Author of our Spiritual Friendship series for this website, Fr. John Crossin, OSFS, was recently appointed Executive Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) effective 12-5-11  In addition to his many academic accomplishments, John has supported our Association as Group Chaplain, Retreatmaster, and Consultant for this website. A native of Philadelphia, PA and graduate of Father Judge High School with degrees from Catholic University, he now resides in Washington, DC where he previously served as  Executive Director of The Washington Theological Consortium.


We rejoice for both the Church and our colleague, John as he begins this new role!