Telephone & Email
Faculty of Theology
Phone: (416) 926-7140
Fax: (416) 926-7294
Email: usmctheology.registrar@utoronto.ca
Mailing Address
Faculty of Theology
81 St. Mary Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 Canada
Key Contacts
Student Services Officer Emil Iruthayathas
Advanced Degree Programs Director Colleen Shantz
Basic Degree Programs Director Christian McConnell
Director of Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology Dennis O'Hara
Director of Pastoral Formation and Director of the Israel Program Darren Dias, OP
Director of Field Education Stan Chu Ilo
University of Toronto Student Housing University of Toronto Student Housing
University of Toronto Student Services University of Toronto Student Services
Faculty of Theology Web Site USMC Website Manager
Student Life Committee Student Life Committee
Full Time Faculty
Michael Attridge, BA, MA, STL, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor,
Systematic Theology; Christology; Vatican II
michael.attridge@utoronto.ca
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Mario O. D' Souza, CSB, BA, MEd, MDiv, CAES, PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Dean of Theology
Jacques Maritain; Philosophy of Education; Catholic Educational Theory; Religion and Education; Catholic University; Person and Personalism
Associate Member SGS Theory and Policy Studies in Education OISE/UT
mario.dsouza@utoronto.ca
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Darren Dias, OP, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Assistant Professor, Director of Pastoral Formation
Trinitarian Theology; Religious Diversity; Lonergan Studies
darren.dias@utoronto.ca
Stan Chu Ilo, BPhil, BD, PGCE, PGDE, STL, MA, ThM, PhD (St. Michael's), DEd (cand, UNISA)
Assistant Professor, Director of Field Education
Religious Education; Multicultural Education; Systematic Theology; Theories of Leadership; Augustine; Balthasar
stanchu.ilo@utoronto.ca
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Christian McConnell, BA, BTh, MA, PhD (Notre Dame)
Assistant Professor, Director of Basic Degree Programs
Early Liturgical History; Christian Initiation; Liturgical Theology; Sacramental Theology
christian.mcconnell@utoronto.ca
Associate Professor
(Research Leave July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012)
Ugarit; Israelite Origins; Ancient Israelite Religion; Pre-exilic Prophets; Wisdom Literature; Psalms; Hebrew Poetry
Cross-appointed to the Graduate Faculty, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
johnl.mclaughlin@utoronto.ca
(Research Leave - January 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013)
Associate Professor, Director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology & Ecology
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty for the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto
Ecological Ethics; Christian Ethics; Theology and Ecology; Spirituality and Ecology
dennis.ohara@utoronto.ca
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Colleen Shantz, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Degree Programs
New Testament Social World; Social Scientific Approaches; Early Christian Religious Experience; Cognitive Science of Religion
Cross-appointed to the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
c.shantz@utoronto.ca
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Adjunct Faculty
Teaching in 2012-2013
Anne Anderson, c.s.j., RegN, BA, MHA, MA, DMin (Regis College/UT)
Associate Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor
Jewish - Christian Studies; Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral Theology
anne.anderson@utoronto.ca
Daniel Bader, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Adjunct Professor
Ancient Philosophy, Biomedical Ethics
daniel.bader@utoronto.ca
Dan Bahat, BA, PhD (London)
Adjunct Professor
Biblical Archaeology
dan.bahat@utoronto.ca
Terence J. Fay, s.j., BA, Lic. Phil., MA, STL & MA, PhD (Georgetown)
Adjunct Professor
Christian History, Canadian Religious History, Immigrant Religious History
terence.fay@utoronto.ca
Jean Pierre Fortin, BA, MA (Phil.), PhD (Phil.) (Laval) MA (Theo), PhD (Theo.) (Candidate) (St. Michael’s)
Adjunct Professor
Systematic Theology, Philosophy in Science
jeanpierre.fortin@mail.utoronto.ca
Heather Macumber, BAH, MDiv., PhD (Candidate) (St. Michael’s)
Adjunct Professor
Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophecy, Ancient Israelite Religion
heather.macumber@mail.utoronto.ca
Moira McQueen, BA, MDiv., PhD (St. Michael’s)
Adjunct Professor
Foundational themes in Christian ethics, Natural Law; human sexuality and marriage, justice: individual and social
moira.mcqueen@utoronto.ca
Mary Rowell, c.s.j., RegN, BA, MA., PhD (Durham)
Adjunct Professor
Church and Society, Theological bioethics, especially the social dimensions of health care and global health, Eco-theology, ethics and society, Worship and Ethics, The History and Evolution of Religious Life
mary.rowell@utoronto.ca
T. Allan Smith, c.s.b., BA, MA, MDiv, DTheol (Erlangen)
Associate Professor, Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Early and Medieval Church History; Russian Church History and Theology; Eastern Orthodox Spirituality; Monasticism; 19th and 20th Century Orthodox Theology; Sergei Bulgakov
allan.smith@utoronto.ca
Michael Steinhauser, BA, STL, ThD (Wuerzburg)
Adjunct Professor
Christian Origins: New Testament and Early Christian Literature; Intertestamental Period, Art and Theology
m.steinhauser@utoronto.ca
Professor Emeritus
Teaching In 2012-2013
William H. Irwin, c.s.b., BA, MA, STL, SSD (Pontifical Biblical Institute)
Professor Emeritus
Old Testament; Biblical Hebrew Poetry; comparative Northwest Semitic; Biblical Spirituality
bill.irwin@utoronto.ca
Michael Vertin, BA, STB, MA, STL, PhD (Toronto)
Professor Emeritus
Philosophy of Theology; Theological Foundations of Multi-disciplinary Studies
michael.vertin@utoronto.ca
Administration and Staff
Chancellor His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins | Read Profile
President and Vice-Chancellor Anne Anderson, CSJ | Read Profile
Bursar and Chief Financial Officer Georgina Kossivas
Dean of the Faculty of Theology Mario O. D' Souza, CSB | Read Profile
Student Services Officer Emil Iruthayathas
Executive Assistant to the Dean Cicily Tang
Director of Advanced Degree Programs Colleen Shantz | Read Profile
Director of Basic Degree Programs Christian McConnell
Director of Field Education Stan Chu Ilo | Read Profile
Director of Pastoral Formation Darren Dias, O.P.
Director of The Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology Dennis O'Hara | Read Profile
Principal of St. Michael's College and Interim Director of Library and Archives Domenico Pietropaolo | Read Profile