Oblate School of Theology, located in the vibrant and diverse city of San Antonio, Texas, is a recognized leader in the fields of Practical Theology and Christian Spirituality. Our primary objective in Offerings is to serve what we believe to be an urgent contemporary need: the dissemination of innovative research at the intersection between the disciplines of Practical Theology and Spirituality.

A Benedictine monk at Maria Laach, Odo Casel was a major force in the movement for renewal of liturgy in this century. He objected to rationalistic or anthropocentric interpretations of the Christian religion that would reduce it either to a collection of doctrines or to a moral code. Instead, he insisted that the core of Christian faith is the worship of a sacred mystery.

Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, SDB, is a Honduran cardinal of the Catholic church. He is the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, the president of Caritas Internationalis, and the former president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference. He worked as the Vatican's representative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and has spoken out on social justice and inequality for many decades.

Oscar Romero, born in Ciudad Barrios, on August 15th 1917, studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained priest in 1942. He served the diocese of San Miguel for 25 years. In 1967 he moved to San Salvador as Secretary General of the National Bishops Conference. With little pastoral involvement he lived in the Jesuit run seminary and became speechwriter to the Nuncio. In 1970, appointed Auxiliary Bishop, he expressed frequent criticism of the social involvement of the clergy that had come in the wake of...

Parker J. Palmer, who holds a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in sociology, is the cofounder of the Institute for Public Life, a former professor at Georgetown University, and a former leader and teacher at Pendle Hill, the Quaker community. He is best known as the author of several national bestsellers, including Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach.

Paschal C. Mbagwu is a Priest of the Archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Illinois. Currently, he is the pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church/Sand Springs and Our Lady of the Lake Church/Mannford, Oklahoma.

Patricia A. Sullivan is Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Patricia Ferris McGinn is a licensed professional counselor and former executive director of the Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association. She teaches in the art therapy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is active in political advocacy for counselors on the state and national level.

Patricia H. Berne is an author, mother, teacher, and counselor. She holds her doctorate in clinical psychology and maintains a clinical practice both in Washington, DC and in Tampa, Florida. With Savary, her husband, she has coauthored seven books on the interface of psychology and spirituality. Together they have taught at many universities and led a variety of workshops.