Contributors to "The Good Word"
Dianne Bergant is professor of Old Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union and author of People of the Covenant and Preaching the New Lectionary: Cycles A, B, & C. She authored America's "Word" column from 2002-2005.
Christopher Chatteris, S.J., teaches homiletics and study methodology at St. Joseph's Theological Institute in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Richard Clifford, S.J., is professor of Old Testament at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
Carol J. Dempsey, O.P. is associate professor of Theology (Biblical Studies) at the University of Portland and author of Jeremiah: Preacher of Grace, Poet of Truth.
James J. DiGiacomo, S.J., a former teacher at Regis High School in Manhattan, is author of Sundays with Jesus (Paulist.)
The Rev. Richard Dillon is professor of theology at Fordham University and former editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
John R. Donahue, S.J., is the Raymond E. Brown Distinguished Professor emeritus of New Testament Studies at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Md. He authored America's Word column from 1999-2002
Barbara Green, O.P. is professor of Biblical studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.
Felix Just, S.J., is associate director of the Loyola Institute for Spirituality in Orange, CA, and the founder of catholic-resources.org, a Scriptural and liturgical Web site.
Kyle Keefer is assistant professor of religion at Converse College and author of The Branches of the Fourth Gospel
John Kilgallen, S.J., is professor of New Testament exegesis at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
Richard Leonard S.J., is a visiting professor at Jesuit Theological College, Australia, and the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He is the author of Preaching to the Converted: On Sundays and Feastdays Throughout the Year.
John W. Martens is assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and author of The End of the World: The Apocalyptic Imagination in Film and Television.
Walter Modrys, S.J., former pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City, is the treasurer of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus.
Michael Patella, O.S.B., is associate professor of theology at Saint John's School of Theology Seminary. He chairs the Committee on Illumination and Text for The Saint John's Bible, and is the author of Gospel of Luke for the New Collegeville Bible Commentary as well as Lord of the Cosmos: Mithras, Paul, and the Gospel of Mark.
Thomas D. Stegman, S.J. is assistant professor of New Testament at the Weston School of Theology and author of The Character of Jesus: The Linchpin to Paul's Argument in 2 Corinthians.
Pauline Viviano is an associate professor of theology at Loyola University Chicago. She has authored reading guides for the Catholic Study Bible and a commentary on the Book of Genesis in the Collegeville Bible Commentary series. In addition to teaching she often lectures at parishes in and around Chicago.
