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David M. Neuhaus, S.J.

The Reverend David M. Neuhaus, a priest of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) of the Province of the Near East and North Africa, served as the Albert Cardinal Meyer Lecturer at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in the spring of 2021. Fr. Neuhaus earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; a licentiate in Theology from Centre Sèvres in Paris; and a licentiate in Biblical Exegesis from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Fr. Neuhaus is the former Episcopal Vicar for the Hebrew Speaking and Migrant Catholics in Israel. He has lectured at Bethlehem University, the Latin Patriarchal Seminary in Beit Jala, the Pontifical Salesian University, and the Yad Ben Tsvi Institute; and was senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is an active member of Justice and Peace Commission for the Committee of Men Religious in the Holy Land Bishops’ Conference. Recent publications include: The Land, the Bible and History (with Alain Marchadour); Writing from the Holy Land; and an introduction to Judaism in Arabic, entitled, Al-Yahudiyyah nasha’at baynana (Judaism developed among us). Fr. Neuhaus also composed five volumes of a children’s catechism in Hebrew, and short volumes of an introduction to the Bible in Arabic; and he regularly contributes to Civiltà cattolica. He currently resides and works at the Jesuit Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Andrew Liaugminas

The Reverend Andrew Liaugminas, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, holds an S.T.D. in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with a concentration in Christology and Trinitarian Theology. Fr. Liaugminus has served as a lecturer in Christology and soteriology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary; as Director and Chaplain of Calvert House Catholic Center at the University of Chicago; and as Associate Pastor of Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish in Park Ridge, Illinois. His research interests include the historical development of the Church’s Christological and soteriological doctrine, and the relationship of contemporary questions in Christology and soteriology to the teachings of the fathers of the Church. Recent publications include: “The Father’s Perfect Image Became Our Perfect Mediator: The Christology of Thomas Aquinas” in a forthcoming volume of essays on the theology of Thomas Aquinas and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M.

The Reverend John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Ph.D., a priest of the Servite Order, is Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union, where he directed the school's Catholic-Jewish Studies Program for many years. Fr. Pawlikowski is a fellow of Cambridge University and has served as a visiting professor at both Catholic University of Leuven and the Graduate Theological Union. He has held Presidential Appointments to the Board of the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum, as well as serving as President of the International Council of Christians and Jews for six years. His publications include: Christ in the Light of the ChristianJewish Dialogue; Restating the Church’s Relationship with the Jewish People: The Challenge of Super-Sessionary Theology; and a recent essay, “Has Antisemitism Been Uprooted from Christianity? A Catholic Response,” with five responses as part of a symposium on Catholics and antisemitism in the October 2022 issue of Antisemitism Studies.