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Dr. Tom Neal
is originally from Providence, Rhode Island and serves as Professor of Spiritual Theology at Notre Dame Seminary. He also served as Director of the MA programs and Institute for Lay Ecclesial Ministry, Academic Dean, and the Director of Spiritual Formation. He and his beautiful wife, Patti, are the proud parents of four very talented adult children.
His reflections on the power of redemptive suffering were the heart of the Lenten Mission at St. Luke this year, focusing on the profound love of God for His people and how the world is made holy by regular people just like you. What follows is a suggested reading list from Dr. Neal for those who attended the Mission - and for those who would like to give true and holy meaning to suffering in the world and develop a lasting and beautiful relationship with God.
Books:Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church: Living Out Your Lay Vocation by Russell Shaw
Beginning to Pray by Archbishop Anthony Bloom
Business as a Calling by Michael and jana Novak
Holiness for Housewives: And Other Working Women by Hubert van Zeller
Eucharist by Bishop Robert Barron
Love Is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day by James H. Forest
Articles:
Homily: "Passionately Loving the World"
A 1967 homily by the founder of Opus Dei that encapsulates his teachings, taken from "Conversations with Josemaría Escriva," Scepter, 2002.
Are You Ready to Change the World?
Deacon James Keating, Ph.D.
An Eschatology of the Secular
Dr. Jordan Haddad, Director of Lay Ministry Programs and Lay Formation; Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology
Notre Dame Seminary
Papal writings:
Some of Dr. Tom Neal's blog posts on the laity:
Future priests, love the laity! April 18, 2017
“Well done,” laity at Calvary, February 18, 2018
We Didn't Start the Fire, May 15, 2018
My Theological Jam, November 8, 2019
“I make all things new” (Rev 21:5) , February 15, 2020
O Royal Priest, March 26, 2020
Go Home, Mark 2:11, January 16, 2021
This World Matters, June 26 2021
Cana: A Cosmic Wedding Feast! January 18, 2022