Catherine E. Clifford
Professeure titulaire | Facult茅 de th茅ologie
Profil
Catherine E. Clifford est Professeure titulaire de th茅ologie syst茅matique et historique. Ses recherches et ses publications sont focalis茅es principalement dans les domaines de l鈥檈ccl茅siologie, l鈥櫯揷um茅nisme, ainsi que l鈥檋istoire du concile Vatican II. Ses int茅r锚ts se portent tout specialement sur les questions de la conversion et du renouveau des 茅glises, le d茅veloppement des doctrines, l鈥檜nite et la diversit茅s des confessions chr茅tiennes au sein du mouvement mondial du christianisme. Catherine a 茅t茅 d茅l茅gu茅e nord-am茅ricaine au Synode 芦聽Pour une 脡glise synodale聽: communion, participation, mission聽禄, qui s’est tenu 脿 Rome en 2023-2024. Ses travaux r茅cents r茅fl茅chissent sur cette exp茅rience et sur la mise en 艙uvre des orientations du Synode. Elle est une prof dynamique qui aime bien s鈥檈ngager avec les 茅tudiants venant des tous horizons. Ces cours explorent les 茅volutions de la th茅ologie et de ses m茅thodes en r茅ponse a des grandes questions d鈥檃ctualit茅.
Ph.D. (Theology), University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto
S.T.L., Universit茅 de Fribourg, Suisse
Certificat des etudes superieures, Etudes Oecumeniques, Institut Oecumenique de Bossey
B.A. (Hons. Religious Studies), University of Waterloo
Membre de la Facult茅 des 茅tudes sup茅rieures et postdoctorales
- 脡肠肠濒茅蝉颈辞濒辞驳颈别
- Vatican II
- 厂测苍辞诲补濒颈迟茅
- 翱别肠耻尘茅苍颈蝉尘别
- 罢丑茅辞濒辞驳颈别 sacramentaire
- Christianisme mondial
- Communities of Grace: A Catholic Theology of Ecclesial Recognition.
A study of Vatican II鈥檚 theology of the Catholic recognition of the ecclesial reality of other Christian churches and communities, its post-conciliar reception and interpretation, and its continuing significance for contemporary ecumenical dialogue. This recognition is the very basis of all Catholic ecumenical commitment. (Under Contract, Liturgical Press) - Vatican II : Event and Mandate. Volume V: North America and Oceania.
This volume is part of a series of commentaries that surveys the intercontinental and intercultural reception of the documents of Vatican II. (Forthcoming 2025, Peeters; also in German Translation: Vatican II: Ereignis und Auftrag. B. V. Herder, Forthcoming 2025.)
尝颈惫谤别蝉听听
- Communities of Grace: A Catholic Theology of Ecclesial Recognition. 聽Liturgical Press, (Liturgical Press, Under Contract, 2026).
- Clifford, Catherine E., Massimo Faggioli, Richard Lennan, Ormund Rush, eds. Vatican II: Event and Mandate. Vol. 5: North America and Oceania. Peeters, Forthcoming 2025; also in German Translation: Vatican II: Ereignis und Auftrag. B. 5. Herder, Forthcoming 2025.
- Kristin Colberg, Edward P. Hahnenberg, Massimo Faggioli, Catherine E. Clifford, eds. The Legacy and Limits of Vatican II in an Age of Crisis, Liturgical Press, 2025.
- Clifford, Catherine E. and Stephen Lampe, eds. Vatican II at 60: Re-Energizing the Renewal. Orbis, 2024. [Catholic Media Association Book Awards, 2025: Third Place, 鈥淔uture of the Church鈥漖
- Sandra Arenas, Edo Bedjira, Catherine Clifford, et al., eds. Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil 鈥 Ereignis und Auftrag. Band 1. Allgemeine Einf眉hrung und Hermeneutik. Herder, 2024. [English Edition, Vatican II: Legacy and Mandate. Vol, 1. General Introduction. Peeters, 2025.]
