
Sandy Magie, PhD, STD
Academic Dean, Associate Professor of Moral Theology
Education
Ph.D., 1981, Texas Women’s University; S.T.L., 1989 Academia Alfonsiana; S.T.D., 1991 Academia Alfonsiana
Experience
1981-1983, Institute for Molecular Virology, St. Louis, Missouri; 1983-1987, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, TX; 1990-present, UST School of Theology

Lawrence DiPaolo, Jr., PhD
Associate Dean, Associate Professor, Scripture
Education
Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, December 2006, (Theology); M.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2000 (NT / Early Christianity); M.A., The University of Chicago, 1990 (Middle Eastern Studies); B.A., The University of Chicago, 1989 (Political Science)
Experience
1991-1998, Financial Analyst/Market Maker, Chicago Board Options Exchange; 1998 – 2006, Instructor, Loyola University of Chicago; The University of St. Thomas School of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary, 2006 to present

Msgr. James Anderson, STD
Assistant Professor, Systematic Theology
Education
B.A.,1974, University of St. Thomas, Philosophy, Houston; S.T.B., 1977, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; S.T.L., 1979, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; S.T.D., 1988, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Experience
1978 Ordained Roman Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas; 1979-81 Parochial Vicar, St. Mary’s of the Miraculous Medal Church, Texas City; 1981-1985 Graduate Study, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; 1985-89 Service in the English Section of the Secretariat of State of His Holiness Pope John Paul II; 1989-90 Instructor in Systematic Theology, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary; 1990-99 Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary; 1999-2007 Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Houston; 2007- Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Theology of the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary

Rev. Vincent Dulock, CSB
Lecturer, Pastoral Theology
Education
B.A., Modern Languages, University of St. Thomas, Houston, 1963; M.A., Theology, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, 1970 (I earned an S.T.B. as well but they wouldn’t give it to me because I did it in the same year, 1970, and they had a rule about giving two degrees in the same year).; M.R.E., University of St. Thomas, Houston, 1977; D.Min., McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1997
Experience
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Manvel, TX, Pastor,
1973-1984; St. Anne’s Church, Houston, Pastor, 1984-1991; Director of Renew,
Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1992-1996; Most Holy Trinity Church,
Angleton, TX, Pastor, 1996-2004; Lecturer in Pastoral Theology, University
of St. Thomas, School of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary 2005-Present; Director
of Novices for the Basilian Fathers, Sugar Land, TX, 2004-2005. To prepare
for this last position I was in training in a program called ForMission,
sponsored by the Religious Formation Conference from the Chicago Theological
Union and the Washington Theological Union.

Mrs. Laura Olejnik
Associate Professor
Director, Cardinal Beran Library
Education
MA in Theology, UST; MA Liberal Arts, UST; MA Library Science, U of Texas; BA English, Northwestern State of Louisiana.
Experience
Prior to coming to the Beran Library in 1993, Head of Public Services at UH Downtown Dykes Library, and St. Thomas High School
Frances Panchok, PhD
Professor, Church History
Experience
Prof. Frances Panchok, (Ph.D. Catholic University of America, 1976) teaches Church History, Christian Art & Architecture, and Catholic/Jewish Relations. On the faculty since 1973, she has served on the Archdiocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission and was President of the Texas Catholic Historical Society. Dr. Panchok gives walking tours of Rome, Italy.
Judith Ryan, PhD, STL
Associate Professor, New Testament
Education
New York University; Fordham University, 1995.
Experience
University of Scranton, College Misericordia; Fordham University; The Catholic University of America; St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Maryland

Rev. Jeffrey Steenson
Carl and Lois Davis Visiting Professor in Patristic Studies
Education
D.Phil. (theology), University of Oxford, 1983; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School, 1978; M.A. (church history), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1976; B.A. (history), Trinity College, 1974.
Experience
2009 ordained priest in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe; 2008-09 sabbatical studies at the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome, and Adjunct at the University of Dallas Rome Campus; 2004-07 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande; 2000-06 Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande; 1989-2000 Rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, TX; 1985-1989 Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, PA; 1983-1985 Curate of All Saints' Church, Wynnewood, PA., and Lecturer at the General Theological Seminary, New York, NY.

Rev. Leon Strieder, SLD
Associate Professor, Liturgical/Sacramental Theology
Education
BA in Classics, University of St. Thomas, Houston, 1972; STB in Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1975; SLL in Liturgy, Pontifical Liturgical Institute at San Anselmo, Rome, 1980; SLD in Liturgy, Pontifical Liturgical Institute at San Anselmo, Rome, 1994
Experience
Priest of the Diocese of Austin, 1976 to present; Chair of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, 1977 to present
Formation Faculty, St. Mary’s Seminary, Houston, 1990-2002; Adjunct, School of Theology, 1991-2002; Full-time Faculty, 2002 to present

Rev. Charles J.T. Talar, PhD, STD
Professor, Systematic Theology
Education
U.S. Coast Guard Academy; A.B., Philosophy, St. Mary’s Seminary College, Baltimore, 1970; M.A., Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1973; S.T.M., Systematic Theology, St. Mary’s School of Theology, 1974; Ph.D., Sociology, Catholic University, 1980; S.T.L., Systematic Theology, St. Mary’s School of Theology, 1981; M.A., Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, 1985; S.T.D., Historical Theology, St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore, 1987.
Experience
St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore, MD; Pastor, Church of Our Savior, English Speaking International Roman Catholic Community of the Hague; Fordham University, Bronx, NY; Alvernia College, Reading, PA; University of St. Thomas

Jeremy Wilkins, PhD
Assistant Professor, Systematic Theology
Education
B.A. (1994) Washington University in St. Louis; M.Div. (1997) University of Toronto; S.T.B. (1997) Regis College, Toronto
Ph.D. (2004) Boston College, with a dissertation on the development of Thomas Aquinas’s Trinitarian theology
Experience
Doctrine of God, Christology, Patristics, and various other topics in systematic theology