CURRICULUM VITAE

 James Burke, O. P.

BORN :   Oak Park, IL, July 14, 1923       
 DEATH:   Houston, October 7, 2009

BAPTISM:         Church of Ascension, Oak Park, IL, July 29, 1923

NOVITIATE:      Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, IL, June 15, 1942 - June 24, 1943                                                             

                                          (St. Albert the Great Province)     

PROFESSION:   Simple, Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, IL, June 25, 1943
                                            (St. Albert the Great Province)

                             Solmen, Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, IL, June 25, 1946

                                          (St. Albert the Great Province)

ORDINATION:  Diaconate, Avila, Spain, 1948

                             Priest, Avila, Spain, April 10, 1949

AFFILIATION:  Southern Province of St. Martin de Porres, Dec. 8, 1979.

EDUCATION:    Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 1941-42

Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, IL, Ph.M., 1943-46

Avila, Spain, S.T.Lr., 1946-50

Angelicum, Rome, Italy, S.T.L., 1955-57

University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL, Psychology                                                      Courses, 1968

University of DePaul, Chicago, IL, International Ethics, 1968-1969

MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Chaplain and Professor of Theology and Ethics, St. Teresa College, Kansas  City, MO, 1950 - 1951.                       

• Chaplain and Professor of Theology and Scripture, Siena Heights College, Adrian MI, 1951-1954.           

• Rector of Major Seminary, Professor of Theology, La Paz, Bolivia, 1958-1962.

• Co-founder and working in IBEAS, the Bolivian Institute of Social Study and  Action,                 La Paz, Bolivia, 1960-1967 and 1969-1971.

• Vicar Provincial Dominican Fathers, President of the Conference of Religious Superiors of Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia, 1960-1966.

• Student Master, Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, IL, 1967-1968.

• Retreat and Parish Mission Preaching, Latin America, Europe (especially  Ireland and Spain), Asia, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United States, 1971 to present.

Parents:  Gertrude Mary Good and John Joseph Burke both born in Chicago and both deceased.

Siblings: Helen Burke Kiley, deceased, John Joseph Burke, deceased, Virginia Burke Gearen, deceased, Alexander E. Burk, deceased, Romana Burke, deceased and Mary Louise Burke Burns - Living.