Curriculum Vitae Breve
Updated on June 8, 2026.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate in Theology, specialized in Systematic Theology (major) and Biblical Theology (minor).
Ave Maria University: Ave Maria, FL.
Dissertation: “The Cosmological Mariology of Charles De Koninck: Marian Causality and Principles.”
Director: Daniel Lendman.
Board Members: Steven A. Long and Mark Miravalle.
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), summa cum laude, specialized in the Theology of Marriage and Family. June 2022.
Katholische Hochschule ITI (Ecclesiastical): Trumau, Austria.
Master’s in Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) / Magister theologiae (Mag. theol.), magna cum laude. June 2020.
International Theological Institute (Ecclesiastical): Trumau, Austria.
B.A. in the Liberal Arts. May 2018.
Thomas Aquinas College: Santa Paula, CA.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor of Theology: 2025–Present.
Ave Maria University, Department of Theology: Ave Maria, FL.
Courses Taught:
1. Sacred Scripture, Undergraduate Core (Fall Semester 2025 and scheduled for Fall Semester 2026).
2. Sacred Doctrine, Undergraduate Core (Spring Semester 2025 and Spring Semester 2026).
Graduate Research Assistant: 2025–Present.
Ave Maria University, Department of Theology: Ave Maria, FL.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: 2022–2024.
Ave Maria University, Department of Theology: Ave Maria, FL.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles:
1. “On Saint Augustine and ‘Analogy.’ A Historical Note on the Philosophico-Theological Terminology of ‘Analogy’ in Latin Theology.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses: Louvain Journal of Theology and Canon Law 101, no. 4 (2025): 605–32. DOI.
2. “A Suggestive Note on the Esse of the Eucharist.” European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas 43, no. 1 (2025): 110–26. DOI.
3. “Note on the Fittingness of Negative Naming in Sacred Theology: The Corpus Dionysiacum and Father Bernard Lonergan.” The Heythrop Journal: A Bimonthly Review of Philosophy and Theology 66, no. 1 (2025): 24–37. Early View: November 16, 2024. DOI.
4. “The Virtue of Religion and the Act of Doing Sacred Theology.” The Downside Review 143, no. 2 (2025): 61–79. OnlineFirst: September 23, 2024. DOI.
5. “Theological Systematization and the Order between the Literal and Allegorical Senses of Scripture.” The Aquinas Review of Thomas Aquinas College 26, no. 2 (2023): 151–77. URL.
Book Chapters:
1. “On the Blessed Mother and Re-Creation: An Essay into Charles De Koninck’s Mariology.” In All Things That Were Made: On Creation, Creatures, and Their Creator, edited by Daniel Lendman and Brandon L. Wanless, 98–118. Catholic Theological Formation Series. Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2026. URL.
[In Press for July 10, 2026.]
Translated Articles:
1. Dionne, Maurice. “The Grace of Mary is of the Hypostatic Order.” Translated and introduced by David Francis Sherwood. Lux Veritatis: A Journal of Speculative Theology.
[Forthcoming.]
2. De Koninck, Charles. “On the Definition of the Assumption.” Translated and selected by David Francis Sherwood. The Aquinas Review of Thomas Aquinas College 28, no. 2 (2025): 141–66. URL.
Book Reviews:
1. Review of Unity in Christ: Bishops, Synodality, and Communion, by Anthony Fisher, O.P. Nova et Vetera: The English Edition of the International Theological Journal.
[Forthcoming.]
2. Review of Approaching the Assumption, 1863–1950: Revelation, Scripture, and the Laity in the Development of a Marian Dogma, by Eric Lafferty. Thomistica. June 8, 2026. URL.
3. Review of Thomistic Mystagogy: St. Thomas Aquinas’s Commentaries on the Mass, by Urban Hannon, forward by Hugh Barbour, O.Praem. Nova et Vetera: The English Edition of the International Theological Journal 24, no. 1 (2026): 335–39. URL.
4. Review of Mary & the Church at Vatican II: The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII, by Laurie Olsen. The Heythrop Journal: A Bimonthly Review of Philosophy and Theology 67, no. 1 (2026): 107–09. Early View: December 16, 2025. DOI.
5. Review of Co-Redemptrix: The Relevance of a Marian Doctrine for Our Time, ed. Serafino M. Lanzetta. Maria: A Journal of Marian Studies, n. s., 5, no. 2 (2025): 1–7. DOI.
6. Review of A Short History of the Roman Mass, by Uwe Michael Lang. The Chesterton Review 51, no. 1/2 (2025): 142–44. DOI.
7. Review of In Defense of Latin in the Mass: The Case for the Church’s Timeless Liturgical Language, by Pope Benedict XIV, tr. by Robert Nixon, OSB. Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal 28, no. 2 (2024): 250–53. DOI.
Magazine Articles:
1. “Faith in the Gospel of John as the Content of Truth: Πίστ- Root Words and Theological Exegesis.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review. March 28, 2025. URL.
2. “On the Need to Focus on a Catholic Theologate.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review, October 24, 2024. URL.
3. “The Common Good and Human Participation.” VoegelinView: A Review of Art, Culture, Politics, Science, and Divine Ground, June 17, 2024. URL.
4. “Aristotelianism in Eucharistic Theology: Father Thomas Reese and Transubstantiation.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review, May 26, 2023. URL.