Home Page    Msgr Calkins Home Page   Msgr Arthur Calkins Curriculum Vitae Rev. Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins                                                          910 Cross Gates Blvd. Slidell, Louisiana 70461-8414 Phone: 504-655-7226                                                          1.   Data      Name:  Arthur Burton Calkins      Birthdate:   18 April 1945      Birthplace:  Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.      Parents:     Kenneth Elton Calkins (dec.)                   Frances Catherine Crawford (dec.) 2.   Education             a.  Saint Joseph Elementary School                 Erie, Pennsylvania – 1951-1959             b.  Saint Mark Seminary High School                  Erie, Pennsylvania – 1959-1963             c.  Gannon University                         Erie, Pennsylvania – 1963-1964             d.  Saint Mary’s Seminary and University                 Baltimore, Maryland – 1964-1966                 Degree:  B.A. in Scholastic Philosophy – 1966             e.  The Catholic University of America                 Washington, D.C. – 1966-1970                  Degrees:  S.T.B. – 1969                         M.A.S.T. – 1971             f.  The University of Oxford                 Oxford, England                 Member of Saint Benet’s Hall – 1972-1974             g.  International Marian Research Institute                 (incorporated into the Pontifical Faculty of the Marianum, Rome, Italy)                 The Marian Library                 The University of Dayton                 Dayton, Ohio                 Degree:  S.T.L. magna cum laude – 1986             h.  Seraphicum                 Pontificia Facultas Theologica S. Bonaventuræ                 Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Conventualium in Urbe                 Degree:  S.T.D. summa cum laude – 1990                  Thesis:  John Paul II’s Program of Marian Consecration and Entrustment:                  Christological Perspective 3.  Holy Orders             a.   Ordained subdeacon 27 March l969, Washington, D.C.             b.   Ordained deacon  28 March 1969, Washington, D.C.             c.   Ordained priest 7 May 1970, Erie, Pennsylvania 4.  Papal Honors             a. named Chaplain of His Holiness 6 May 1997             b. named Prelate of Honor of His Holiness 7 May 2010 5.   Membership in Pontifical Academies             a.   named a corresponding member of the Pontifical                         International Marian Academy, Rome, Italy, 28 March 1985             b.   named a corresponding member of the Pontifical                         Roman Theological Academy, Rome, Italy, 22 November 1995                      6.  Assignments             a.   as deacon:                         i.    Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral, Houma, LA                                     13 June – 15 August 1969                         ii.   Saint Matthew Cathedral, Washington, D.C.                                      weekends and part-time during 1969-1970 academic year             b.   as priest:                         i.  associate pastor at Saint Edward the Confessor  Church, Metairie, Louisiana                                     June 1970 – September 1972                         ii.         studies in Oxford, England                                     September 1972 –  June 1974                         iii. associate pastor at Saint Agnes Church                                     Jefferson, Louisiana                                     September 1974 – November 1978                         iv.  professor of Historical Theology at Notre Dame                                     Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana                                     1976-1977 academic year                         v.   in residence at Saint Angela Merici Church                                     Metairie, Louisiana                                     January – June 1979                         vi.  associate pastor at Immaculate Conception Church                                     Marrero, Louisiana                                     June 1979 – September 1983                         vii. in residence at Saint Christopher Church                          Vandalia, Ohio (while studying at International Marian Research Institute)                                     30 September 1983 – 31 October 1984                         viii. chaplain at Shrine of Immaculate Heart of Mary                                     Washington, New Jersey                                     1 November 1984 – 22 March 1988                         ix.  associate pastor at Saint John the Evangelist                                     Church, New York City                                     22 March – 21 September 1988                         x.   taught courses in fundamental theology, Scripture and patrology in formation      program of Sorelle Minori di Maria Immacolata, Rome and Albano,              ITALY                                     1 October 1988 – 24 May 1989                         xi.  official of the Pontifical Commission                                     “Ecclesia Dei”, Vatican City, 4 April 1989 –                                      assumed into the service of the Apostolic See,                                     1 November 1991 – 30 September 2010                         xii. professor of Theology of the Spiritual Life and                                     English in formation program for pre-seminarians under the supervision of the Ancelle della Visitazione, Santa Marinella, ITALY                                     3 November 1990 – June 1991                         xiii. professor of Ecclesiology, Pontificio Collegio Beda                                     Spring semester 1992                         xiv. professor of Sacramental Theology, The Thomas More College of Liberal                                 Arts – Rome campus                                     Spring semester 1995                         xv. professor of Mariology, Institute of the Incarnate Word, Segni                                     Autumn semester 2006                         xvi. chaplain at St. Agnes Home, Kirkwood, MO                                     14 October 2010 – 14 March 2012                         xvii. chaplain at Christopher Inn, New Orleans, LA with residence at the rectory of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis  King of France, New Orleans, LA                  28 March 2012 – 2 July 2014     Residence changed to St. Luke the Evangelist rectory, Slidell, LA                       2 July 2014 –     xviii.   professor of Mariology for permanent deacon candidates, Harvey, LA                    22 August – 14 November 2013 7. Memberships in Scholarly Societies             a.   Mariological Society of America             b.   Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary             c.   Fellowship of Catholic Scholars 8. Publications   Please see updated bibliography Part 1 Part 2  Feedback Section Contents Copyright ©; Mark Alder and Msgr Arthur Calkins 1984-2015 Version: 25th February 2015 Home Page    Msgr Calkins Home Page