Curriculum Vitae
Michael P. Horan
Professor of Theological Studies
Graduate Program Director
Loyola Marymount University
One LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 338 – 2755
FAX (310) 338-1947
Education
Ph.D. - The Catholic University of America, Department of Religion and Religious Education, 1989.
M.R.E. - The Catholic University of America, Department of Religion and Religious Education, 1982.
B.A. (magna cum laude) - lona College, in Spanish and Religious Studies, 1977.
Teaching
Experience
Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University. (Associate Professor, 1998 to 2004; Assistant Professor, 1994-1998).
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York,
1987-1994.
Adjunct Summer Faculty, Boston College, Institute in Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Summer 1998-2002, 2004.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Mary's University, Institute in Pastoral Ministries, Winona, Minnesota, Summers 1991-1996.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. John's University, School of Theology, Collegeville, Minnesota, Summers 1991, 1992.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas, School of Theology, Houston, Texas, Summer 1993.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Religion and Religious Education, The Catholic University of America, 1983-1985.
Teacher, Spanish and Religious Studies, lona Preparatory School, New Rochelle, New York, 1980-1983.
Teacher, Spanish and Religious Studies, Cardinal Hayes High School, Bronx, New York, 1977-1980.
Areas of Teaching and Research
Theology of Pastoral Ministry, History and Theory of Religious Education,
Youth Ministry and Young Adult Ministry.
Courses
Taught
Introduction to Theology, Ecclesiology, Contemporary Catholic Church, Theology of Ministry, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Religious Education (undergraduate)
Religious Education, Pastoral Theology, Youth and Young Adult Ministry (graduate).
Publications
Monographs and Edited Works
Catechesis as an Evangelizing Moment: Singular Challenge to a Maturing Church.
Washington, DC: National Catholic Educational Association, 1999.
Good News in New Forms: A Companion to the General Directory for Catechesis. With Jane E. Regan. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, 1998.
Guest Editor, Listening: The Journal of Religion and Culture volume 33, number 1 (Winter 1998). Theme: “Contemporary Religious Education in Mid-life: Thirtysomething Years after Vatican II.”
Kerygmatic Catechesis: An Analysis of the Writings
of Josef Jungmann and Johannes
Hofinger as Reflected in Post-Conciliar Documents on Catechetics. Ph.D.
Dissertation, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1989. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1989.
Textbook
Series for Parish and School Use
Blest Are We Junior
High School Teacher Guide. With Richard
Fragomeni, Jeannine
Goggin and Maureen Gallagher. Parsippany, NJ: Silver Burdett Ginn
Religion/Pearson Education, 2005.
Blest Are We Grades 1 to 6 Parish Program. With Richard Fragomeni, Jeannine Goggin
and Maureen Gallagher.
Parsippany, NJ: Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, 2001.
Articles
and Book Chapters
“Ministry in Service to
an Adult Church.” in Harold Daly Horell, Editor, Co-
Workers in the Vineyard: Implications of the Practices of Lay Ecclesial Ministry on the Church in the United States Solicited essay, submitted December 2009.
“A Bold Design Built on Rock: Constructing a Plan for Adolescent Catechesis. in
Source Book on Adolescent Catechesis Volume 2, Washington, D.C.: Partnership on Adolescent Catechesis (NCEA, NFCYM, and NCCL), 2009, 3-28.
“Effective Practices for Youth Formation: Is the Parish Up to the Task?” Church
24.4 (Winter 2008): 13-19.
“Effective Teaching of the Theology of Resurrection.” Religion Teachers’ Journal 19.6
(March 2008): 16-17.
“Adolescent Catechesis: An Unfinished Agenda.” Momentum 38.1 (February-
March 2008): 48-52.
“Josef Andreas Jungmann.” Edited by Kevin E. Lawson. Christian
Educators of the 20th
Century: www.ce20.org.
2006.
“Justice Education as a
School Wide Effort: Effective Religious Education in the
Catholic School.” Catholic
Education: Journal of Inquiry and Practice 9.2 (December 2005): 215-229.
“Toward Mature Faith: Forming an Adult Church in Small Ways.” Church 21.1, (Spring
2005): 1-5.
“Noticing and Shaping the Environment in Adult Faith Formation.” FaithWorks 7.8
(April 2005): 7.
“Mature Faith Questions.” FaithWorks 7.3 (November 2004): 7.
“Clothed In Christ All Year Long:
How the Catechumenate Can Inspire Personalized and
Flexible Adult Faith
Formation.” FaithWorks 7.2
(October 2004): 7.
