Q&A in the Crypt “An In-Between Church in An In-Between Time”

Fr Richard Lennan is a priest of the diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, ordained in 1983. After graduate studies at the University of Oxford and the University of Innsbruck (Austria) where he wrote his dissertation on Karl Rahner’s ecclesiology, he taught from 1992-2007 at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. During this time, he was a member of the Australian Anglican-Catholic dialogue and served as President of the Australian Catholic Theological Association (2005-07). Fr Richard moved to the United States in 2007 to teach at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge MA and is currently Professor of Systematic Theology in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College where he also chairs the Ecclesiastical Faculty. Fr Richard’s research and teaching focus on ecclesiology, ministry and the theology of Karl Rahner. He has authored or edited nine books and is an editorial consultant for Theological Studies. Most recently, he was a member of the theological panel for the Plenary Council of Australia.