Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Associate Director of Pastoral Formation B.A., St. John’s Seminary College, Camarillo (1981) M.Div., St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo (1985) S.T.L., Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley (1998) Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union (1999) St. John’s Seminary, 1999 Ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Fr. Patrick Mullen served as associate pastor for two parishes, St. Margaret Mary in Lomita, and St. John Vianney in Hacienda Heights, and assisted at St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Center in Oakland. He has taught Greek and in the New Testament department at the Jesuit School of Theology, the Franciscan School of Theology, and the Pacific Lutheran School of Theology in Berkeley. His dissertation is an anthropological investigation of purity and qorban in Mark’s Gospel: "A Jewish Jesus, A Diaspora Audience: An Anthropological Reading of Mark 7:1-23." Author of "Dining with Pharisees"(Liturgical Press, 2004).

The workshops were held during April 2005. Click on the titles in the box below for an outline of the workshop with references to passages in the Bible.
 
 

Title	Description
“Catholicism and Biblical Fundamentalism”	Our Catholic understanding of the Bible is too beautiful to allow less attractive and unsatisfying fundamentalist interpretations to guide our spiritual lives. This session will provide strategies for helping believers understand fundamentalism while stressing our satisfying, liberating Catholic uses of the Bible. Bring your Bible.
“‘I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads!’: Making Sense Out of the Book of Revelation”	The Book of Revelation is a hot topic among fundamentalists and televangelists. As a result, Catholic educators are frequently called upon to explain the Church’s understanding of the Book of Revelation to Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This workshop will offer clear and simple guidelines for understanding apocalyptic literature in general, and for interpreting Revelation according to solid Catholic teaching. Bring your Bible.