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Articles by Brad Bursa, Ph.D.

About Brad Bursa, Ph.D.
Brad Bursa, Ph.D. is an assistant professor and the director of theology programs at St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida) and co-founder of Nazareth Revisited. He earned his doctorate in theology from The University of Notre Dame Australia and has served in a wide variety of catechetical roles for the last 14 years. He is the author of Because He Has Spoken to Us: Structures of Proclamation from Rahner to Ratzinger.
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Following closely from afar: My journey with Joseph Ratzinger

January 2, 2023 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 9

I stood in the dank darkness — a fairly typical mid-winter morning in Cincinnati — holding an umbrella over my newly lighted charcoal. The sun remained asleep and the strange noises of night lingered in […]

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Distributist principles and the redistribution of catechetical formation

March 28, 2022 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 23

People who are serious about handing on the faith to the next generation, whether they are in Catholic parishes or schools, have been frustrated by the same problem: the widening gap between faith and the […]

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What if parish ministry never returns to ‘normal’…intentionally?

August 20, 2020 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 33

Today, the longing for “normal” is practically palpable. This virus, and all its social ramifications, taints all of life with the abnormal – from wearing a face covering to elbow bumping, and from contact tracing […]

Essay

This Holy Saturday: Social Distancing, Solitude, Healing

April 10, 2020 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 3

Msgr. Luigi Giussani claims that “the only condition for being truly and faithfully religious…is to live always the real intensely.”i This line stays with me in these solitary days, when “the real” has become surreal. […]

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