Journeying with St. Óscar Romero

Todd Walatka

St. Óscar Romero lived in a time not so different from our own. He lamented a society and Church that had become sharply polarized; he saw a world increasingly marked by violence and lies; he named the many ways we refuse to put our faith at the center of our lives, turning to money, comfort, and power instead. In the midst of all of this, he became a master preacher of Catholic social teaching, a bishop who walked with his people, and a prophet of hope. Todd Walatka--a professor of theology and expert on St. Óscar Romero--will help us explore Romero's vision for the Church and what it might mean for our own times.

About the Presenter

Todd Walatka is a teaching professor and the assistant chair for graduate studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he also chairs the Romero Studies Working Group at the Kellogg Institute.

He earned a doctorate in systematic theology from Notre Dame. His areas of specialization include post–Vatican II Catholic theology, Latin American theology, Catholic social teaching, and Christian spirituality. Walatka is the author of Words of Life: The Preaching of St. Óscar Romero, an accessible introduction to the preaching of St. Óscar Romero. He is also the editor of Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching, which examines the life of Romero in light of contemporary work for justice and human development.

Walatka lives with his wife and children in South Bend, Indiana.

Journeying with St. Óscar Romero

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