Curriculum Vitae of
Father Benedict Auer, O.S.B.
St. Martin's College
Lacey, Washington 98503

(360) 438-4451 or 438-4428
email:  auer@stmartin.edu

Degrees and Graduate Studies:

Doctor of Ministry in Christian Spirituality San Francisco Theological Seminary 1993
[GTU Berkeley]

Dissertation: "Deus Absconditus as Muse: An Approach to the Writing of Poetry as a Form of Contemplative Prayer for Those who live with the Hidden God"

Master of Divinity St. Meinrad School of Theology 1980

Master of Arts in Church History Creighton University 1964

Thesis: "The Scottish Church, 1525-1559: A Study in Abortive Reform"

Bachelor of Science in the Humanities Loyola University [Chicago] 1962


Additional Studies :

Summer Mini-Sabbatical Sabbath Center, Attleboro, MA 1997

1996 Summer Workshop The Melton Center for Jewish
on the American Studies at The Ohio State
Jewish Experience:  University 1996
Life and Culture

Programs in Professional Harvard Graduate School
Education: Urban Special of Education 1994
Education and Counseling

American History Carleton College 1987

Poetry Writer's Workshop Bennington College 1986

History and Art Harvard University 1970

Educational Administration DePaul University 1965-66
[M.Ed. candidate]

Philosophy Angelicum [Rome] 1962


Parochial Assignments :

Pastoral Help Seattle Archdiocese 1988-present

Director of Campus Ministry St. Martin's College [Washington] 1988-1994

Certification: Campus Minister National Campus Ministry Association 1993-

Associate Pastor St. Joseph Parish [Aurora, Illinois] 1981-88

Various Pastoral Assignments 15 Parishes in Rockford Diocese [Illinois] 1980-88

Teaching Experience :

Assistant Professor of Education, St. Martin's College [Washington] 1988-
Director of Catholic Education Programs
Adjunct in Religious Studies, Speech, and Geography
(Tenured 1996)

Teaching Certification: 4-12 in English/History (State of Washington ) 1992-
Philosophy/Comparative Religions (Continuing Certificate)

Chairman of the English Department Marmion Academy [Illinois] 1980-1988
(Freshman English Teacher)

Instructor of History and English St. Viator High School [Illinois]
Advisor to the Yearbook
Founder of the Elective Program 1972-1976

Chairman of the Humanities University School of Milwaukee
Assistant to the Headmaster [Wisconsin]
Chairman of Senior Thesis Program 1967-1971


Chairman of the English Department Junior Military Academy [Illinois]
Principal of the Summer School (Elementary School) 1965-1967

Instructor of History Marymount College [Kansas] 1964-1965


World History Teacher Gordon Technical High School [Illinois] 1962-1963

Founder :

Catechetical Institute for the Archdiocese of Seattle 1996-
(Certification of Teachers of Religion and Catechists)
St. Martin's College


Additional Positions:

Director of Admissions Marmion Academy [Illinois] 1980-88
Vocation Director Marmion Abbey [Illinois] 1977-88

Textbook Editor Laidlaw Brothers [Illinois] 1971-72
[Social Studies Division]



Publications :

Books :

Touching Fingers With God [Nashville: Winston-Derek Publishers, 1986]

Priestless People [Whitby, Ontario: The Plowman Press, 1990]

Godspeak: Thirteen Characters in [ Whitby, Ontario: The Plowman Press,
Search of an Author 1991]

Answering the Silence: Manuscript with publisher [1995]
New Approaches for
the Twenty-First Century
Believer

Journal Articles:

"Contemplata Tradere: The Presence of God in the Ordinary"
Review for Religious [1985]

"The Hired Help: Supplementary Parish Assistance and Religious Communities"
Pastoral Life [1989]

"Video Divina: A Benedictine Approach to Spiritual Viewing"
Review for Religious [1990]

"Passing on the Faith: A Perspective on U.S. Catechetics" with Joann Pfau
Pastoral Life [1990]

"Hunger in the Pews: Catechesis and the Sunday Homily"
Pastoral Life [ 1995]

"'The Devil Made Me Do It': Some Reflections on Excuses, Personal Responsiblity and Catechetics"
The Priest [ 1995]

"Catholic Bashing and the American Media: Reflections on Renewed Anti-Catholicism in the United States"
Pastoral Life [ 1995]