“Egeria Revisited:
Adult Catechesis in a New Time.” In Catechumenate: Inspiration for
Catechesis. Edited by Joseph P. Sinwell. Washington, D.C.: National Catholic Education Association, 2002, 7-24.
“The Creed and Common Searching: Wrestling with Meaning across Cultures.”
Liturgical Catechesis 5.1 (January/February 2002): 8-10.
“The Creed and Holy Questioning: Historical Reflections for Catechetical Leaders.”
Liturgical Catechesis 4.6 (November-December 2001): 8-10.
“Catechetical Leadership in the ‘In Between’ Time.” Catechetical Leadership
13.2 (Summer 2001): 14-15.
“Faith, Religion and Theology” in Sacred Adventure Beginning Theological Study.
Edited by William C. Graham. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1999, 1-8.
“Mystery of God” in Sacred Adventure Beginning Theological Study. Edited by
William C. Graham. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1999, 17-25.
“The Participants in Catechesis” in Empowering Catechetical Leaders Edited by Thomas H. Groome and Michael J. Corso. Washington, D.C.: National Catholic Education Association, 1999, 113-134.
“Lay Pastoral Theology: Fostering Adult Spirituality in a Priest Short Church.” The Way 38 (July 1998): 260-270.
“Education as Formation: Religious Education Theory as a Source for Educational Practice.” Religion and Education 24 (Spring 1997): 19-22.
“Catechesis, Catechisms, and Catechetical Directories.” in The Catechetical Documents: A Parish Resource. Edited by Martin Connell. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996, 633-639.
“The General Catechetical Directory: An Overview.” in The Catechetical Documents: A Parish Resource. Edited by Martin Connell. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996, 2-6.
“The Contribution of Johannes Hofinger as Precedent for the Reception of Catechisms” Religious Education 90 (1995): 303-312.
“The Profession of Faith.” in Jane E. Regan et al, Exploring the Catechism. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1995, 71-95.
“A Spirituality of Catechesis.” Emmanuel (September 1992): 374-381.
“Anticipating the Unknown: Vocation Awareness Ministry in a Changing Church.” Horizon 15 (Spring 1990): 37-44.
“Ministry and Religious Education.” The Catechist 19 (September 1985): 8.
“Embodiment: Ritual Studies as an Independent Discipline.” Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa (Spring, 1984).
Book
Reviews
Review of Practical Theology: On Earth As It Is In Heaven. By Terry A. Veling.
Horizons 34.2 (Fall 2007): 186-87.
Review of Common Calling: the
Laity and Governance of the Catholic Church. Edited
by Stephen J. Pope. Theological Studies 66.4 (December
2005): 917-918.
Review of The Craft of Religious Studies. Edited by Jon R. Stone. Religious Education 97.1 (2001): 99-101.
Review of The Prophetic Spirit of Catechesis, by Anne Marie Mongoven. Theological Studies 62.4 (December 2001): 877-878.
Review of At This Time In This Place: The Spirit Embodied in the Local Assembly. by Michael Warren. Ministry and Liturgy 28.3 (April 2001): 39-40.
Review of Process Catholicism: An Exercise in Ecclesial Imagination, by Robert L.
Kinast. New Theology Review 13.3 (2000): 92-93.
Review of God’s Wisdom: toward a Theology of Education, by Peter C. Hodgson.
Religious Education 95.4 (2000): 493-494.
Review of The Multicultural
Church, Edited by William Cenkner. The Journal of
Hispanic Latino Theology 7 (November 1999): 57-60.
Review of Multicultural Religious Education, by Barbara Wilkerson. The Living Light 35 (Fall 1998): 82-85.
“Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry in Conversation” Review essay in Christian Spirituality Bulletin 5 (1997): 31-32.
Review of Religious Education at a Crossroads: Moving On in the Freedom of the Spirit, by Francoise Darcy-Berube. The Living Light 33 (Winter 1996): 79-80.
Review of Spiritual Life: The Foundation of Preaching and Teaching, by John Westerhoff. The Living Light 32 (1996): 83-84.
“The Bible in Ministry: Audiovisual Resources for Scripture.” Review essay in The Bible Today 32 (May 1994): 168-171.
Review of Sharing Faith: A Comprehensive Approach to Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, by Thomas H. Groome. Cross Currents 43 (1993): 268-69.
Review of Victims and Values: A History and a Theorv of Suffering, by Joseph Amato in Cross Currents 42 (1992): 121-2.
Review of Faith and Fatherland, by Barry Coldrey. The Living Light 26 (1990): 285-86.
Review of What I Believe: Catholic College Students Discuss Their Faith, Edited by David Murphy. The Living Light 23 (1986): 75-76.
