogmatic theology…
Bill KeimigAbout Dr. Bill Keimig is the assistant director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University. For 15 years, he served as the DRE at St. Mary’s of Piscataway in Clinton, Maryland, and he has served as a speaker in many settings in over 60 dioceses. Dr. Keimig served for nine years as director of…