I surge with gratitude and awe...as I consider my theological mentors.
Joseph Whelan S.J., mystic theologian who taught me theology of prayer and the Catholic mystics.
Avery Cardinal Dulles S.J., quintessential Catholic theologian as Catholic, comprehensive, deep, loyal, filial, humble, prayerful, judicious, brilliant. Taught me fundamental theology.
St. John Paul II, my hero. THE HERO of our time.
Pope Benedict: incomparable theologian and catechist. Humble, holy, brilliant.
David L. Schindler and his colleagues who gave us "Balthasar for Americans."
Ralph Martin and others in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Also: Ivan Illich, Etienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain, Graham Green, Dorothy Day, Bill W., and Kiko Arguello.
As the firstborn son of nine, I never had an older brother or sister. But the Lord provided a hundredfold:
Pat Williams, John Rapinich, John Wrynn S.J., Neil Dougherty S.J., Fr. Paul Viale, Brother Ray Murphy, Merryl Jacobson, Fr. Tim Tighe.
Betty Hopf, Sister Joan Noreen, Sister Virginia Keane, Sister Patricia Brennan, Sister Maria Martha Joyce.
(If you are counting, that is four Jesuits and three Charities of Convent Station.)
I stand on the shoulders of giants!
Glory to God in all his holy and wise ones!
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