Papers
Delivered through Professional Associations
“Fostering Justice Education in School Settings.” Paper presented at
annual convention of The Association of Professors, Practitioners and
Researchers in Religious Education (APPRRE), Toronto, Canada, November 5, 2005.
“Practical Theology and the Languages of Public Discourse.” Convener Practical Theology “Continuing Group” Seminar of the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America San Jose, California, June 2000.
“From Proselytism to Internal Transformation: The ‘Conversion’ of Catholic Motives for
Evangelizing in a Pluralistic World.” Annual Meeting of the Association of Professors
and Researchers in Religious Education, October 1999.
“Doctrine in the City: Teaching Theology in an Urban Context.” Panel presentation at
Practical Theology Continuing Group Seminar of the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, Florida, June 1999.
“Sunday With Campus Ministry But Without a Priest.” Case study for the Seminar in
Practical Theology, Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America,
June 1997.
“The San Fernando Cathedral Project: Potential for Liturgical Education in
Undergraduate Theology Courses.” Panel presentation at the College Theology Society
Annual Convention, June 1997.
“The Preparation of Lay Pastoral Leaders in the Catholic University: Education or
Formation?” Conference on Theological Education in the Catholic Tradition, Marquette
University, August 1995.
“Values on the Small and Big Screens: An Analysis of the Treatment of Television and
Film Found in Selected Religious Education Periodicals.” International Seminar in
Religious Education and Values, August 1996.
“Ecology and Theology in Dialogue: Approaches to Teaching Core Courses.” Panel
presentation at the College Theology Society, Annual Conference June 1989.
“Doctrine in the City: Teaching Theology in an Urban Context.” Panel presentation at the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America (“Invited Group” Seminar), Miami, Florida, June 1999.
Membership
in Professional Societies
Catholic Theological Society of America, 1986 to the present. (Chair, Seminar in
Practical Theology, 1997-2000).
College Theology Society, 1986 to the present.
Religious Education Association, 1983 to the present.
Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, 1994 to the present; Member, Convention Paper Selection Committee, 2000-2002.
University
Administration and Service
Department and Program
Administration
Director, M.A. Program in Pastoral Theology, Loyola Marymount University, 1994-1998; 2006 to the present.
Director, M.A. Program in Theology, Loyola Marymount University, 1996-1998; 2006 to the present.
Director of Self-Study Accreditation Application to Association of Theological Schools, Loyola Marymount University, 2004-2005; Director for Re-Accreditation 2009 to the present.
Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Iona College, 1990-1994.
Mission
and Identity Awareness and Faculty Education
Chair, President’s Committee on Mission and Identity, Loyola Marymount University,
2001-2005 (Member: 2000-2005).
Member, Frank Sullivan Social Justice Committee, Loyola Marymount University,
1995-1996.
Member, Iona College President’s Committee on Mission and Identity 1988-93.
Member, Iona College Peace and Justice Education Committee, 1988-1993.
Chair, Committee on Mission for Middle States Accreditation of lona College, 1992.
Faculty
Senate, Governance and Committee Work
Member, Faculty Senate, Loyola Marymount University, 1997-1998; 1999-2003.
Member, Academic Senate, Iona College, 1990-1994; Executive Council of the Academic Senate, Iona College 1991-1993.
Member, Graduate Council, Loyola Marymount University, 1994-1998; 2006 to the
present.
Faculty Representative, Iona College Board of Trustees' Committee on Student
Development, 1991-1993.
Chair, LMU Faculty Housing Committee, 2007 to the present.
Member, Search Committee for Dean of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola
Marymount University, 2008-2009.
Experience in University-Church Collaboration
Pastoral Leadership
Support/Ministry Education
Member, Board of Directors, St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo, California, 2006-2008.
Academic Representative, National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, Washington,
D.C., 1998-2000.
Chair, Advisory Board on Lay Pastoral Associates, Archdiocese of Los Angeles,2002 to
the present.
Member, Religion Advisory Council, Department of Secondary Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1994-1998.
Member, Advisory Board to the Catechetical Leadership Program, Archdiocese of New York, 1989-1994.
Member, Advisory Board to the Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministries, St. Mary's University of Minnesota, 1994-1995.
Member, Advisory Board to the Iona Spirituality Institute, 1990-1994.
Resident Campus Minister, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York 1989-1994.
Resident Campus Minister, The Catholic University of America, 1984-1986.
Religious Education
Consultant for Religious Studies Curriculum Development, Secondary Schools of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, San Francisco District, 1997 to the present.
