B.A., Lewis University, Romeoville, IL; M.A., Mundelein College, Chicago, IL; M.A., M.Div., Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. The twentieth-century liturgical renewal, dating from the first decade of the last century and culminating with the liturgical reforms promulgated by Vatican II, has brought Roman Catholics to a unique moment of consciousness relative to homiletics. The Council's reclamation of the word/rite structure for all liturgical worship effected a profound renewal for Catholic preaching. Consequently, all Catholic seminaries and schools of theology have been faced with the urgency of creating improved and more intense programs for the homiletic formation of future priests and pastoral ministers. Conversely, mainline Protestant churches, operating out of their rich liturgical heritage of the proclaimed Word, are simultaneously experiencing renewed interest in the ritual/sacramental dimension of worship. These phenomena situate Roman Catholic homileticians in a critical position with a two-fold task: to ensure the steady progress of the Catholic homiletic renewal and to serve as a dialogue partner with Protestant homileticians and liturgists. These concerns provide the focus for Michael Monshau's scholarly interest. The foundation for Father Monshau's specialization is an undergraduate degree in English, which was followed by an M.A. in Religious Studies, a Master of Divinity, an. M.A. in Theology and an M.A. in Homiletics. In 1997 he completed the Ph.D. in homiletics with a cognate area in liturgics at Vanderbilt University. In addition to teaching homiletics at the seminary level since 1996, Monshau has provided liturgical and homiletic workshops in a variety of situations. For more than a decade he has spent several weeks annually conducting retreats and workshops in Ireland and throughout the United States. He has authored Praying with Dominic and co-authored Praying with Thomas Aquinas for the Companions for the Journey Series, St. Mary's Press, Winona, MN. At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Father Monshau is primarily occupied with teaching courses in Foundations in Homiletics and Liturgical Preaching and he will be regularly teaching the History of Preaching course in the doctoral sequence of courses for Area 7H of the GTU. Appointed the Associate Professor of Homiletics at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Father Monshau's assignment also designates him as the homiletics professor for students of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB) and the Franciscan School of Theology (FST). In June of 2003, he became the Prior of St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, California in addition to his teaching assignment.