- Clifford, Catherine E. and Faggioli, Massimo, eds. The Oxford Handbook on Vatican II. Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Catherine E. Clifford and Paul-Andre Durocher, 鈥淓pilogue,鈥 in Looking to the Laity. Edited by Anne-Louise Mahoney. 129-136. Toronto: Novalis, 2021. [Winner, Third Place, 鈥淔uture Church鈥 category, Catholic Media Association Book Award, 2022]
Articles et chapitres de livres
- 鈥淭he Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and the Synod,鈥 One In Christ (2025), Forthcoming.
- 聽鈥淲omen: Protagonists in a Synodal Church,鈥 Journal of Moral Theology (2025) Forthcoming.
- 聽鈥淧ower and the Exercise of Authority in Service to the People of God,鈥 Studia Canonica 58 (2024): 201-223.
- 鈥淧ope Francis, Synodality, and Christian Unity: Leaning into the Distant Goal of Vatican II,鈥 One In Christ 57, no. 1 (2024): 1-21.
- 鈥淏enedictine Wisdom for a Synodal Church,鈥 Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture 17, no. 1 (2024): 15-31.
- 鈥淪till Receiving the Hierarchy of Truths,鈥 in Concilium 60, no. 1 (2024): 125鈥134. (Also in German, French, Italian, Spanish translations.)
- 聽鈥淧ower and the Exercise of Authority in the Service of the People of God,鈥 Studia Canonica 58 (2024): 201-223.
- 聽鈥淭he 鈥楬ierarchy鈥 of Truths in a New Context,鈥 Theological Studies 85, no. 1 (2024): 10-33.
- 鈥淧ope Francis鈥 Synod Reforms Show Voices of the Laity Can No Longer Be Ignored,鈥 National Catholic Reporter (10 May 2023), at:
- 鈥淪ynodality and the Renewal of Mission in the Archdiocese of Gatineau (Canada): A Case Study,鈥 Studia Canonica (2022) 629-645.
- 鈥淭oward a Spirituality of Receptive Ecumenism,鈥 in Receptive Ecumenism and Transformative Ecclesial Learning. Edited by Paul D. Murray and Paul Lakeland, 429-438. Oxford University Press, 2022.
- 聽鈥淪ources for the Study of Vatican II,鈥 in The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II, edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz, 339-352. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- 鈥淧reface,鈥 in Pope Francis, Rejoice and Be Glad: On the Call to Holiness in Today鈥檚 World. Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate. Study Edition. Xiv-xix. Paulist, 2018.
- 鈥淭he Priority of Social Justice in the Teaching of Vatican II,鈥 in Turning to the World: Social Justice and the Common Good since Vatican II. 165-177. Edited by G. Rompr茅 and C. N. Still. McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2018.
- 鈥淪tyle is Substance: John W. O鈥橫alley and the Interpretation of Vatican II,鈥 Theological Studies 79 no. 4 (2018): 745-760.
- 芦聽Bringing Home the Synod,聽禄 Journey of Encounter: Pilgrims of Hope Embracing Synodality Conference, Concerned Lay Catholics, Saint Jerome’s University, 15-18 June, 2025
- 鈥淥ne Step Forward on Women鈥檚 Synodal Journey: From Reflection to Action,鈥 WUCWO (World Union of Catholic Women鈥檚 Organizations) and World Women鈥檚 Observatory [webinar], 24 February 2025
- 鈥淭he Synod: What Happened? What Didn鈥檛? What鈥檚 Next?鈥 Sacred Heart University Panel Discussion, October 31, 2024:
- 鈥淓astern Catholic Churches in Full Communion with Rome: A Model of Future Unity?鈥 Methodist-Roman Catholic International Dialogue, Seoul, South Korea, 21-29 September 2024
- Keynote speaker, 鈥淟eaning into the Distant Goal of Vatican II: Pope Francis, Synodality, and Christian Unity,鈥 Pope Francis and the Future of the Church: Prospects and Challenges for Renewal, St Mark鈥檚 College, 4-6 May 2023
- 鈥淎fter Fifty Years: Does Vatican II Still Matter?鈥 Conversations for Our Times, St Basil鈥檚 Parish, Ottawa, 6 March 2022, at:
- 鈥淲hat is Synodality?鈥, For A Synodal Church webinar series, Research Center on Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism, Saint Paul University, 3 November 2021, at:
- Interview regarding the election of Pope Leo XVI, CBC News Live: ;
- Interview regarding the Election of Pope Leo XVI, CTV News, Ottawa:
- Michael Swan, 鈥淐anadian Indigenous, Religious Leaders, Optimistic about New Pope,鈥 Canadian Affairs 9 May 2025, at:
- CBC News Live, Special Coverage, The Death of Pope Francis, Interview with Adrienne Arsenault, 21 April 2025
- Alex Fontaine, 鈥淔ran莽ois, Pape du Nouveau Monde, n鈥檈st Plus, 禄 Le Devoir, 21 April 2025.
