REVEREND FRANCIS J. BUCKLEY, S.J.

 

University of San Francisco

2600 Turk Blvd.

San Francisco, CA 94118-4347 USA

 

Buckley, Francis Joseph

 

Date of birth: August 31, 1928                      Place of birth: Los Angeles, California

 

Profession: Roman Catholic Priest, Society of Jesus, Professor of Theology… Single

 

 EDUCATION

 

            University of Notre Dame, University of Santa Clara,

            Gonzaga University: B.A., 1951; M.A. (Philosophy), 1952;

            Alma College: S.T.L., 1959

            University of Santa Clara: S.T.M., 1959

            Pontifical Biblical Institute, Gregorian University: S.T.D., 1964;

            University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and

              Teaching (Visiting Scholar), 1973-4.

 

 CAREER

 

              Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Instructor in Classics and Religion,

                        1952-55;

              University of San Francisco, Instructor in Theology, 1960-61;

              Assistant Professor, 1963-68; Associate Professor, 1968-72;

              Professor, 1972--; Chairman, Theology, 1971-73, 78-79; 88-92;

              Director, Graduate Programs in Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, 1974-75,

                        1979-82, 1986-87, 1992-6.

 

Honors: 

 

            Doctor of Humane Letters, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 1988

            Theological Advisor to US Bishops, 1977 Roman Synod on Catechesis

            Delegate: Asian Catechetical and Liturgical Conference, Manila, 1967;

                   Latin American Catechetical Conference, Medellin, Colombia, 1968;

                   International Catechetical Congress, Rome, 1970

                   Jesuit California Province Congregation, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993;

                   Conference, 1967; Assembly, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996

University of San Francisco, College of Arts and Sciences. Merit Award for Research

     and Service, 1989; Frank l. Beach Outstanding Leadership in Service Award,

     2000; Sarlo Prize for Teaching and Service, 2001.

 

 Public Service :

 

            Board of Trustees, Loyola Marymount University, 1974--89

            Board of Trustees, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 1984-86 (Chairman, 1986)

            Board of Trustees, Jesuit Community at USF, 1969-76, 78-82

            Board of Trustees, School of Applied Theology, 1993-2001

            National Council, National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, 1979--

Board of Directors, Archbishop John R. Quinn Symposium on Catholic Social            Teaching, 1998-

Board of Directors, Paul Wattson Ecumenical Lectures, 1979--

            Board of Directors, Stanford-Santa Clara Ecumenical Colloquium, 1967-69

            Consultant to Jesuit Provincial for Education, 1981-6

            Consultant to National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Pastoral

  Research and Practice (Sacrament of Penance) 1972-5, 1987-90

            Consultant, United States Catholic Conference, Department of Education, Study of

              the Future, 1987-90

            Consultant, United States Catholic Conference, Department of Education, To Teach as

              Jesus Did, 1991

            Consultant, United States Catholic Conference, Department of Education, Evaluation

              of Catechetical texts, 1997--

            Consultant, Hispanic Telecommunications Network, 1988--

            Consultant, Society of Our Lady of the Way, Revision of Constitutions, 1987-88

            Committee on Clergy Education, Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1970--

            Consultant, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1993

            Consultant, State of California Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational

              Education, evaluations of: Rudolph Steiner College, 1993; Center for Buddhist

              Studies, 1994; International School of Theology, 1996; Western Conservative Baptist

              Seminary, 1996; Episcopal Deaconate Program, 1996

            Advisory Board, The Living Pulpit, 1991--

            Retreats to the Catholic Bishops of California, 1992--

            Weekly catechetical program on KVTO, 1994-97

            Counsellor, Jesuit Community, 1960-61, 1963-78

            Confessor, St. Ignatius Church, 1960-61, 1963--

            Chaplain, St. Elizabeth Infant Hospital, 1965--

 

      USF Service, 1990-2001

 

