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Curriculum Vitae
Monsignor Arthur B. Calkins is a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and was ordained a priest on 7 May 1970 for
the Archdiocese of New Orleans where he served in various parishes as parochial vicar and was involved in other
pastoral activities. He has a master’s degree in theology from the Catholic University of America, a licentiate
in sacred theology with specialization in Mariology from the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton
and a doctorate which he earned summa cum laude in the
same field from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure (the Seraphicum) in Rome. His doctoral
study, Totus Tuus: John Paul II’s Program of Marian Consecration and Entrustment (New Bedford, MA: Academy of the Immaculate “Studies and Texts,” No.
1), has gone into four printings and a second edition is being prepared. In 2006 Edizioni Cantagalli of Siena published his anthology on the Marian Magisterium of Pope John Paul II entitled Totus Tuus. Il Magistero Mariano
di Giovanni Paolo II. His articles on Mariology and spirituality have appeared
in both popular and scholarly publications as well as in the acts of congresses and symposia. The list of
his publications may be found at http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/calkins/calkinsbib.html. He was named
a corresponding member of the Pontifical International Marian Academy in 1985 and a corresponding member of the
Pontifical Roman Theological Academy in 1995. He has been an official of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia
Dei” since 1991 and was named a Chaplain of His Holiness with the title of Monsignor in 1997.
Section Contents Copyright ©; Mark Alder and Msgr Arthur Calkins 1984-2008
Version: 26th February 2008
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