Consultant for Religious Education, The San Fernando Cathedral Project, funded by the Lilly Endowment, October 1996 through January 1997.
Member, Commission on Religious Education, Congregation of Christian Brothers, Eastern American Province, 1977-1988.
Miscellaneous Publications for
Pastoral Ministry Education
“Seeing God with Fresh Eyes” Audio Cassette Presentation for Convention
Seminar Cassettes, 2003.
“Update: Grace and Sacramental Catechesis” for Overheard Audio Cassettes
Series. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1993.
Study Guide for “Soul of the City” Videocassette, San Fernando Cathedral Project,
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997.
“Being and Giving the Gift: Reflections on the Theological Meaning of Charism.”
Christian Brothers' Educational Record , 1987.
“Ministry and the Call to Brotherhood.” Brothers: National Assembly of Religious
Brothers Newsletter, May 1984.
Presentations
for Pastoral Leaders
Keynote Addresses
“Re-Imagining Catholic Identity: Considerations for Catechetical Leaders.” All DRE In-Service, Portland, September 2009.
“Forming Teens for Lifelong Faith: Are We Up to the Task?” Keynote Address for the National Catholic Educational Association Conference, June 2009.
“Paul’s Faith and Ours: Negotiating Faith in a Complicated World.” Keynote Address for the Diocese of Stockton Religious Education Congress, March 2009.
Keynote addresses to three catechetical
leadership conferences in San Antonio (January), Seattle (February) and
Sacramento (June), 2006.
“Does the Church Want Adults to Grow Up?: A Religious Educator’s View of the Question.” Faith Formation Conference of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Diocese of San Jose, September 27, 2003.
“Sowers of God’s Peace: The Ministry of Catechesis on Shifting Ground.” Keynote Address to the Archdiocese of Houston Catechetical Congress, September 20, 2003.
“Forming and Adult Church After September 11.” Keynote Address to Diocese of San Antonio,
Texas Catechetical Congress, August, 2002.
“Recovering
the Lost Coin: Catholic Religious Education in a Still New Century.” Keynote
Address to the National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors’ Annual
Convocation, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 2003.
“New Life in New Forms: The Emmaus Story and the Ministry of Catechesis.” Keynote
Address to Diocese of Reno Congress on Ministry and Family, Reno, Nevada, September 2000.
“What is Seen and Unseen: The Creed and the Young Adult Search for Authentic Faith.”
Keynote Address to the Catholic Campus Ministry Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2000.
“Leadership for the Future: Implications of the General Directory for Catechesis.” Keynote Address, Annual Convention of the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 1999.
“The General Directory for Catechesis in a New Century.” Keynote Address to Diocesan Leaders of the Dioceses of Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida, November 1999.
“Lay Pastoral Leaders in Parish Settings.” Annual Maura Campbell Lecture, Caldwell College Graduate Institute in Pastoral Ministry, Caldwell, New Jersey, July 1999.
“Evangelizing Catechesis: The New Challenge to Educators.” Address to the Catholic Secondary School Educators, National Catholic Education Association, November 1999.
“The
General Directory for Catechesis in a New Century.” Keynote Address to Diocesan Leaders
Convention of the Dioceses of Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida, November
1999.
“Developing Spirituality for Lay
Ministry in a Priest-Short Church.” Third Annual Maura Campbell Lecture,
Caldwell College, New Jersey, July
1999.
“Leadership for the Future: Implications of the General Directory for Catechesis.” Keynote Address, Annual Convention of the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 1999, with Dr. Jane E. Regan.
“The Road to and from Emmaus: Walking the Path of Leadership in Religious
Education.” Keynote Address for the Annual Meeting of Religious
Education Leaders, Department of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of
Los Angeles, October 1995.
“Chaos, Compassion, Communion: Catechesis for the Future.” Keynote Address to the Catechetical Congress of the Archdiocese of New York, Fall 1990.
“Pastoral Reflections, Ecclesiological Challenges: Vocations Awareness Ministry in the Changing Church.” Keynote Address to the National Religious Vocation Conference, Eastern Assembly, Savannah, Georgia, September 1989.
“Catholic Schools: Communities of Memory.” Keynote Address to the School Principals' Conference of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, Fall 1988.
Workshops for
Religious Educators and Pastoral Ministers
“Re-Thinking Catholic Identity: Considerations for Catechetical Leaders.” Conference for
The Diocese of Las Vegas, November 2009.
“Ministry Update: Theology and Challenging Questions for Ministers Today.”
Conference for The Diocese of Las Vegas, November 2009.
“ Effective Youth Catechesis.” National Conference for Catholic Youth Ministry,
Cleveland, Ohio, December 2008.
