Senior Fellows

Reverend Kris D. Stubna, S.T.D. was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1985. He studied at Duquesne University and at the North American College in Rome where he earned licentiate and doctorate degrees in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.  He has served as a parochial vicar and the Director for […]

An American by birth, Robert Stackpole earned a B.A. in History from Williams College in Massachusetts in 1982, and a Masters degree in Theology from Oxford University in England in 1988. Robert was an ordained Anglican pastor before becoming a Catholic in 1994. After his conversion, he married a Catholic Canadian, and they went to

Dr. Edward Sri is professor of theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institute’s Master’s in Catechetics and Evangelization program in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of Mystery of the Kingdom: On the Gospel of Matthew (Emmaus Road Publishing, 1997), Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary’s Queenship (Emmaus Road Publishing, 2005), and a co-author

Steven Smith is Professor and Chair of Biblical Exegesis at Mundelein Seminary. He earned his Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity from Loyola University of Chicago (2008). His “Lord” trilogy—The Word of the Lord, The House of the Lord, and The Face of the Lord  (2012-20)—is highly regarded and has been read by many. Currently, Steven is

Dr. James Shelton, a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is a New Testament scholar and theologian at Oral Roberts University and the Pastoral Studies Institute of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Shelton is the author of A Commentary on St. Matthew: Full-Life Bible Commentary Series (Zondervan, 1999) and “Mighty

Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke was born the fifth of eleven children and raised on a small family farm in Michigan. He attended Catholic school through eighth grade and was home-schooled through High school. He studied at Thomas Aquinas College (CA), where he was chosen by his condiscipuli to deliver the graduating speech in 2000.  After graduating

Dr. Thomas Scheck, a Senior Fellow of The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is an Upper School Latin Teacher at Naples Classical Academy, Naples Florida. Thomas Scheck received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (2004) in Religion, Classics and Philosophy. His works include: Erasmus’s Life of Origen: A New Annotated Translation of the

Father Joseph Poggemeyer is a priest of the diocese of Toledo, Ohio, ordained in 1997.  He received a licentiate and doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.  He is currently pastor of two parishes in downtown Toledo – Saint Joseph and Saints Adalbert and Hedwig.

Jim Papandrea is a teacher, author, speaker, and musician.  After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in music and theatre arts, Jim went on to receive his M.Div. degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, with a concentration in youth ministry, then spent several years in full time ministry, focusing on youth and

Father Mitchell C. Pacwa, S.J., Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is a Jesuit priest, President and Founder of Ignatius Productions, world renowned lecturer, spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages, and EWTN host of television and radio shows. An accomplished biblical scholar and apologist, Father Pacwa, S.J. earned his Ph.D.