Changing Faculty
New Faculty and Faculty Changes Fr. John G. McDonald
Fr. John G. McDonald ’07, a priest from the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama returns to the college after having been ordained in 2007. He earned his theology degree from the Angelicum, and then began his license studies in ecclesiology at the Gregorian University in Rome. Since ordination, Fr. McDonald has served as teacher, chaplain, principal, and as president of John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham. He has also served as Vicar for Hispanic Ministry and on the Diocesan Deposit and Loan Committee as well as the Priest’s Pension Board. In January of 2012, Bishop Robert Baker appointed Fr. McDonald as Director of Catholic Education and Lifelong Formation for the Diocese of Birmingham. After serving as pastor of St. Aloysius Parish in Bessemer, Alabama, he joins the college as a formation advisor, teacher of pastoral spanish, as well as the Carl J. Peter Chair of Homiletics.
Fr. Ronald C. Barusefski
The Very Reverend Ronald Charles Barusefski, a priest of the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, NJ was ordained to the priesthood on Pentecost Sunday 1989. His first
assignment was Administrator (later, Pastor) of All Saints Byzantine Catholic Church in North Fort Myers, FL. Fr. Barusefski initiated the founding of a Mission Community in Naples, FL. Both assignments provided many challenges in “mission” areas, including the evangelization of the Byzantine Catholic Church throughout Southwest Florida. Among his many assigments, Fr. Barusefski has completed a licentiate in canon law from the Catholic University of America and is currently working on his doctoral dissertation from the Angelicum. He joins the faculty of the college as a formation advisor as well as the Director of Apostolic Formation, bringing with him his many years of pastoral experience in the various capacities he has served.
Sr. Maria Guadalupe, OP
Sr. Maria Guadalupe, OP grew up in Walpole, Massachusetts (Archdiocese of Boston), and earned a B.A. in English and French at Fordham University in the Bronx. After volunteering with a Catholic mission in Belize, she entered the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in 2001. Since entering the convent, she has earned a teaching certification as a high school teacher (English and French), and also a M.Ed. in Educational Administration. She has served as a middle school and
high school teacher, an elementary school principal, and in her community's development office. Last year she was a student at the Angelicum, and this year she will be serving as the Librarian for the Casa Santa Maria and also assisting at the Randal Riede Library on the Hill.
Fr. John Cush
Fr. John Cush, '98, C'15, (Diocese of Brooklyn), who joined the faculty last year as Assistant Vice-Rector, succeeds Fr. Donald Henke, '92, C '04, as Academic Dean. Fr. Cush also serves as a formation advisor and teaches the first year Theology seminar at the Gregorian University and the second year class on U.S. Catholic Church History for the Angelicum, the Gregorian, and Santa Croce.
Fr. Kerry Abbott OFM Conv.
Fr. Kerry Abbott, ICTE '14, OFM Conv. of the St. Joseph of Cupertino Province, who joined the faculty last year as a spiritual director and the Director for Administration, Personnel, and Facilities, will be serving this year as Vice-Rector for Administration and as a formation advisor.
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