S.T.D., Spiritual Theology, University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the City (Angelicum),
Rome, Italy, Magna Cum Laude
S.T.L., Spiritual Theology, University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the City (Angelicum),
Rome, Italy, Summa Cum Laude
M.A., Theology, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
B.A., Communication Arts, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Director, Graduate Enrollment & Student Services, School of Ministry, 2010-2017
Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Ministry, 2007-present
Tschoepe Chair of Homiletics, School of Ministry, 2007-2010
Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies, 1987-2006
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Theology, 1980-1986
Summer Adjunct Faculty, 1989, 1990
Consultant & Advisory Board Member, Echo Faith Formation Leadership Program, 2005-2013
Director, Division of Christian Formation, 1994-2006
Director, Office of Adult Formation, 1992-2006
Director, RENEW Office, 1989-1992
Director, Office of Continuing Education for Clergy; Office of Continuing Pastoral
Formation, 1982-1989
Theological Consultant, Permanent Deacon Formation Program, 1984-2010
Theological Consultant, Light of Christ Lay Ministry Formation Program, 1998-2007
Columnist, 1990-2007
Contributor, Faith Alive!, syndicated feature, 1995-2012
Contributor, Word to Life, syndicated feature, 2002-2007
Daniel J. Luby speaks on a variety of topics, including ministry formation, spirituality in everyday life and preaching. Among many years of service to the Catholic Church in North Texas, Dan has given a series of retreats for the senior leadership of Christus Health, spoken at NALM and has taught several courses in Rome.
2006: First Place, Best Regular Column, Spiritual Life, Catholic Press Association
2003: First Place, Best Regular Column, Spiritual Life, Catholic Press Association
2001: First Place, Best Regular Column, Spiritual Life, Catholic Press Association
“What I find most compelling about my work is the opportunity to listen to stories of people's faith that are so concrete,
so real, so compelling; They are a powerful witness to God's presence in the world.” - Professor Luby
“At their best, theology and ministry formation are ways to help people enrich their
faith for the worship of God and the sanctification of his people.” - Professor Luby
“My deepest conviction about teaching is that it ought to make a real connection to
people's lives. One of the great theological questions is 'so what?'” - Professor LubyCatholic Renewal Center of North Texas, Board of Directors; Chair (1988-2012)
Formation commission, St. Rita, 2009-2013
Election judge, 2008
His first step was to enroll in physician’s assistant school at Baylor’s College of Medicine, a career trajectory to which he had aspired since his early childhood. Nowadays, Jonathan Cunningham, BA ’17, is dedicated to the vocational pursuit of comfort and healing at MD Anderson in Houston, among the largest cancer treatment centers in the U.S., where he was once a chemotherapy patient himself.
+ Read MoreDuring his Rome semester in 1991, Joseph Meaney, BA '93, with his friends (now Father) Kevin Cook, BA '94, and (now Texas State Representative and UD Trustee) Tan Parker, BA '93, attended a private Mass with Pope St. John Paul II. Several weeks earlier, they had hand-delivered a letter to the Swiss Guards outside St. Peter's requesting the Mass and including their contact information; at last, they'd received the phone call instructing them to be at the Bronze Gates at 5 a.m.
+ Read MoreFrom the time he was in fourth grade, Bishop Francis Malone, BA '74 MA '77 MDiv '77, knew he was going to be a priest. As he was serving Mass in his home parish, Malone heard God's call, loud and clear.
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