David M. Thomas
Ph.D. Co-Director 268 Mallard Loop, Whitefish MT
59937 USA
Co-Director, The Bethany
Family Institute, Whitefish, MT and Wolverhampton, U.K. (Scroll
down for video clip)
General Editor, Family Life
Education, Benziger Publishing, Woodland Hills, Ca.
Graduate Professor and Director of
Masters' Program in Community Leadership and Family Ministry,
Regis University, Denver, Co., 1981-1999.
Ph. D. in Systematic
and Historical Theology, University of Notre Dame, 1971.
M.A. in
Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Notre Dame,
1966.
Post-doctoral training in family systems and family
therapy.
USCC National Commission on
Marriage and Family Life, 1976-1984.
NCCB National Commission of
Family Life (Theological Consultant), 1988-1992.
Peritus
(consultant) to the World Synod of Bishops, U. S. Bishops,
Vatican, 1980.
Catholic Press Association, First
Place, Family Book of the Year, 1995.
National Association of
Catholic Family Life Ministers, Annual Award for Outstanding
Achievement, 1987.
Sent
Not Alone A Catechetical Sunday reflection book. Washington: NCCL, 2006
Life as a Sacred Journey; Rest Stops
Along The Way. Reflections for Parents and Catechists. Washington DC:
National Conference for
Catechetical Leadership, 2004
Walking a Sacred Path: Sabbath moments Along
the Way. Reflections for catechists. Washington DC: National Conference for
Catechetical Leadership, 2003
Primary interests: Connection
between contemporary culture, religious belief and spirituality,
Theology and Spirituality of the Family, adult spiritual
development, Spirituality of Play, foster care of children,
Astronomy and Geology, classical music, Impressionistic art and
ways to develop imagination, creativity and one's corporeal self
through experiences conducive to persons in their Autumn years.