"'Kissed by God': Some Reflections on the Eucharistic Spirituality of Andre Dubus"
Spiritual Life [1995]

"'Held Captive': Formation of Religious and the Need for Special Education Techniques"
Human Development [ 1995]

"Deus Absconditus and Poetry:Three Contemporary Poets Who Used Poetry as a form of Contemplative Prayer"
[ Manuscript with the new renaissance ]

"An Open Door Policy: Some Techniques that Parents Can Use With Their Lapsed Catholic Children"
Pastoral Life [ 1995]

"A Delicate Balance: Accomplishing Some Dialogue While Creating A Model for Conducing a Jewish-Catholic Wedding and a Baptism"
Pastoral Life [ to be published]

"Soul Speaking: Spiritual Friendship"
Spiritual Life [1996]

"Preaching Like Jesus: Homilectics and Modern Parable Exegesis"
Pastoral Life [1997]

"Metanoia in the Fiction of Endo'
[ Manuscript]

"Julian Green's Spirituality of Writing"
[ Manuscript]

"Monthly Homily Outlines" [Cycles A, B, and C]
Pastoral Life [1989-1992]

"Monthly Meditations"
Per Se (Japanese Magazine) [1990-1999]



Book Reviews :

Crossroads: The Newsletter for the Catholic Campus Ministry Association

Forum [Ball State University, Indiana]


Poetry : [250 magazines]

Religious :

America, Review for Religious , Time of Singing , St. Anthony Messenger , Marriage and Family Living , The Lutheran Journal , The Inquirer [England's Unitarian Magazine, 1843], etc.



Secular:

Mahattan Poetry Review , Croton Review , the new renaissance , Voices International , Blue Buildings , Spoon River Quarterly , Wind , Amelia, Connecticut River Review , Daybreak [Canada], Blue Light Review , Gypsy [West Germany], Without Halos , Bitterroot, Shooting Star Review , Crab Creek Review , etc.


University:

The Cape Rock , Red Cedar Review , Gryphon, Kansas Quarterly , The MacGuffin, Rackham Journal of Arts and the Humanities [RaJAH], The Forum , Poetry Kanto [Japan], Nexus, Aldebaran, Interim, The Phoenix , Chaminade Literary Review , Footwork, Paintbrush, The Panhandler , Pembroke Review , Windless Orchard , Trestle Creek Review , etc.


Short Stories :

AIM, Yesterday's Magazette , Greenfeather Magazine , etc.

Anthologies:

The Tie That Binds (Papier-Mache Press); The Boundaries of Twilight: Czecho-Slovak Writing from the New World (New Rivers Press); Newman of Oxford (Wyndham Hall Press); In The West of Ireland (Enright House); etc.


Papers at National Conventions :

"Picket Fences And Catholic Bashing: An Assessment of Anti-Catholicism in the American Media And Its Impact in the Classroom"
National Council For The Social Studies
75th Annual Conference: "BUILDING FUTURE VISIONS ON PROUD TRADITIONS" (1995) Chicago, Illinois

"Ethics and Spiritual Education: The "Quest" Paradigm as a Model For The Search For Meaning in an Age of Self-Interest "
National Council For The Social Studies
76th Annual Conference: "EMPOWERING YOUNG CITIZENS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES" (1996) Washington, D.C.

"Double-Edged Sword": The Most Difficult Issues of Religious Freedom"
Program Participants : Barbara Miller, Social Science Education Consortium (Chair); Lee Weber, Malcolm Price Laboratory School (IA); Dr. Charles Haynes, The Freedom Forum, First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University (TN); Joe Higgins, Omaha Westside High School (NE): and myself.
National Council For The Social Studies
76th Annual Conference: "EMPOWERING YOUNG CITIZENS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES" (1996) Washington, D.C.

