Fr. Rick Malloy, S.J., was born at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, and earned a doctorate at in Cultural Anthropology from Temple. He hasn’t gone very far in life!

After graduating from of St. Joseph’s Prep, he attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA, and then entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Wernersville, PA. While in Jesuit formation, he spent two years teaching high school in Osorno, Chile and one year in Pastoral work in Santiago.

Fr. Malloy earned a B.A. in Philosophy summa cum laude from Saint Louis University, and M.Div and S.T.L. degrees from Weston School of Theology. His S.T.L. thesis was entitled, "Lonergan and Sobrino: Theologians for the Americas and Beyond."

For 15 years (1988-2003), Fr. Malloy lived and worked at Holy Name Church in Camden, NJ, as a member of the Jesuit Urban Service Team. In 1995, while commuting from Camden, he began teaching at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

For two years (2003-2005) he served as Interim Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Joseph’s. He lives in Sourin, one of the Freshman dorms at Saint Joseph’s, where he is an Asst. Prof. in the Sociology Dept.

His book, A Faith That Frees: Catholic Matters for the 21st Century, will be published in Fall 2007 by ORBIS. The book examines the relationships between the practices of faith and the cultural currents and changes so rapidly occurring in our ever more technologized and globalized world.

Fishing is his passion in life, and he prays for the day when he will catch a ten lb. trout or a 47” inch muskie. He is convinced that such a catch, or the Phillies winning the World series, are sure signs that the culmination of time is near.

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