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Meet The Theology Faculty
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David P. Delio, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Theology Coordinator for the Theology Program |
| ddelio@olhcc.edu | 504-398-2122 |
Education
Ph.D., Systematic and Historical Theology, The Catholic University of America, Washington D. C., 2012
Dissertation: John Henry Newman's Areopagus: The Tamworth Reading Room as an Apology for the "Christian Difference"
Advanced Certificate of Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 2006
M.T.S. Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 2005
M.A.T. Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 2000
B.A. Trinity University, San Antonio TX, 1998
Academic and Professional Experience
Dr. Delio serves as an Assistant Professor in the Theology Department. He is the Coordinator for the Theology Program. He also chairs the Mission Integration Committee and is starting a Philosophy Society for OLHCC students. He was the recipient of the Sue Ellen M. Canizaro Chair of Catholic Theology Endowed Professorship at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in 2012.
Dr. Delio has two peer-reviewed publications which investigate Newman's Oxford University Sermons and a book review of John Cornwell's Newman's Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint. He has also presented three papers on Newman's understanding of Faith and Reason, his ecclesiology, and his views on education.
Currently Dr. Delio plans to publish his doctoral dissertation as a book. He also hopes the Theology Department will develop, through research and publications, Lagniappe Theology-the theology of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
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Rev. Simon C. Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Theology Coordinator for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition |
| skim@olhcc.edu | 504-398-2174 |
Education
Ph.D, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2011 - Systematic and Historical Theology.
M.A. & M.Div, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, CA, 1998 - Religious Studies.
B.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1992 - Social Work.
Academic and Professional Experience
Simon Kim, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Theology and serves as the coordinator of The Catholic Intellectual Tradition. He is the recipient of the Thomas E. Chambers Endowed Professorship in Theology at Our Lady of Holy Cross College 2012. Dr. Kim earned a Ph.D. in theology from The Catholic University of America with a dissertation focused on the cross-cultural contexts of theology intended to further his pastoral and theological reflections.
Dr. Kim has focused on how Catholic theology emerges from ethnicity and culture and can be found in his recent publications: Memory and Honor: Cultural and Generational Ministry with Korean American Communities (2013), The Migrants' Way of the Cross (2013), and An Immigration of Theology: Theology of Context as the Theological Method of Virgilio Elizondo and Gustavo Gutiérrez (2012).
In addition to teaching in classroom, Dr. Kim has been invited to give conferences, workshops, and retreats across the country to various communities. His stories, experiences, and theological reflection of immigration and faith resonate both with initial immigrants and the next generation and have won high praise from both groups as they draw on their Catholic faith to navigate their way in Church and society. Currently, Dr. Kim is serving on the Asian and Pacific Islanders Ad-Hoc Committee for the U.S. Bishops Conference.
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Margaret M. McKinnon, Ph.D., D. Min. Adjunct Professor of Theology |
| mmckinnon@olhcc.edu |
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
Academic and Professional Experience
Dr. McKinnon serves as an adjunct faculty for the Theology program and was formerly the program's Coordinator.
Dr. 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.
Dr. 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.
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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