"Technology and Values: An Assessment of Media in the Classroom"
with Joshua J. Phelps, M.Ed.
NECC  (National Education Computing Conference)
Seattle, Washington June 30, 1997

"Spirituality as a Learning Tool: Building a Positive Learning Community"
with Dr. Linnea Ghilardi
National Council for the Social Studies
77th Annual Conference: "TRANFORMING CULTURES: PAST AND PRESENT" (1997) Cincinnati, Ohio


Sessions and Talks (State, Archdiocese, and Local):

Workshops in Homilectics and Education
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst [Bendigo], Australia
Summer, 1995

"Challenges to Faith Today and Tomorrow"
Living Traditions - Passing On the Faith
Archdiocesan Catechetical Institute
Seattle Archdiocese (1996)

"'Picket Fences' and Religious Values: An Assessment of the American Media and its (value) impact in the Classroom"
with Joshua J. Phelps, M.Ed.
A Day of Professional Growth for Teachers and Principal
Archdiocese of Seattle and Diocese of Yakima (1996)

"Religious Values: The American Media and its (Value) Impact
in the Classroom"
with Joshua J. Phelps, M.Ed.
WSAME MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE [OSPI]
[Washington State Association for Multicultural Education]
Seattle, Washington (1996)

Four In-Services: "Church History," " From Tradition to Dogma," " The Sacraments," and "How to Plan a Liturgy" for St. Michael Elementary School Faculty and Staff,
Olympia, Washington
(Fall, 1996 and Spring 1997)

"What it means to be a Catholic School" Retreat for the Faculty and Staff of Holy Family School in Kirkland, Washington (Spring, 1997)

In-Service for the Faculty and Staff of Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School (Port
(Angeles, Washington) and Star of the Sea Elementary School (Bremerton, Washington) on "From Tradition to Dogma" and "How to Plan a Liturgy"
(March 14, 1997)

Two talks for Three Day Leadership Retreat for Secondary Social Studies Teachers sponsored by OSPI (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction] through the Office of Social Studies Education (Larry Strickland, Director) and the WSCSS (Washington State Council for the Social Studies) Lake Chelan, Washington (March, 1997)

"A Roman Catholic Perspective on Civic Education"

"Ethics and Spiritual Education: The "Quest" Paradigm as a Model
For The Search For Meaning in an Age of Self-Interest "


"Four Poems for Noon Praise: Reflections on Water for Earth Day"
A poem commissioned by the Institute for Catholic Theological Studies (ICTS)
Seattle University for "Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Crisis"  Conference
(Earth Day, 1997)

"Church History and the Passing on of our Faith"
"Religious Educators as Critical Thinkers"
Living Traditions - Passing On the Faith
Archdiocesan Catechetical Institute
Seattle Archdiocese (1997)

Two talks for Three Day Leadership Retreat for Secondary Social Studies Teachers sponsored by OSPI (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction] through the Office of Social Studies Education (Larry Strickland, Director) and the WSCSS (Washington State Council for the Social Studies) Lake Chelan, Washington (March, 1998)

"Spirituality as a Learning Tool: Building a Positive Learning Community"

"A Religious Perspective on Character Education"



Honors:

Pi Gamma Mu [National Social Science Honor Society] 1962
Loyola University

Phi Alpha Theta [National History Honor Society] 1964
Creighton University

Teaching Fellow and Scholar [Full Scholarship]
Creighton University 1963-64

Scholar's Scholarship [Four Years]
St. Meinrad Seminary 1977-80

Poem of the Year [$500]
Jubilee Press [Florida] 1987

Doctor of the Humanities [Honorary]
London Institute for Applied Research [England] 1991

Citation and Award
The Medallion of St. Andrew 1993

Visiting Scholar in Education 1995
LaTrobe University (Bendigo) Australia

Faculty Fellow
Society of Fellows (Honor Society), St. Martin's College 1997-


Service to the Community :

Member, Board of Off-Campus School, Olympia, WA 1996-

Member, Community Board, New Century High School, Lacey, WA 1993-1995


Professional Memberships :

Member
The National Council for the Social Studies 1993-

Member
The Philosophy of Education Society 1993-

Member
American Benedictine Academy 1995-

Member of Research Board of Advisors
American Biographical Institute 1989-

Member
International Parliament for Peace and Safety [Italy] 1991-

Member
The Academy Midi, a member of the French Academy 1991-

Service to College :

FOCUS Committee 1994-
Chairman 1995-

Faculty Award Committee 1995-1996

Father Philip Bagan Award Committee 1995-1996

Selection Committee for Faculty and Staff Positions 1989-

Faculty Library Committee 1996-

Advisor, Hawaiian Club 1988-1990, 1997-

Member, Saint Martin's College Spiritual Institute Advisory Board 1996-