Rev. Virgilio Elizondo

Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology
(PhD, Institut Catholique de Paris, 1978)
222 Corby
574-631-7654
email: velizond@nd.edu
http://theology.nd.edu/people/all/elizondo-virgilio/index.shtml

Geographic focus: US-Mexican border region, Latin America

Thematic interests: Mestizo Christianity; mestizaje theology; liberation theology; evangelization; faith and spirituality; culture and public ritual.

Selected publications: Commentary in International Priest in America, Challenges and Opportunities (2006); “Creativity: The Power of Ritual: San Fernando Cathedral,” in Colloquium: Music, Worship, Arts (2006); coeditor, The Treasure of Guadalupe (2006); coeditor, Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States (2005); “The Compassion of Mary in the Struggles of the Poor,” presented at the XV International Mariological Symposium entitled The Theological Category of Compassion: Presence and Impact on Present Thinking about Mary of Nazareth (October 4-7, 2005, Rome); A God of Incredible Surprises, Jesus of Galilee (2003); editor, The Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas (2002); Galilean Journey: The Mexican American Promise (8th edition, 2000); The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet (6th edition, 2000);coauthor, San Fernando Cathedral: Soul of the City (1998); Guadalupe, Mother of the New Creation (3rd edition, 1998).