Daniel G. Groody is a Catholic priest, a Holy Cross
religious, a scholar, teacher, and an award winning author and film producer. He is
currently an Assistant Professor of Theology and the
Director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and
Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies at the
University of Notre Dame. He spent many years working
in Latin America, particularly along the U.S.- Mexico
border, and is the author of various books and articles which have been
translated into five languages, including Border of
Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart
and Spirit, and Globalization, Spirituality, and Justice: Navigating
the Path to Peace (2007). He is also editor of two books, The Option for the Poor in
Christian Theology (2007), and co-editor of A Promised
Land, A Perilous Journey: Theological Perspectives on
Migration (2007).
Professor Groody holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in the Great Books Program (Liberal Studies), a Master of Divinity and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology, and a doctorate in theology from the Graduate Theological Union. In 2007-2008 he was a visiting research fellow at Oxford University at the
Oxford Refugee Centre.
He is also the executive producer of various films and documentaries, including One Border, One Body: Immigration and the Eucharist, and Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey, which have won various awards, aired on PBS and other television stations, and been accepted into various international film festivals. He teaches courses on U.S. Latino Spirituality, Globalization, Christian Spirituality and Social Justice, and lectures widely in the United States as well as Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
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