Dr. Donald Graham
Associate Professor of Systematic & Pastoral Theology
EDUCATION
B.A. History, Trent University, 1983
B.Ed. History & English, Queen’s University, 1985
M.A. Theology & Christian Ministry, Franciscan University, 1986
M.A. Theology, University of St. Michael’s College, 1991
S.T.L. Regis College, Toronto, 1993
Ph.D. Catholic Studies, Maryvale Institute & the Open University, Birmingham UK, 2004
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Systematic theology, especially, its foundations, ecclesiology, Christology, Trinitarian theology and pneumatology. My research activity concentrates upon the intersection of these areas relative to the thought of St. John Henry Newman (1801-90) in conversation with modern concerns.
BIOGRAPHY
Educated in Canada, the United States, and the UK, Dr. Graham holds undergraduate degrees in history and education, master’s degrees in theology, and ministry, and a doctoral degree in Catholic Studies. He has twenty-seven years of experience in Catholic education as an elementary, secondary school teacher, and consultant. His area of expertise is systematic theology, especially, its foundations, ecclesiology, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and pneumatology. His research activity concentrates upon the intersection of these areas relative to the thought of St. John Henry Newman (1801-90) in conversation with modern concerns.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / SELECTED AREAS OF SERVICE / PASTORAL WORK
Book
From Eastertide to Ecclesia. John Henry Newman, the Holy Spirit and the Church. Marquette University Press, 2011.
Book Chapters
“Soundings in Pedagogy: Newman on the Whole Person,” in Newman the Educator: his Formation, Philosophy and Legacy, Gracewing, 2025.
“Newman’s view of the Church as Home – Ecclesiology & Theological Anthropology in a Pastoral Context,” in Saint John Henry Newman. Preserving and Promulgating His Legacy, Cambridge Scholars 2019.
“Redeemed in Time: Reflecting on the Christological resources of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” in Speaking the Truth in Love: The Catechism and the New Evangelization. Emmaus Academic 2019.
“Sympathy in the Spiritual Theology of John Henry Newman,” in Newman and Life in the Spirit. Theological Reflections on Spirituality for Today. Fortress, 2014.
Academic Articles
“Revisiting St. John Henry Newman on the Humanity of the Godman,” The New Ressourcement 1 no. 3 (Fall 2024).
“Postcards from the Past: On the Truth of Revelation,” Fidelitas: Journal of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Canada) 16 no.2 ns (Summer-Fall 2023).
“Trans-Disciplinary Dialogue: Pope Francis and St. John Henry on the Mystery of the Human Person,” Newman Review (June 2023) at https://www.newmanreview.org/trans-disciplinary-dialogue/.
“Ratzinger’s Reception of Newman on Conscience: Memory, History, Creation and Christ,” Communio 47 (Winter 2020).
“Blessed Newman’s Sacred Heart Theology and the ‘intercommunion of hearts’,” Downside Review 129 (October 2011).
“On Fairy-stories, Family and Love: living ‘psychologically within the rhythms of Christ’s relations with the Church’,” Communio 33/4 (Winter 2006).
Podcasts
Interview. Episode 8, Season 3, Newman on Tap Presents. In conversation with Ron Snyder, President of the St. John Henry Newman Association of America, about themes, issues and ideas relative to St. John Henry Newman’s “The Church a Home for the Lonely” sermon of 1837 in Parochial and Plain Sermons. 40 minutes. (3 March 2025).
Panel discussion. The focus was the recent proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as Doctor of the Church and Co-Patron of the Church’s educational mission alongside Dr. Paul Shrimpton (Oxford) and moderated by Dr. Ryan Topping of the Gregory the Great Institute. 60 minutes. (18 October 2025).