Academic Profile
Full Professor in the School of Theology
Director of Tangaza–Duquesne (USA) Master Degree Program in Pastoral Ministry
Head of the Pastoral Department · Academic Advisor of the Faculty
Born in Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Member of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), an indigenous religious congregation established in 1831.
Education & Training
- 1969–1971
Pre-University: Christ College, Bangalore University; Philosophy Studies: Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law), Bangalore, India. - 1971–1974
Graduation in Mechanical Engineering (Diploma): Carmel Polytechnic, Kerala University, Alleppey, India. - 1974–1978
Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.): Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Theology), Bangalore, India. - 1983–1989
Pastoral Counselling (Courses I–IV): Institute for Psychological Training, Counselling, Supervision for Marriage and Family Care and Life Issues, Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany. - 1988
Second State Exam for the official title of "Pfarrer" according to German Concordance, Freiburg i. Br., Germany. - 1991–1994
Licentiate in Theology (Lic. theol.) in Pastoral Psychology: Faculty of Theology, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. - 1992–1997
Casuistic Supervisions under Dr. med. Ulrich J. Niemann SJ (Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst), Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Case Study Supervisions under Mrs. Helmi Grotensohn, M.A. (Psychology, Psychoanalyst and Clinical Psychologist), Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1994–1997). - 1993
Training for Telephone Counselling, Intervention in Crisis and Life Counselling: Haus der Volksarbeit e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Clinical Pastoral Training: Institute for Pastoral Training of the Protestant Church of Hessen and Nassau, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. - 1994–1997
Training for Professional Counselling (Diploma): Psychological Counselling for Relationship Preparation, Partnership, Marriage Care, Family and Life, BAG Bonn, Germany. - 1994–1999
Doctor of Theology (Dr. theol.) — specialisation in Moral Theology, Medical Anthropology and Medical Ethics: Faculty of Theology, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. - 1996
"Meaning and Interpretation of Dreams": Diocese of Limburg, Germany. Training for Marriage Care, Relationship Preparation Counselling and Therapy (Mahr System): Institute for Learning Partnerships, Schechen, Germany. - 2001
AIDS in Developing Countries — Work Groups: Health Services and HIV/AIDS: The Medical Mission Institute, Würzburg, Germany.
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