CURRICULUM VITAE

Born, 8th August, 1939, Sydney, Australia.

Education:

1945-7: Holy Family School, Maroubra Junction, NSW
1948-51: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Bowral, NSW.
1952-56: Chevalier College, Bowral, NSW.

Novitiate: 1957: St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park, NSW.
Profession as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart: 26-2-58.
Final Profession: 26-2-61.
Ordination to the Priesthood, Rome, 3-4-65.

Teaching, Daramalan College, Canberra

1966-7

1970 (part-time)
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1. STUDIES

Philosophy and Theology

1958-1962, Sacred Heart Monasteries, Croydon, Vic, and Canberra, ACT
Included six units of Bachelor of Arts degree at the Australian National University.


Theology Degree

Licentiate in Theology (S.T.L.), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1962-1966.
Special Study, 'Prayer and Poetry, the writings of Henri Bremond`, adapted for publication, Irish Theological Quarterly, 1968,


Arts Degree

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Australian National University,
Canberra, A.C.T., 1960-1, 1967.
Majors in English Literature, History,
Subjects: Latin I and II, Australian Literature.

Qualifying Course for Master of Arts, ANU, 1968-9.
Focus: Australian History.
Special study: Historiography, Australian History.
Thesis: The Catholic Church on a Goldfield's Parish, Braidwood, NSW.


Spiritual Direction

Siloam, diploma in Spiritual Direction, Melbourne, 1980.


Melbourne College of Divinity (now University of Divinity): Honorary Doctorate in Theology, 2008.


Sabbatical Studies

Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California,
First Quarter, 1978.
Christology
Book of Revelation
History of Spirituality
Apocalyptic Theology and American Literature (Doctoral Seminar).
Jung Seminars at Jung Institute, San Francisco.


Fordham University, New York. Summer, 1989.
Film Comedy
Film and History


New School, New York. First Quarter, 1989.
Freud and Cinema
Popular Cinema

Jung Studies at Jung Institute, New York City.


Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Qualification, 1986


2. LECTURING

Lecturing in Theology

1968-71. Sacred Heart Monastery, Canberra, ACT.

Theology of Faith and Revelation
Old Testament Studies.


1972-98

Yarra Theological Union.

The Mystery of Christ, Introduction to Theology, 1975-1983.
Introduction to Theology, 1980-1985.
Discovering an Australian Theology, 1984-1998.
Introduction to the Old Testament, 1972-1983.
Old Testament: the Prophets, 1976.
Theology and Religious Education, 1988.
Church and Media, 1973-1998.
Literature and Theology Courses, 1976-7.



National Pastoral Institute, Elsternwick, Vic.

1973-1988
1984-1988 fulltime

Faith and Revelation, 1973-1978.
Old Testament, 1980-88.
Church History, 1984-88.
Pastoral Theology, 1985-1988.
Church and Media, 1973-88.
Australian Theology, 1984-1988.
Personality Type, Myers Briggs.

Supervisor of Diploma of Social Communications, 1984-1988.


Heart of Life Spirituality Centre, Canterbury, Vic.

Staff Member 1983 - 1998, Acting Director 1992.
Seminars on spirituality and theology (also credited for Diploma of Spirituality Studies,
Yarra Theological Union).

Seminars, Religious Experience, Imagination and Story, 2011-2022.

Seminars and Workshops

- especially to school staffs (Theology, Scripture, Church and
Media, Myers Briggs Type Indicator) and Adult Education
centres.

Media workshops outside Australia

Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, France, Germany, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Canada, South Africa, Namibia, Belarus, Cyprus, Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Romania, Cambodia, Tanzania, Bangladesh.


3. International Ministry

O.C.I.C. (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audio-Visuals)
President, Pacific Region, 1989-1998
Member, International Directors' Board, 1990-1998
World President, 1998-2001

SIGNIS World Catholic Association for Communication
President, 2001 - 2005
Cinema desk, international, 2006-2010.