Theology Department
Liam Bergin
Director, Undergraduate Rome Summer Program
Co-Director, Catholic Education and Theology Minor
Interim Director, Catholic Studies Minor
Liam Bergin
Professor of the Practice
Contact
Stokes Hall 449N
Telephone: 617-552-3588
Email: liam.bergin@bc.edu
Education
- B.Sc. St. Patrick鈥檚 College, Maynooth
- S.T.B. Gregorian University, Rome
- S.T.L. Gregorian University, Rome
- H. Dip. Ed. St. Patrick鈥檚 College, Maynooth
Courses
Engaging Catholicism
A Theology of Food
Sacraments and Art
Sacraments and Catholic Life
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Research Interests
Ritual, Liturgy, Sacraments, Eschatology, Sacraments and Art, Liturgical Translations.
Office Hours
Th 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., W 12:45-3 p.m., or by appointment
Biography
Monsignor Liam Bergin is a priest of the diocese of Ossory, Ireland.听 Following high school, he entered seminary at St Patrick鈥檚 College, Maynooth, where he completed a bachelor鈥檚 degree (B.Sc.) in chemistry and mathematics. He continued his formation towards priesthood at the Pontifical Irish College, Rome.听 He gained a baccalaureate (S.T.B.), licentiate (S.T.L.) and doctorate in theology (S.T.D.) at the Gregorian University.听听 His doctoral thesis on baptism and eschatology (O Propheticum Lavacrum: Baptism as Symbolic Act of Eschatological Salvation) was awarded the Bellarmine Prize in Theology at the Gregorian University. He taught sacramental theology at the Gregorian from 1999-2011. He came to 涩里番下载 as a visiting professor in the in 2011 and was subsequently appointed Professor of the Practice in 2014. 听听He is priest in residence and ministers at St Brigid/Gate of Heaven parishes in South Boston.
Selected Recent Publications
鈥淪aving Water鈥� Worship, 94 (2022): 106-123
鈥淭owards the Future鈥� in Richard Gaillardetz, Thomas Groome & Richard Lennan (eds.), Priestly Ministry and the People of God, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2022): 46-53.
鈥�In italiano: on the Italian translation of the Roman Missal鈥� The Furrow 72 (2021): 281-289
鈥淎nointed to Proclaim the Kingdom鈥� in John F. Baldwin & David Farina Turnbloom (eds.), Catholic Sacraments: A Rich Source of Blessings (2015): 46-49
鈥淔rom Breaking Jars to Breaking Bread: Eucharist as Prophetic Act鈥�, Worship 89 (2015) 331-350
鈥淎nticipating the Future: Christian Life and Worship in Memory of the Eschatological Lord鈥�,
Doctrine and Life 64 n.10 (2014) 3-15
鈥淗ow Liturgy Shapes鈥� in The Ossory Times, March 2018, 17-20
鈥淪pinning Top: On recent developments in Sacramental Theology鈥� in Intercom, March 2018, 24-26
鈥淭ranslations Matter: On Pope Francis鈥檚 Magnum Principium鈥� The Furrow 68 (2017) 603-610