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Father John Crossin
Father John Crossin is a priest of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales. He currently serves as executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He was ordained in 1976 and holds a Ph.D. in moral theology, masters' degrees in psychology and theology from The Catholic University of America. He is past president of the North American Academy of Ecumenists. He has taught at several theological schools including Catholic University, Wesley Theological Seminary, Virginia Theological Seminary, Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary and De Sales School of Theology. He is widely published in theological journals and is author of Everyday Virtues, Walking in Virtue: Moral Decisions and Spiritual Growth in Daily Life, Friendship: The Key to Spiritual Growth and What Are They Saying about Virtue. He served previously as executive director of the Washington Theological Consortium (19982011).
(Rev.) John W. Crossin, OSFS is the Executive Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He served previously as Executive Director of the Washington Theological Consortium (1998-2011). He was a Visiting Fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University in 1997-98 and was the president of the DeSales School of Theology in Washington from 1987 to 1997. Father Crossin holds a doctorate in Moral Theology (1982) and Masters Degrees in Roman Catholic Theology (1975) and in Psychology (1978) from the Catholic University of America.
His books are: What Are They Saying About Virtue (1985); Friendship: The Key to Spiritual Growth (1997), Walking in Virtue: Moral Decisions and Spiritual Growth in Daily Life (1998) and Everyday Virtues (2002).
Father Crossin is the former president of the North American Academy of Ecumenists.
