Thomas groome biography

Thomas H. Groome is an author and a professor in theology and religious education at Boston College.
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Thomas Henry Groome was born September 30, 1945 in Dublin, Ireland.

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Books:

Priestly Ministry and the People of God. Co-edited with Richard Gaillardetz and Richard Lennan, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2022

What Makes Education Catholic: Spiritual Foundations, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2021

Faith for the Heart: A “Catholic” Spirituality, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2019

Catholic Spiritual Practices: Treasures Old and New, Ed. with Colleen Griffith, Brewster, MA: Paraclete Pub. 2013

Will There Be Faith, San Francisco, Harper One: 2011

Reclaiming Catholicism: Treasures Old and New. Editor with Michael Daley, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010

Horizons and Hopes: The Future of Religious Education, Editor with Harold Daly Horell, New York: Paulist Press, 2003

What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life. San Francisco: Harper, 2002

Educating for Life: A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent. New York: Crossroads, 2000

Empowering Catechetical Leaders, Editor with Michael Corso, Washington, DC: National Catholic Educational Association, 1999

Language for a Catholic Church. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1991,

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Dr. Thomas Groome, a senior Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry. He is a renowned author, an award-winning scholar and teacher, and a recognized expert on Catholicism and religious education. He describes his lifelong work as encouraging Christians to “bring their lives to Faith, and their Faith to life.” Prof. Groome has written or edited some ten books, over two hundred essays, two grade school religion curricula, and is the principle creator of the Credo Series, a high school Theology curriculum (from Veritas/Benziger). In addition to a number of essay collections, his best known major books are Christian Religious Education (HarperOne 1980), Sharing Faith (HarperOne 1991), Educating for Life (Crossroads 2001), What Makes Us Catholic (HarperOne 2003), Will There be Faith (HarperOne 2011), Faith for the Heart (Paulist Press 2019), and most recently What Makes Education Catholic (Orbis, Nov 2021). His books have been translated into many languages (including Korean and Chinese). A dynamic teacher and speaker, he h

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Thomas H. Groome

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Dr. Thomas H. Groome was born in County Kildare, Ireland. Professor Groome holds the equivalent of an M.Div. from St. Patrick's Seminary in Carlow, Ireland, an MA from Fordham University and a doctoral degree in religious education from Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University. Professor Groome's publications include his most recent book What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life (Harper San Francisco), Educating for Life, A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent (Crossroads), Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision (Jossey Bass), Language for a "Catholic" Church (Sheed and Ward) and Sharing Faith: A Comprehensive Approach to Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (Wipf and Stock). Professor Groome is also the primary author of various religion textbook series from W.H. Sadlier, most recently the Coming to Faith series.

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Will There Be Faith