Ecclesiastical Bachelor of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical Licence in Catechetics
Moderator
Dr Keith Robert Chappell
- Lecturer in Theology, University of Birmingham.
- Honorary Fellow, Edward Cadbury Centre.
- Gained his Doctorate at University of Hull and his Doctorate in Theology at University of Oxford
Publications(among others):
- The Catholic Charismatic renewal in the UK: Worldview and the End Times, 2021.
- With Reiss, M. and Billingsley, B (Eds). Science Religion and Education, 2019.
- With Billingsley, B. and Abedin, M. (Eds). A Teacher’s Guide to Science and Religion in the Classroom, 2018.
- With Davis, F. (Eds) Catholic Social Conscience, 2011.
Lecturers
Dr Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub
- Course Leader and Associate Professor of in Business Management, Ravensbourne University, London.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Management.
- Gained her Doctorate through the Maryvale Doctoral Research Programme.
Publications (among others):
- “Does the Public Sphere need Religion”, The Collector, 2025.
- Meaning and Interpretation in Research: Nuance, Objectivity and the Ethics of Reason, 2025.
Dame Joanna Bogle DSG
- Dame of the Order of St Gregory.
- Founder member of the Association of Catholic Women in England.
Publications (amongst others):
- Contributor to EWTN.
- Courage and Conviction. Pius XII, the Bridgettine Nuns, and the Rescue of the Jews, 2013.
- English Catholic Heroines, 2009.
- Fr Werenfried - A Life, 2001
- Caroline Chisholm: The Emigrant’s Friend, 1994.
Dr Ausra Cane
- Lecturer, Open University.
- Gained her License at KU Leuven, and her Doctorate through the Maryvale Doctoral Research Programme.
Dr Tracy Cattell
- Stage Manager, Perth Theatre.
- Gained her Doctorate at the University of Warwick.
Revd Dr Richard Conrad OP
- Priest of the English Dominican Province.
- Fellow and member of the Aquinas Institute.
- Member of the Faculty of Theology, Oxford University.
- Gained his License in Dogmatic Theology at the Angelicum, Rome, and his Doctorate at Cambridge University.
Publications (among others):
- “The Rational Animal and Modern Science: The Research Context of the Papers”, in New Blackfriars, vol. 102, 2019e.
- “The Holy Trinity as Source of Human Dignity and Destiny according to St Thomas Aquinas.” In: John Loughlin (ed.) Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives, 2019..
- “Moments and Themes in the History of Apologetics.” In: Andrew Davison (ed.) Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition. 2011.
- The Catholic Faith: A Dominican Vision, 1994.
Sr Dr Hyacinthe Defos Du Rau OP
- Sister of the Dominican Sisters of St Joseph, Lymington.
- Gained her Doctorate through the Maryvale Doctoral Research Programme.
Publications:
- A regular contributor to Catechetical Review, and author of Anchor, a major resource for adult faith formation.
- A regular contributor to Radio Maria.
Revd Dr Nathaniel Dreyer, IVE
- Priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, Fossanova Abbey, Italy.
- Gained his License in Philosophy at Catholic University of America, and his Doctorate at Regina Apostolorum, Rome.
Publications:
- Regular contributor to Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
- Regular podcaster on Spotify: No Greater Delight.
Dr Tamra Fromm
- Lecturer in Catechetics and Scripture, Catholic International University, USA.
- Instructor Scripture, Catholic Biblical School, Detroit, USA.
- Gained her Doctorate through the Maryvale Doctoral Research Programme.
Publications:
- Pre-Evangelisation for Young Adult ‘Native Nones’, 2021.
- Regular contributor to Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
- Regular blogger.
Revd Dr Paul Hayward
- Priest of the Diocese of Westminster.
- Member Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Gained his Doctor of Canon Law degree from Roman Athenaeum of the Holy Cross, now Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
Publications:
- The Juridical Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, 2017.
- Editor, twice-yearly Canon Law Abstract.
- Host of Canonically Speaking podcast.
Dr Joshua Madden
- Lecturer on Biblical, Medieval Theology and Mariology, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.
- Gained his STL at International Theological Institute, Austria, and his PhD at Ave Maria University, Florida.
Publications (among others):
- ‘Circa Aetatem Discretionis: A Proposal in Favor of Restored Order of Confirmation’, Antiphon 21.3, 2017.
- The Servant and the Vineyard: Christology and the Reception of Scripture in Shepherd of Hermas’, Journal of Theological Interpretation 16.2, 2022.
Revd Dr Uwe Michael Lang Cong. Orat.
- Priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London.
- Lecturer in Church History and Liturgy, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, Allan Hall Seminary.
