Selected Publications, Articles & Presentations

Publications & Presentations

American Apostle of the Family Rosary: The Life of Father Patrick J. Peyton, C.S.C. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 2005.

An Archbishop for the People: The Life of Edward J. Hanna. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2006.

A Valiant Man of God: Vincent McCauley--Missionary and Bishop. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, (Forthcoming 2008).

The Implementation of Vatican II in Eastern Africa: The Contribution of Bishop Vincent McCauley, CSC. Lewiston, New York: Mellen Press, 2009.

The Everything Guide to Catholicism. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2010.

Father of the Fatherless: The Life of Nelson Baker of Buffalo. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2011.

Apostolic Religious Life in America: A Solution to the Crisis. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, forthcoming Summer 2011.

Chapters/Articles

“Nelson Baker and the State of New York (1921-1936): A Confrontation of Ideology.” Journal of Church and State 54(2) (Spring 2012): 175-96.

“Saints in the Christian Tradition: Unraveling the Canonization Process.” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations (Online Journal) 6 (2011): 1-18.

“The Challenge of Religious Life in the United States Today.” American Catholic Studies 122 (1) (Spring 2011): 33-53.

“Bishop Vincent McCauley: An African Educator in the Faith, 1961-1982.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research (Forthcoming 2008).

“Vatican II and the Church in Uganda: The Contribution of Bishop Vincent J. McCauley, CSC.” Catholic Historical Review (Forthcoming 2008).

“Roman Catholicism and U.S. Foreign Policy--1919-1935: A Clash of Policies.” Journal of Church and State (Forthcoming 2008).

“Bishop Vincent McCauley: An African Educator in the Faith, 1961-1982.” African Christian Studies (December 2007).

“Daniel Hudson, CSC and the American Catholic Hierarchy, 1885-1899,” American Catholic Studies 118(1) (Spring 2007): 21-46.

“Advocated for Ethnic and Religious Diversity: The Ecumenical Spirit of Archbishop Edward Hanna,”American Catholic Studies 117 (2) (Summer 2006): 61-76.

“Cardinal Humberto Medeiros and the Desegregation of Boston’s Public Schools,” Journal of Church and State 48(2) (Spring 2006): 327-53.

“A ‘Consecrated Thunderbolt’ of Catholic Education: The Contribution of Peter C. Yorke,” U.S.Catholic Historian 24 (2) (Spring 2006): 57-70.

“American Catholicism’s Chaos --- and Its Future,” Review for Religious 65(1) (2006): 4-22.