Lay Ministry and the Catechetical Goal of Fostering Mature Faith. Address for the Celebration of the Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministries Program, Santa Clara University. Santa Clara, California, September 2008.
“The Future of Catechesis: Three Considerations.” Symposium on the Future of
Catechesis, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2008.
Workshop for Graduate Students and Regional Youth Ministers, National Symposium on
Adolescent Catechesis, Collegeville, MN, April 2008.
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim California, March 2008.
NCEA National Catholic Education Association convention, Atlanta Georgia, April
2006.
High School Religious Studies Teachers’ Conference, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, October 2005.
Symposium on Social Justice, Sponsored by the National Pastoral Life Center, New York City, held and hosted at Loyola Marymount University, July 2005.
NCEA, National Catholic Education Association Convention, Philadelphia, March 2005.
“Adult Catechesis as Priority for Religious Education.” Workshop for the Leadership Team, Office of Religious Education, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, September 10, 2003.
“Who’s Coming (or Not) to Mass: A View from the Pew of Faith Development in Catholics.” Workshop for the Priests of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Clergy Continuing Education Week, Camarillo, California, June 2003.
“Easter with A Human Face: Cultivating a Resurrection Spirituality for Teachers, Ministers and Weary Travelers.” Workshop for National Catholic Education Association (NCEA), St. Louis, Missouri, April 2003.
“Ministry Flowing from the Waters of Baptism.” Workshop for the Department of Catholic High Schools’ Campus Ministers, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, March 2003, in Collaboration with LMU Center for Religion and Spirituality.
Hope in a Time of Change: A Process of Theological Reflection.” Workshop for Archdiocese of Los Angeles Priests, Deacons and Pastoral Associates, March 2003.
“Seeing God with Fresh Eyes: The Sacramental Imagination.” Workshop for Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim, California, February 2003.
“Pastoral Ministry: Vision, Structures, Practice.” Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry, Diocese of Venice, Florida, September 2002.
“Ministers as Leaders: Fashioning a People with a Pastoral Vocation.” Workshop for the Pastoral Associates of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, September 2002.
“Schooled in the Gospel: Service and Justice Education Reconsidered.” National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 2002.
“Catechetical Leadership After September 11: A Six Months’ Mind.” Chicago Association of Religious Education, Chicago, Illinois, March 2002.
“Christian Anthropology and Effective Religious Education.” Wellsprings Adult Religious Education Workshop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, March 2002.
“Evangelizing Catechesis: The Catholic School as Context and Challenge for Sharing Faith in a Hurting World.” Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, Department of Catholic Schools, February 2002.
“Evangelizing the Church, Leading with Care: Challenge to Catechetical Leaders.” Johannes Hofinger Conference, New Orleans, January 2000.
“Evangelizing the Church through a Catechumenal Model: Implications for Catechetical Leadership.” Johannes Hofinger Conference, New Orleans, January 2000.
“Adult Catholics Alive in the Church Today,” presentation to the Catholic Campus Ministry Association Summer Seminar, at the University of San Diego, May 2000.
“Stages in the Journey: Developing Adult Faith,” presentation to the Catholic Campus Ministry Association Summer Seminar, at the University of San Diego, July 2000.
“The Parables of Our Lives.” Workshop for parish ministry leaders at St.
Monica Church, Santa Monica, February 2000.
“Faith Development in the Young Adult: Challenges for Campus Ministers.” Address to the Campus Ministers of the Frank J. Lewis Continuing Education Institute, Catholic Campus Ministry Association, San Diego, California, July 1999.
Developing Faith Communities, for the Frank J. Lewis Institute for Catholic Campus Ministers, June 1999 and July 2000.
Issues in the Practice of Youth Ministry, a three-part presentation to the Students of the
Graduate Programs in Theology, University of Notre Dame, IN, October 1995 and
October 1998.
Developing a Healthy Adult Spirituality, for Diocese of Oakland Ministerial Congress, October 1998.
Mentoring Youth for a Future Church: Meeting Jesus, Sharing Christ, for Archdiocese of Los Angeles Youth Ministry Spirit Day, July 1998.
Catholic Sacramental Spirituality: Fostering a Commitment to the Health of the Earth, for
the Santa Barbara Regional Catechetical Congress, October 1995.
Pastoral Leadership for Church Transformation, to the students in the Parish
Administrators’ Certification Program, LMU Center for Pastoral Studies San
Bernardino Extension, September 1995 and September 1996.
Theologies of Revelation and Implications for Catechesis, to the students of the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Advanced
Catechetical Ministries Program, 1995 and 1996.