               Chair, USF Joint Curriculum Committee, 1990--97

               USF Mission Statement Committee, 1990-92

               USF General Education Curriculum Committee, 1991-92

               USF Distinguished Teaching Award Committee, 1999-2002

   Soup and Substance, (faculty\staff discussions on Mission) 1992--

               Committee to discuss  Ex Corde Ecclesiae  and the USF response, 1994-5

               USF Faculty Association, Conscientious Objector Arbitration, 1989-93

               Faculty Diversity Group Committee, 1992-96

               Family Pastoral Counselling Advisory Committee, 1993--

               College of Arts and Science Curriculum Committee, 1990-92

               Arts Council, 1988-92

               College Council, 1988-92

               Theology Planning, Summer and Graduate Programs (Chair), 1992-97

               Theology/Pastoral Ministry Doctoral Program Committee, 1978-95

               Judaic Studies Committee, 1982-92

               Theology Graduate Programs Coordinating Committee (Chair), 1978-96

               Theology MA Committee, 1978--

               Theology Moralist Search Committee  (Chair), 1988-91, 98-99

               Theology Systematics Search Committee, 1999-2000, 2001-2

               Theology Personnel Committee  (Chair), 1978-92

               Theology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1978-92

               Communication Arts Search Committee, 1994

               USF Committee on Justice, 1979-81

               USF Faculty Association, Secretary, Executive Board, Policy Board, Negotiating

                        committee, 1980-88

 

Listings

 

American Catholic Who's Who; Contemporary Authors; Dictionary of American Scholars; Authors and Writers Who's Who; Dictionary of International Biography; International Scholars Directory; International Who's Who of Information Technology; Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century; Who's Who in American Education; Who's Who in International Organizations; Who's Who in Religion; Who's Who in the West; Who's Who in the World; World's Who's Who of Men and Women of Distinction; Writers Directory; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century; 2000 Who’s Who in the 21st Century; 21st Century Award for Achievement.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

    BOOKS

 

         Christ and the Church according to Gregory of Elvira , Gregorian U. Press, 1964

         Children and God: Communion, Confession, Confirmation , Corpus, 1970

         "I Confess" - The Sacrament of Penance Today , Ave Maria Press, 1972

         Reconciling , Ave Maria Press, 1981

         Come Worship with Us , Liguorian, 1987

          Team Teaching: What, Why, How , Sage, 1999

          Growing in the Church: from Birth to Death, University Press of America, 2000.

          The Church in Dialogue: Culture and Tradition, University Press of America, 2000.

        

        With Johannes Hofinger, S.J.:

           The Good News and its Proclamation , Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 1968

 

 

        With Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, S.H.:

            ON OUR WAY SERIES  , W.H. Sadlier:

           With Christ to the Father , 1966;  Christ's Life in Us , 1967;  Jesus ,

          1968;  Spirit , 1968;  Jesus in the Gospels and the Eucharist , 1969;  In

          The Spirit of Jesus , 1969;  One in Christ , 1970;  God's People , 1970.

 

            NEW LIFE SERIES  , W.H. Sadlier:

           Our Father , 1971;  Christ Our Life , 1971;  Jesus Our Lord , 1971;  Spirit of God,

            1972; One in the Lord , 1973;  God Among Us , 1973;  Jesus Forgives , 1974

 

           Jesus Nos Dice , W.H. Sadlier, 1976

 

            LORD OF LIFE PROGRAM  , W.H. Sadlier:

           Jesus Gives Joy , 1978;  Jesus Is with Us , 1978;  Jesus and His Friends , 1978;

           Living God's Word , 1979;  Celebrating God's Life , 1979;  Sharing God's Promises ,

          1979;  God Loves Me , 1980;  We Share Forgiveness , 1980;  We Share

          Reconciliation , 1980;  We Share the Bread of Life , 1980;  We Share the Eucharist ,

          1980;  Compartimos el Perdon , 1981;  Compartimos el Pan de Vida , 1981

 

           Fe y Cultura , Paulist Press, 1986

 

            FAMILIA DE DIOS SERIES  , (Books and two Videos per book), Tabor:

           Los Sacramentos , 1989;  Asi Vivimos porque Creemos: Doctrina

          Católica Elemental sobre el Credo para Hispanos Adultos y sus

          Familias , 1995;  Por Los Frutos Nos Conoceran: Doctrina Elemental

          sobre Los Sacramentos para Hispanos Adultos y sus Familias ,

          1995;  Los Mandamientos: Doctrina Elemental sobre el Credo

          para Hispanos Adultos y sus Familias , 1996.

 

       With Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, S.H., and Thomas Groome:

            GOD WITH US PROGRAM  , W.H. Sadlier:

           Growing with God , 1982;  Growing with Jesus , 1982;  Growing with the Church,

1982; Growing with God's Love , 1983;  Growing with God's Life , 1983,  Growing with God's Word , 1984.

