REVEREND
FRANCIS J. BUCKLEY, S.J.
Buckley, Francis Joseph
Date of birth:
Profession: Roman Catholic
Priest, Society of Jesus, Professor of Theology… Single
EDUCATION
Pontifical Biblical Institute,
Teaching
(Visiting Scholar), 1973-4.
CAREER
1952-55;
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,
Theological Advisor to US Bishops,
1977 Roman Synod on Catechesis
Delegate: Asian Catechetical and
Liturgical Conference,
Latin American Catechetical
Conference,
International Catechetical
Congress,
Conference, 1967; Assembly,
1979, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996
and Service,
1989; Frank l. Beach Outstanding Leadership in Service Award,
2000; Sarlo Prize for Teaching and
Service, 2001.
Public Service :
Board of Trustees,
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
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
the
Future, 1987-90
Jesus Did, 1991
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
Consultant, California Institute of
Integral Studies, 1993
Consultant, State of
Education, evaluations of:
Studies, 1994;
Seminary, 1996; Episcopal
Deaconate Program, 1996
Advisory Board, The Living
Pulpit, 1991--
Retreats to the Catholic Bishops of
Weekly catechetical program on
KVTO, 1994-97
Counsellor,
Jesuit Community, 1960-61, 1963-78
Confessor,
Chaplain, St. Elizabeth Infant
Hospital, 1965--
USF Service, 1990-2001
Chair, USF Joint Curriculum
Committee, 1990--97
USF
USF General Education Curriculum
Committee, 1991-92
USF Distinguished Teaching Award
Committee, 1999-2002
Soup and Substance, (faculty\staff
discussions on
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--
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
The Church in Dialogue: Culture and
Tradition, University Press of
With Johannes Hofinger,
S.J.:
The Good News and its Proclamation ,
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
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
"Ecumenism in Religious
Education," Lumen
Vitae , Vol. 40, 1985, no. 4, pages 439-451
"Case-Study: Catechesis of Hispanics in the
Effective Inculturation
and Ethnic Identity ,
"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
"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,
"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,"
"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
"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,
"On Christian Prayer," Western Jesuit
, vol. 71, no. 4, Spring, 1995, pp. 8-12.
"The Christian Yes:
Freedom Today," Audinet Festschrift,
"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
“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
“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.
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forthcoming, Living
Light.
“Theological
Images,” with David Robinson, forthcoming, Theological Studies.
“Theological
Dimensions of Marketing and Demographics,” Annual Convention of UNDA , Signos y Simbolos,
“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:
Email: buckleyf@usfca.edu
URL: http://www.usfca.edu/GOODNEWS
Telephone: 415-422-4200
Miss Elaine Lewis
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Dear
Miss Lewis,
Enclosed
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Please
note that my address is no longer
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added my website for the convenience of people wanting more details or to
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Thank
you for all your hard work.
Sincerely
yours,
Francis
J. Buckley, S.J.