Curriculum Vitae
Rev. P. Gerard K. Whelan SJ
Gerard Whelan nasce nel 1959 e cresce a Dublino, in Irlanda, dove
frequenta le scuole dei Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane di De La Salle e dei
Gesuiti. Frequenta successivamente il Trinity College a Dublino, ottenendo un
“Masters of Arts” in “Economia” nel 1982 ed entra quindi nel noviziato della
Compagnia di Gesù. Dopo aver compiuto studi in Filosofia presso il “The
Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology” a Dublino, Whelan si reca, per
due anni di esperienza pastorale, in Zambia, dopo i quali prosegue gli studi
per il “Baccalaureato” in Teologia, presso l’“Hekima College, the Jesuit School
of Theology”, a Nairobi. Egli viene ordinato sacerdote nel 1992 e continua i
suoi studi di specializzazione in teologia a Boston e Toronto. Ottiene la
“Licenza in Sacra Teologia" nel 1995 e, nel 1996, un PhD in Teologia
Sistematica presso il “St. Michael’s College”, con una dissertazione dal titolo:
“The Development of Bernard Lonergan’s Notion of the Dialectic of History: A
Study of his Writings 1938-1953.” Questa tesi è stata mesa sul web
all’inderizzo:http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25211.
pdf (controllato Dicembre, 2013).
Nel 1996 torna all’Hekima College come docente incaricato fino al
1999, e lì insegna Teologia Fondamentale, Cristologia, e Teologia Pastorale.
Dal 2000 al 2006 è parroco presso la parrocchia “St. Joseph the Worker”,
sita in un quartiere povero di Nairobi mentre continua, nel frattempo, a
insegnare Teologia Pastorale presso l’Hekima College. Durante questo
periodo è membro della commissione sull’Ecumenismo per la “Conferenza
Episcopale del Kenya” e fornisce la sua contribuzione come consulente per la
rappresentanza della Santa Sede presso all’ONU a Nairobi. Nel 2007 viene
assegnato come professore alla facoltà di teologia della Pontificia Università
Gregoriana a Roma. Nel 2012 viene nominato assistente ecclesiastico per
l'Unione Mondiale delle Organizzazioni Femminili Cattoliche dal Pontificio
Consiglio per i Laici. Nel 2013 ha organizzato un convegno internazionale alla
Gregoriana: “Rivisitare l’Antropologia di Lonergan” e, nello stesso anno a
pubblicato un libero: Redeeming History: Social Concern in Bernard Lonergan
and Robert Doran (Roma, G&B Press, 2013).
Curriculum Vitae
Rev. Gerard K. Whelan SJ
Gerard Whelan was born in 1959. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and
attended schools with the De La Salle brothers and the Jesuits. He attended
Trinity College Dublin and was awarded an M.A. in Economics in 1982 and
then entered the Society of Jesus. After completing two years of philosophical
studies, he proceeded to a two-year pastoral experience in Zambia. Next he
then completed a Bachelors degree in theology at Hekima College, the Jesuit
School of Theology in Nairobi, a constituent college of the Catholic University
of East Africa. He was ordained priest in June 1992. He proceeded to
graduate studies in Boston and Toronto. In 1996 he was awarded a PhD in
systematic theology from St. Michael’s College, the Toronto School of
Theology for a dissertation: “The Development of Bernard Lonergan’s Notion
of the Dialectic of History: A Study of his Writings 1938-1953.” This has been
posted on the web (checked in December 2013):
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25211.pdf
In the period 1996-1999 Gerard returned to Nairobi as a lecturer in
practical and systematic theology in Hekima College. In 2000-2006 he
worked as pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in a poor area of Nairobi.
During these years he continued to teach practical theology at Hekima
College. During this time he also worked as a member of the Commission on
Ecumenism for the Kenyan Episcopal Conference and as an advisor to the
Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya in representing the Holy See to activities of the
United Nations centred at Nairobi.
In 2007 Gerard was assigned to teach in the department of
fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. In 2012 he
was appointed ecclesiastical assistant to the World Union of Catholic
Women’s Organizations by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. In 2013 he
helped to organize an international conference at the Gregorian: “Revisiting
Lonergan’s Anthropology,” and in the same year he published a book:
Redeeming History: Social Concern in Bernard Lonergan and Robert Doran
(Rome, G&B Press, 2013).
Gerard Whelan SJ
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