- Interview, Hugh Cameron, 鈥淗ow Pope Francis Radically Reshaped the Catholic Church,鈥 Newsweek 21 April 2025.
- Interview, Michael Swan, 鈥淧ope Francis Transformed Church for the Generations,鈥 Canadian Affairs, 21 April 2025,聽 /
- Interview, Luke Mondato, 鈥淔rancis Remained a Pastor to the End,鈥 Catholic Register 23 April 2025.
- Interview, Joshua McElwee, 鈥淧ope Francis Gave Women Vatican Roles but Held Back on Wider Changes,鈥 Reuters, 21 April 2025.
- Mathieu Perrault, 鈥淛orge Mario Bergoglio (1936-2025), Quelques Avanc茅es pour les Femmes, 禄 La Presse 25 avril 2025,
- CBC Special with Piya Chattopadhyay, On the Funeral and Legacy of Pope Francis, Saturday, 26 April 2025.
- Interview, Quinton Amundson, 鈥淐hurch Expected to Follow Synod鈥檚 Pathway,鈥 Catholic Register 1 May 2025,
- Interview (video), Jonathan Monpetit, The National, CBC News, 6 May 2025. The Future of Synodality and the Next Pope.
- lInside the Vatican, Podcast, America Magazine, 28 October, 2024
- l聽 Christopher White, 鈥淭he Vatican Synod Agenda Calls for Transparency. But on Women Deacons, It鈥檚 Lacking,鈥 National Catholic Reporter, 31 July 2024
- l聽 Christopher White, 鈥淧ope鈥檚 Study Groups Reflect Evolving Nature of the Synod Process, Theologians Say,鈥 National Catholic Reporter, 1 May 2024
- Directeur, Centre de recherche pour l鈥櫭﹖ude du Concile Vatican II et du catholicisme au XXI岬 si猫cle, 糖心传媒 (2011鈥)
- Pr茅sident 茅lu, Catholic Theological Society of America (2025鈥2026)
- Consultant th茅ologique, Bureau du Synode g茅n茅ral, 2024鈥
- D茅l茅gu茅 nord-am茅ricain, XVI岬 Assembl茅e g茅n茅rale ordinaire du Synode, 芦 Pour une 脡glise synodale : communion, participation, mission 禄, 2023鈥2024
- Membre (invit茅), American Society of Theologians (2019鈥)
- Copr茅sident, Groupe d鈥櫭﹖udes sur Vatican II, American Academy of Religion (2017鈥2021)
- Consultant, Conf茅rence des 茅v锚ques catholiques du Canada (CECC) ; Commission pour l鈥檜nit茅 des chr茅tiens, les relations avec les juifs et le dialogue interreligieux (2019鈥)
- Dialogue m茅thodiste鈥揷atholique romain international (2017鈥)
- Forum chr茅tien mondial (2016鈥2018)
- Comit茅 consultatif 茅ditorial, One In Christ (2025鈥)
- Conseil ex茅cutif, Catholic Theological Society of America (2015鈥2016 ; 2024鈥)