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Articles by Brad Bursa, Ph.D.

About Brad Bursa, Ph.D.

Brad Bursa, Ph.D., is the Managing Director of Parish Leadership Formation for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Theology at Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. He received his doctorate in Theology from The University of Notre Dame Australia and lives in Cincinnati with his wife and five children.

What if parish ministry never returns to ‘normal’…intentionally?

August 20, 2020 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 32

Today, the longing for “normal” is practically palpable. This virus, and all its social ramifications, taints all of life with the abnormal – from wearing a face covering to elbow bumping, and from contact tracing […]

This Holy Saturday: Social Distancing, Solitude, Healing

April 10, 2020 Brad Bursa, Ph.D. 3

Msgr. Luigi Giussani claims that “the only condition for being truly and faithfully religious…is to live always the real intensely.”i This line stays with me in these solitary days, when “the real” has become surreal. […]