Sr. Shannon Schrein, O.S.F., Ph.D.

Chairperson of the Department of Theological Studies
Professor of Theological Studies

Shannon was born in Toledo, Ohio and entered the Sisters of St. Francis in Sylvania in 1965. After ministering as an elementary school teacher for fourteen years, she began her tenure as a Religious Studies instructor and Campus Minister at Lourdes College in 1984. She has an A. A. from Lourdes Junior College, a B.A. in Education from Mary Manse College, an M.A. in Theological Studies from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin she taught part time at Marquette University and then took a position as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alverno College. She returned at Lourdes College in 1998.

Shannon is the author of Quilting and Braiding: The Feminist Christologies of Sallie McFague and Elizabeth A. Johnson in Conversation, published by the Liturgical Press, 1998. She is a contributor to The Saint Mary’s Collegiate Bible which will be available in 2007. She has shared her love of Jesus and the Scriptures with her students and through continuing education offerings throughout the diocese. Shannon loves to sing and play guitar, to work on jigsaw puzzles and to read.

Education

• Ph.D., Marquette University
• M.A., University of Dayton
• B.A., Mary Manse College
• A.A., Lourdes Junior College

Areas of Expertise

• Scripture
• Christology
• Systematic Theology

Recent presentations

• “And the Word became Flesh” (John 1:14) Bringing the Word to Life in our Lives” Growing in Faith Together, Blessed Sacrament Parish. February 27, 2010.
• “Hildegard, Mystic and Saint: A Woman Ahead of Her Time.” St. Ursula Academy, Language and Literature Class. February 11, 2010.
• “A Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path: The Role of Scripture in Forming Faith” Corpus Christi Fall lecture Series: Faith Formation for the Church Today, October 27, 2009.
• “Who Do You Say that I Am?” Lay Ministry Year 2, Diocese of Toledo at St. Rose Perrysburg, OH, November 14, 2009.
• “Images of Jesus” Annual Retreat for the Joy People, Widewater Retrat and Ministry Center, April 19, 2009.
• “The Living Thoughts of Paul” Christ the King Parish Adult Education. April 6, 2009.

Recent publications

• External Evaluator to the Religious Studies Program Review, Seton Hill University, April 23, 2012. Produced written evaluation for the Provost.
• Publisher's Review of a Saint Mary's Press College Division Manuscript: Genesis and Evolution.
• Book review: Michael L. COOK, SJ, Trinitarian Christology: The Power that Sets Us Free. New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2010. for Catholic Books Online.
• Book review: Grace ADOLPHSEN BRAME, The Cross: Payment or Gift? Rethinking the Death of Jesus. Wilmington, DL: Charis Enterprises, 2010. for Catholic Books Online.
• "College Theology Society Annual Report in Horizons 37/2 (Fall 2010): 242-246.
• “May God Give You Peace: A Franciscan View of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Peacemaking,” The Cord: A Franciscan Spiritual Review 59/4 (October/December 2009): 446-459.
• Publisher’s Review: Baptist Sacramentalism 2. Studies in Baptist History and Thought, Volume 25. Edited by Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson. Colorado Springs, CO: Paternoster, 2008.
• Life of Jesus in Icons: From the “Bible of Tibilisi” Commentary by Francis J. Moloney, SDB. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2008. pp.150. $34.95 pb. ISBN 978-0-8146-3237-6.

Recent awards and/or recognition

• Nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award, Lourdes College 2009
• Nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award, Lourdes College 2008
• Excellence In Education, Ohio Magazine, September 2007

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