 

        With Donald B. Sharp. S.J.:   Deepening Christian Life: Integrating Faith and Maturity ,

              Harper & Row, 1987.

 

        Co-Editor with Cyr N. Miller,   FAITH AND LIFE SERIES  , Benziger, 1970-72

 

 Articles  in:  Aids in Ministry, America, American Ecclesiastical Review, Atheism and Dialogue, Ave Maria, Bible Today, Catechist, Catholic Digest, Catholic Mind, Chicago Studies, Christian Initiation Resources, Church, Communio, Concilium, Ecumenical Trends, Emmanuel, Harper's Dictionary of Religious Education, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, Horizons, Human Development, In-Mitten der Welt, International Jesuit Encyclopedia, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Irish Sacred Heart Messenger, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Living Light, Living Pulpit, Lumen Vitae, Momentum, National Catholic Educational Association Bulletin, National Jesuit News, New Catholic Encyclopedia, New Catholic World, Origins, PACE, Pastoral Life, Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Reach, Religion Teacher's Journal, Religious Education, Sacred Heart Messenger, Science et Esprit, Theological Studies, Theology Digest, Third Millennium, Today's Catholic Teacher, Tripod, Word and Worship. 

 

 Selected Articles 

 

"Punishment and Penance in a Changing Church and Society,"  Theology Confronts a Changing World, edited by Thomas McFadden, Twenty-Third Publications, 1977, pages 229-255.

 

"The Right to the Sacraments of Initiation: The Individual and the Faith Community,"  Origins ,  Vol. 8, No. 21, Nov. 9, 1978, pages 329-336; reprinted: "The Right to the Sacraments of Initiation," Catholic Mind , Vol. 77, No. 1334, June, 1979, pages 17-37.

 

"Ninth International Conference of Jesuit Ecumenists,"  Journal of Ecumenical Studies , Vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1981, pages 716-718.

 

"Belonging,"  Emmanuel , 1981

 

"Reconciling,"  Catechist , Vol. 15,  January, 1982, page 28

 

"Celebrating Forgiveness,"  Religion Teacher's Journal , Vol. 15, no. 8, 1982, page 20.

 

"Reconciling,"  Today's Catholic Teacher , Vol. 15, Feb., 1982, pages 20-21

 

"Ninth International Conference of Jesuit Ecumenists,"  Ecumenical Trends , Vol. 11, no. 1, Jan., 1982; pages 13-16.

 

"Johannes Hofinger, S.J.: Missionary of Kerygmatic Catechesis,"  Reach , Vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1982, page 3.

 

"Heart of Christ, Meeting Place of God and Man,"  Homiletic and Pastoral Review , Vol. 72, no. 9, June, 1982, pages 24-32, 44.

 

"Reconciling,"  Aids in Ministry , Vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1982, pages 4-5.

 

"The Age for Confirmation: The Spirit Provides Witnesses for Christ,"  Christian Initiation

Resources , Vol. 3, no. 2, 1982, Section C, pages 1-10.

 

"The Impact of the Guidelines of  Ecclesiam Suam  and  Gaudium et Spes  on the Dialogue with Atheists in the United States,"  Atheism and Dialogue  , Vol. 19, 2, 1984, pages 126-128.

 

"Ecumenism in Religious Education,"  Lumen Vitae , Vol. 40, 1985, no. 4, pages 439-451

 

"Case-Study:  Catechesis of Hispanics in the United States" in Crollius, Ary Roest, S.J., ed.,

 Effective Inculturation and Ethnic Identity , Pontifical Gregorian University, 1987, pp. 1-28.

 

"Hofinger, Johannes,"  New Catholic Encyclopedia , Vol. 18, 1986, p. 192

 

"Trends in Religious Education,"  Lumen Vitae , Vol. 42, 1987, no. 4, pp. 439-451.

 

"Theological Reflections on the General Assembly,"  In-Mitten der Welt  , 1988, pg. 11.

 

"Teaching Teenagers the Sacraments:  Why?  What?  How?",  Living Light , Vol. 26, no. 1, October, 1989, pp. 47-54

 

"Society of Jesus,"  Harper's Dictionary of Religious Education , 1990.

 

"Healing and Reconciliation in the Gospel according to Luke,"  Tripod , August, 1989, no. 52, pp. 31-37; (reprinted in  Emmanuel , vol. 96, no. 2, March, 1990, pp. 74-80).

