Edward Bernard Foley, OFM Cap. (born 16 October 1948) is a Catholic priest, educator, preacher, theologian and author, and a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Order. He is also the Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality and Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union, where he was the founding director of the Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry Program. [1]
Foley was born on 16 October 1948 in Gary, Indiana. He attended high school at St. Lawrence Seminary in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. Joining the Capuchins in 1966, he completed undergraduate studies in Music Education and Philosophy at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana and the Capuchin Seminary of St. Mary in Crown Point, Indiana (1971). He completed an M.Div. at St. Francis School of Pastoral Ministry in Milwaukee (1975), and an M.Mus. in choral conducting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (1975), while an organ student of Theophane Hytrek FAGO. He completed an M.A. in liturgical research (1980), an M.A. in course (1983) and the Ph.D. in Theology at the University of Notre Dame (1987). [2]
Foley was Campus Minister at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota (1975-1980), then on the faculty of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago (1984-2020). Adjunct appointments include Seattle University, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), St. Paul School of Theology (Brisbane), Notre Dame University and the University of Chicago. Music critic for The National Catholic Reporter (1978-83), he was external examiner at the University of Limerick (2005-11, 2015). President of the North American Academy of Liturgy, [3] a founding director of the Catholic Academy of Liturgy, he was on the executive committee of the International Academy of Practical Theology. In 2022 he was the Marten fellow in preaching at the University of Notre Dame. Foley is a regular preacher at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago (2008- ). He is the vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Blessed Solanus Casey. [4]
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