- Member of the Council of the Henry Bradshaw Society.
- Director of the Society for Catholic Liturgy.
- Corresponding member of the Neuer Schülerkreis Joseph Ratzinger/Papst Benedikt XVI.
- Gained his Doctorate from the University of Oxford.
Publications (among others):
- “John Henry Newman on Church Architecture: Preservation of Type and Power Assimilation”, in Beauty, Devotion and Spirituality: The Art and Culture of the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri, ed. Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos, 2024.
- Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual and the Expression of the Sacred, 2015.
- John Philoponus and the Controversies over Chalcedon in the Sixth Century. A Study and Translation of the Arbiter, Spicilegium Sacrum Lovaniense 47, 2001.
- Editor, Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal.
Dr Mary McCaughey
- Director of Studies and Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology, Oscott Seminary.
- Gained her Doctorate from St Patrick’s University, Maynooth.
Publications (among others):
- “Christianity, Culture and the Real: from Maritain’s Integral Humanism to a New Integralism?”, Religions, 2025.
- “’Words Enfleshing the Word’: Joseph Ratzinger on the Prophetic Interpretation of Revelation in the Church”, New Blackfriars, 2020.
- “The Marian Spirituality of Lumen Gentium and the Renewal of Marian Devotion in the Church Today”, Marian Studies, 2014.
Dr Liam McDonnell
- Junior Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.
- Gained his Doctorate from Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.
Professor Sr Mary Mills
- Emeritus Professor, Newman University, Birmingham.
- Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester.
- Fellow, Maryvale HIRS.
- Gained her Doctorate from Heythrop College, University of London.
Publications (among others):
- With Schnitker, H and Orr, J (ed), Reflections on Pope Francis’ Encyclical, Laudato Si’, 2017 .
- Human Agents of Cosmic Power in Hellenistic Judaism and the Synoptic Tradition, Jeremiah: And Introduction and Study Guide, Joshua to Kings, Urban Imagination in Biblical Prophecy, 2016.
- Biblical Morality: Moral Perspectives in Old Testament Narratives, 2001.
- Images of God in the Old Testament, 1998.
Dr John Murray
- Lecturer in Theology and Philosophy, Dublin City University.
- Gained his PhD at St Patrick’s University, Maynooth.
Publications (among others):
- '‘Mercy in St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae’' In: Merciful Like the Father, 2017.
- “A De Fide Case Against “Faith Development”?” In: Irish and British Reflections on Catholic Education: Foundations, Identity, Leadership Issues, 2021..
- Issues of Justice and Peace, 2005.
Dr Christina Pal
- Academic Programme Director, Beda Seminary, Rome.
- Lecturer and founder, Lux in Tenibris.
- Adjunct Lecturer, St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- Gained her License and PhD at the Angelicum, Rome.
Dr Jeremy Pilch
- Head of School of Theology, St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- Programme Director, BA Theology.
- Gained his PhD at Bristol University.
Publications (among others):
- “The Slavophiles from Khomiakov to Solov’ev” in A History of the Desire for Christian Unity: Ecumenism in the Churches, 19th-21st Century, Vol. 1: Ecumenism in the Churches (19th-21st Century), 2021.
- “Evgenii Trubetskoi and Vladimir Solov’ev: A Survey of an Intellectual Relationship about Theocracy, Freedom and Divine-Humanity”, in Evgenii Trubetskoi: Icon and Philosophy, 2021.
- “The Ecclesiology of Divine-Humanity and Church Unity: Solov’ev, Berdyaev and Bulgakov”, for One in Christ, Vol. 52, 2018.
Revd Ryan Service
- Priest, Birmingham Archdiocese, Parish Priest, St Francis of Assisi and St Augustine of England, Kenilworth.
Publications (among others):
- Regular blogger, Catholic Social Thought, St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- Regular blogger, Religion and Global Society, London School of Economics.
- Regular contributor to Adamah Media.
Revd Robert Taylerson
- Priest, Birmingham Archdiocese, Spiritual Director, Oscott Seminary.
- Member, Spirituality Committee, Bishops Conference of England and Wales.
Publications (among others):
- Desire & Delight: Intimacy with God through Scriptures, 2013.
- Numerous booklets for Catholic Truth Society.
Dr Helen Watt
- Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford.
- Senior Research Fellow, Bios Centre.
- She gained her PhD at the University of Edinburgh
Publications (among others):
- The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth, 2016.
- Fertility and Gender, 2011.
- Incapacity and Care, 2009.
- Cooperation, Complicity and Conscience 2005.
- Life and Death in Healthcare Ethics, 2000.
Dr Christopher Wojtulewicz
- Dean of Philosophy, Oscott Seminary.
- Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.
- Associate of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism.
- Gained his doctorate at the Katolieke Universiteit Leuven.
Publications (among others):
- “Meister Eckhart on the Principle: An Analysis of the principium in his Latin Works”, Eckhart: Texts and Studies, vol. 5, 2017.
With Graham McAleer, “Why Technoscience Cannot Reproduce Human Desire According to Lacanian Thomism”, Forum Philosophicum 24, no. 2, 2019.
- “Przywara’s Argument for Newman as a Saint and Doctor of the Church”, Church Life Journal, 2019..
- Erich Przywara, ‘Newman: Saint and Modern Doctor of the Church?’, translation and notes by Christopher M. Wojtulewicz, Church Life Journal, 2019.
Tutors
Fr Patrick Akekpe MSP
- Priest of the Missionary Society of St Paul, Diocese of Leeds, Parish Priest, St Patrick’s, Leeds.
Publications:
- Building Evangelical Communities.: Community Life among Consecrated Persons in Nigeria, 2024.
- “Education in the School of Genuine Humanity: Pastoral Care for Persons Living with Disability and their Families in Nigeria”, in Iaajah-Igwebuike. An African Journal of Arts and Humanities, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015.
- Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins – Recipes for Spiritual and Moral Growth, 2012..
Professor Francesco Pesce
- Professor of Theology, Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II per studi su Matrimonio e Famiglia, Rome.
- Lecturer, Faculty of Theology di Triveneto, University of Padua.
- Gained his doctorate Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II.
Publications (among others):
- Il matrimonio a Wittenberg. Con un'antologia di testi di Martin Lutero, prefaz. di Younan Munib, 2024. .
- Adi mare per credere. La fede cristiana alla prova delle relazioni, prefaz. del card. Matteo Maria Zuppi, 2023. .
- With Steccanella A. (a cura), Verso il matrimonio cristiano. Laboratorio di discernimento pastorale, 2018. .
- Amore di Dio e amore dell'uomo tra teologia e antropologia in Eberhard Jüngel (Sophia-Dissertazioni 16), 2014.
- With Marengo G., Creazione dell'uomo, generazione della vita. In dialogo con il pensiero di M. Henry, 2011.
Dr Daniel Schneider
- Lecturer Scripture and Patristics, St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- Adjunct Profession Theology, Franciscan University, Steubenville, USA.
- Gained his Doctorate through the Maryvale Doctoral Research Programme.
Publications (among others):
- Sins of the Father. A Catholic and Biblical Approach to Generational Curses, 2025.
- Eve was Named an Apostle: Nuptial and Mariological Development in John and Hippolytus, 2023.
- The Liber Christo Method, A Field Manual for Spiritual Combat, 2023.
Examiners
Dr Angela Costley
- Lecturer in Scripture and Biblical Greek, Oscott Seminary.
- Board Member of the Association of Hebrew Catholics.
- Gained her Doctorate at St Patrick’s, Maynooth, Ireland.
Publications:
- With D’Costa, G. (ed), From Sinai to Rome, 2025.
- Creation and Christ: An Exploration of the Topic of Creation in the Epistle to the Hebrews. 2020.
Revd John Deehan
- Priest of the Archdiocese of Westminster, Ecumenical Chaplain, St Albans Cathedral.
- Trustee of Irish Chaplaincy.
- Former Lecturer in Scripture, Allan Hall Seminary.
Publications:
- A regular contributor to Independent Catholic News online, and has written many resources for catechesis and apologetics.
Dr Catherine Knowles
- Programme Lead, Maryvale@StMary’s MA in Catholic Applied Theology and MA in Theology, St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- Gained her PhD at the University of Kent.
Publications:
- Aspects of Doctoral Research at Maryvale International Catholic Institute, vol. 4, 2023
- With Blandford, S., Developing Professional Practice, 2009.
Mrs Kathleen Hodgson
- Currently retired.
- Completed the Bachelor of Divinity in 2016, followed by an MA in Applied Catholic Theology in 2020 from Maryvale Institute. Also received an MA in Christianity and the Arts from King’s college in 2023.
Miss Patricia Ridge
- Currently English tutor with students from Beginner to Advanced levels at Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre, Ireland.
- Completed the Bachelor of Divinity at Maryvale Institute in 2020. In 2023 received an MA in Applied Catholic Theology from Maryvale Institute.
MA and Research Degrees
Both MA and PhD programmes are now delivered as Maryvale@StMary’s programmes with St Mary’s University, Twickenham:
For the MA: please contact Dr Catherine Knowles:
For the MA: please contact Deacon Dr Harry Schnitker:
