Faculty Profiles

Mary Criscione

Lecturer in Religious Studies

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Education History

Ph.D., Biblical Studies (New Testament), Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1995. Dissertation: "There Were Also Women:" The Art and Power of Women Characters in Mark 11-16.
M.A., Theology, University of San Francisco, 1982.
B.A., Theology, University of San Francisco, 1975.

Fellowship - Lilly Foundation Grant: Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, 2006 - 2007
Faculty Development Research Grant, NDNU. Fall 2005, Spring 2007.
Doctoral Fellowship – Princeton Theological Seminary, 1996 – 2000.
Graduate Fellowship Award – Graduate Theological Union, 1991 – 1993.

Diocese of Sacramento, Permanent Diaconate Program: The Letters of Paul, 2007
Instructor, course on Paul’s letters and rhetoric
Diocese of San Jose, Series: Apostle Paul, 2007
Planner/presenter, 3-part series on Paul and his letters for catechists, liturgists
Diocese of San Jose, Series: Is the God You Seek the God Who Seeks You? 2007
Co-planner/presenter, faith and spirituality series for educators
Director, Summer Program, Graduate Pastoral Ministries Program,
Santa Clara University, Summer 2005.
Faith to Freedom: Justice and Spirituality Series, 2005
Planner/presenter, 12-part program for San Francisco parishes, integrating Catholic Social Teaching, contemporary faith and biblical spirituality
Diocese of San Jose, Ecclesia Quaerens: Visions and Skills for Pastoral Leadership, June 2004
Planner/presenter for Year One: Standing at the Horizon. Presented scriptural foundations for Spirit, Trinity, and Christology workshops.
Mercy Center, Burlingame, Spiritual Directors Formation, 2004-current
Instructor: spirituality and biblical theology, scripture and spiritual direction
Permanent Diaconate Program, Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1987
Instructor: the Gospel of Mark; and retreat director.

Theology Lecture Series: Burlingame, Pasadena, San Diego, CA 2004-2007
Providence and Contemporary Cosmology
Hospitality: Biblical and Contemporary Spirituality
Justice and Mercy: Biblical Paradigms, Current Concerns
Life after Death: Faith and Science
Gospel of Mark, Suffering, and Liberation Theology
Gospel of Matthew, Reign of God, and Postcolonial Theology
Gospel of Luke, Spirit, and Process Theology
Gospel of John, Women, and Feminist Theology
The Book of Revelation
Archdiocese of San Francisco, Young Adults Ministry, “Theology on Tap”
Oct 2005, Presenter, “Feminism and the Catholic Church”
Mercy Elementary Education Network, National Meeting, Oct 2005
Keynote address: “Hospitality in Education”
Public Lecture Series, Pastoral Ministries Program, Santa Clara 2004-2005
“What in the World is God Doing? (Divine Providence and Science)”
“Justice: Biblical and Ecological Themes for Liberation”
“Afterlife: What’s It All about?”
Fr. Markey Lecture, Pastoral Ministries Program, Santa Clara July 18, 2004
“Mary Magdalene: Not Prostitute but Prototype?”

“Paradox and Poustinia,” Desert Call 11 (2, 1976)
“The Scandal of a Humble God (John 13),” Review for Religious 37 (4, 1978)
“Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25),” Mercy Association for Scripture and Theology 21 (2001)
“From Pharaoh to Caesar: Imperial Dominion and the Bible,” Mercy Association for Scripture and Theology (2005)
“Prophecy: Speaking Truth to Power,” Vita (June 2007)
“Solidarity: Standing Together,” Vita (June 2007)