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Meet The Theology Faculty

Margaret McKinnon

Margaret M. McKinnon, Ph.D., D. Min.
Coordinator of Theology

mmckinnon@olhcc.edu 504-398-2174

Education

B.A. Emmanuel College, Boston, MA - Music Therapy, 1981

M.A. Emmanuel College, Boston, MA - Pastoral Counseling, 1985

M.A. Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, NY - Theology with Advanced Certificate in Liturgy, 1995

D.Min. Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, IN - Applied Ministries-Religious Education, 1999

Ph.D. Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishwaka, IN - Theological Studies, 2008

Mandatum received from Archbishop Gregory Aymond, November 2011

Professional Experience
Doctor McKinnon has published:

  • An Abstract: PRAYING WITH THE SCRIPTURES: A CATECHIST'S LECTIONARY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Graduate Theological Foundation Fellows Yearbook , Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, IN, 1999.
  • An edited college text: Human Expressions of Spirituality.  Cognella Academic Publishing, San Diego, CA.  August 2010.

She has served as a teacher and retreat leader on a variety of topics such as Women and Scripture, Sacraments, Spirituality, Catechetical Formation at many Christian Churches and Catholic parishes in the dioceses of Raleigh North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. She has also been involved with ecumenical and interfaith endeavors while living in Richmond, Virginia. 

Academic Experience
Doctor McKinnon serves as the Coordinator of Theology and as the advisor for Theology Majors.  She was the recipient of the Sue Ellen M. Canizaro Chair of Catholic Theology Endowed Professorship VI-X at Our Lady of Holy Cross College 2011.

Doctor McKinnon was an adjunct faculty member with the School of World Studies teaching Religious Studies and Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (2006-2011) and has over twenty-six years in religious education, liturgy and youth ministry at the parish level in the Dioceses of Birmingham, Alabama, Raleigh, North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia.  She has also served as a Facilitator with the Virtual Learning Community of Faith Formation-Pastoral Initiative of the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio since 2008.

Upon completion of her PhD in Theological Studies, she was the recipient of the John Macquarrie Fellowship-Highest Academic Award from Graduate Theological Foundation, Mishawaka, IN.

 Professional Associations
College Theology Society (CTS)
National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM) and a member of its Publication's Committee
National Conference for Catechetical Leaders (NCCL)
Spiritual Directors International (SDI). 

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David Delio

David Delio, MTS
Assistant Professor of Theology
Coordinator for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

ddelio@olhcc.edu 504-398-2122

Education
Doctoral Candidate, Catholic University of America, Washington D. C., Present - Systematic and Historical Theology

Advanced Certificate of Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 2006

M.T.S. Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 2005 - Theological Studies

M. A. T. Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 2000 - Art of Teaching

B.A. Trinity University, San Antonio TX, 1998 - Composite Social Studies

Professional Experience

Beyond the classroom, Mr. Delio has two peer-reviewed publications which investigate Newman's Oxford University Sermons. He has also presented three papers on Newman's understanding of Faith and Reason, his ecclesiology, and his views on education.

At the local and parish level, Mr. Delio has also been able to share theology. He founded and facilitated a theology group for young professionals in Massachusetts, prepared talks for a Filipino fellowship in Maryland and, most recently, delivered theology lectures at the Notre Dame Theological College in Virginia and St. Bernadette Parish in Maryland.

Academic Experience
David Delio serves as an Assistant Professor in the Theology Department. He is the Coordinator for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Chair of the Center Team for Mission Integration and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, as well as the advisor for Theology and Education Majors. He was the recipient of the Sue Ellen M. Canizaro Chair of Catholic Theology Endowed Professorship I-IV at Our Lady of Holy Cross College 2011.

Presently Mr. Delio is completing a doctoral dissertation as a Hubbard Fellow at the Catholic University of America. His dissertation combines an historical analysis of Blessed John Henry Newman's Tamworth Reading Room with a systematic study of his approach to modern science, faith, and the Church.