 

"Tradition and the Traditions,"  Emmanuel , Vol. 96, no. 2, Jan., 1990, pp. 14-21.

 

"Children and the Catechism," in  The Universal Catechism Reader , edited by Thomas Reese, S.J., Harper & Row, 1990, pp. 187-200.

 

"A Catechism for the Universal Church: Report on a Symposium,"  Living Light , Vol 26, no. 3, Spring, 1990, pp. 218-226.

 

"Recent Developments in Reconciliation: A Survey of Bishops, Clergy, and Laity about Penance and Reconciliation,"  Living Light , Vol 27, no. 1, Fall, 1990,  pp. 36-45.

 

"Future Trends in Religious Education,"   Religious Education , Vol. 80, No. 3, Summer, 1991, pp. 377-382.

 

"Popular Religiosity and Sacramentality: Learning from Hispanics a deeper Sense of Symbol, Ritual, and Sacrament,"  Living Light , Vol. 27, no. 4, Summer, 1991, pp. 351-360; reprinted in  Ethnicity, Nationality, and Religious Experience,  annual volume no. 37 of the College Theology Society, edited by Peter Phan, University Press of America, 1995, pp. 235-251.

 

"Inculturation and Orthodoxy: The Christian Message,"  Origins , Vol. 21, No. 16, September 26, 1991, pp. 249-257; = "To Teach as Jesus Did: the Message,"  Living Light , Winter, 1992, Vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 115-129.

 

"Liberating the University: Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Constitution,  Ex Corde Ecclesiae ,

 Horizons,  Vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1992, pp. 99-108.

 

"Witnesses for the Gospel,"  Living Light , Vol. 28, no. 3, Spring, 1992, pp. 244-245.

 

"Cosmic Sin as Evil,"  Living Pulpit , Vol. 1, no. 4, October-December, 1992, pp. 40-41.

 

"New Sins for 1993,"  Washington Post,  Jan 3, 1993

 

"The New Catechism: Good News or Bad News?"  National Jesuit News , Vol. 22, no. 5, March, 1993, pp. 6, 9

 

"Dealing with Feelings of Guilt,"  Human Development , Vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 36-39; reprinted in  Pastoral Exchange , vol. 4, no. 2, Summer, 1993, pp. 5-8.

 

"Mary and Catechesis: There's Room for Two Approaches,"  The Catechist , Vol. 26, no. 7, April/May, 1993, pp. 26-29

 

"Theology and the Catholic University: Past, Present, and Future,"  Science et Esprit , vol. 45, fas. 2, Mai-Septembre, 1993, pp. 225-234

 

"Why do People Join, Stay, and Leave the Church?"  Living Light , Winter, 1993, pp. 33-42.

 

"The Catechism of the Catholic Church: an Appraisal,"  Horizons , Vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 301-310.

 

"Sin, Penance, and Reconciliation in the Post-Conciliar Church," in  The Spirit of Vatican II: Issues for the 1990s , edited by Pierre Hegy, Liturgical Press, 1993, pp. 207-219.

 

"What to Do with the New Catechism,"  Church , Vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1993, pp. 50-51.

 

"American Culture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church," forthcoming in  Living Light

 

"A Guilty Conscience?"  Pastoral Life , Vol. 44, no. 3, March, 1994, pp.  24-29

 

"What Can We Do about Guilt?"  Living Pulpit , Vol. 3, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 24-25

 

"Ethics and the Jesuit Charism,"  PACE , Vol. 24, September, 1994, pp.  19-23

 

"Liturgical Overload,"  Pastoral Life,  Vol. 44, no. 9, October, 1994, pp.  25-27

 

"Ties that Bind (& Knot): Thirty Years Make a Difference,"  Commonweal , vol. 122, , no. 1, January 13, 1995, pp. 6-7.

 

"On Christian Prayer,"  Western Jesuit , vol. 71, no. 4, Spring, 1995, pp. 8-12.

 

"The Christian Yes: Freedom Today,"  Audinet Festschrift, Metz, May 20, 1995

 

"Woman of the Church: Sister Maria de la Cruz Aymes, S.H.,"  PACE , Vol. 25, Sept., 1995, pp. 3-4.

 

"Joy in Times of Failure,"  Human Development,  17, Winter, 1996, pp. 33-37

 

"Catechesis,"  Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Society of Jesus , forthcoming

 

"Catechetics,"  Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Society of Jesus , forthcoming

 

"Catechism,"  Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Society of Jesus, forthcoming

 

"Pastoral Theology,"  Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Society of Jesus, forthcoming

 

"The Step into Immortality," Human Development,  18, No. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 19-23.

 

"Inculturation and Missionary Theology,"  American Catholic Issues on Line , Spring, 1998.

 

"Team Teaching across Borders,"  Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the College Theology Society,  43, pp. 109-117, 1998

 

“Team Teaching in Interdisciplinary Religious Education,” Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education,  pp. 132-144, 1998.

 

“Building Community, Real and Virtual,” Horizons, Vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 1999, pp. 253-62.

 

“Spirituality for the New Millennium”, Third Millennium, Vol. 3, no. 1, January-March, 2000 pp. 88-98.

 

“New Forms of Communication and Theology,” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Vol. 55, 2000, pp. 103-4.

 

“The Influence of Information Technologies on Theology,” with Paul A. Soukup, S.J., and David Robinson, S.J., forthcoming, Theological Studies.

 

“Interactive Distance Education,” Proceedings of the International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 2000, pp. 25-26.

 

“Interactive Distance Education,” Connexions, Vol. 13, no. 1, Fall, 2000, pp. 2-4.

 

“Exploring Team Teaching,” Issues & Inquiry in College Learning and Teaching, forthcoming.

 

“Influence of Information Technologies on Lived Christianity,” forthcoming, Horizons.

 

“Building Community, Real and Virtual,” Horizons, Vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 1999, pp. 253-62.

 

“New Forms of Communication and Theology,” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Vol. 55, 2000, pp. 103-4.

 

“The Influence of Information Technologies on Theology,” with Paul A. Soukup, S.J., and David Robinson, S.J., Theological Studies, Vol. 62, 2001, pp. 366-377.

 

“Interactive Distance Education,” Proceedings of the International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 2000, pp. 25-26.

 

“Interactive Distance Education,” Connexions, Vol. 13, no. 1, Fall, 2000, pp. 2-4.

 

“New Technology:  Influence on Philosophy of Education,” Proceedings of 49TH Annual Meeting of the Far Western Philosophy of Education Society, 2001

 

“Parish Catechesis in a Secularized Society,” Lumen Vitae, 2002, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 119-132.

_______, forthcoming,  Living Light.

 

“Theological Images,” with David Robinson, forthcoming, Theological Studies.

“Teaching about Terrorism and War,” Connexions, Vol. 13, No. 2, Winter 2002, pg. 7.

 

“Theological Dimensions of Marketing and Demographics,” Annual Convention of UNDA , Signos y Simbolos, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 19, 2001.

 

“The Legacy of Pope John Paul II”, USF News, Fall 2002, Vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 24, 26.

 

“Revolutionizing Teaching via Electronic Discussion”, forthcoming, Explorations in Teaching and Learning.

 

“Spiritual Autobography,” forthcoming, convention of College Theology Society, 2003.

 

Memberships

 

Society of Jesus, 1945--

            College Theology Society  (President, 1972-74; Board, 1969-76; Regional Chair,

             (1966-72)

            Council on the Study of Religion (Board, 1972-75)

            American Society of Church History, Association of Directors of Graduate Religious

Education Programs, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious   Education, Catholic Biblical Association, Catholic Theological Society of America, International Society of Jesuit Ecumenists, International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, American Federation of Teachers, California Federation of Teachers, University of San Francisco Faculty Association

 

Personal Philosophy:  “For those who love God, all things work together for good.” Romans 8:28

 

Full address: University of San Francisco, 2600 Turk Blvd.

San Francisco, CA 94118-4347 USA

Email: buckleyf@usfca.edu

URL: http://www.usfca.edu/GOODNEWS

Telephone: 415-422-4200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 8, 2001

 

Miss Elaine Lewis

Customer Relations Department

One Thousand Great Americans

International Biographical Centre

Cambridge, CB2 3QP, ENGLAND

 

Dear Miss Lewis,

 

Enclosed is the corrected proof you sent me.

 

Please note that my address is no longer 650 Parker Avenue but

2600 Turk Boulevard.

 

I added my website for the convenience of people wanting more details or to contact me.

It is URL: http://www.usfca.edu/GOODNEWS

 

Thank you for all your hard work.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

 

 

Francis J. Buckley, S.J.