Rev. T. Jerome Overbeck, S.J. is an American author and Christian theologian who is also a prominent priest of the Society of Jesus. Since 1983, he has been chaplain,

liturgist Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

and professor at

Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...

with the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the School of Social Work in Chicago, Illinois. He has also been a professional consultant for the construction and renovation of Roman Catholic places of worship.T. Jerome Overbeck
. Loyola University Chicago. Retrieved on December 9, 2010. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he entered the

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—obtaining a bachelor's degree at

in 1970 and a master's degree in education at Xavier University in 1972. Overbeck entered the Berkeley Jesuit School of Theology where he obtained a master's degree in divinity in 1974, a master's degree in theology in 1975 and a

licentiate of Sacred Theology Licentiate in Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus; abbreviated STL) is the second of three ecclesiastical degrees in theology (the first being the Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and the third being the Doctorate in Sacred Theol ...

in 1982. He continued his studies at the

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and University of California Berkeley, obtaining a doctoral degree in 1983. Overbeck's most prominent publications were ''Ancient Fonts, Modern Lessons'' in 1998, ''Preparing Your Catholic Wedding'' in 2002 (2nd edition 2010), and "Hindsight: Wisdom From Couples Who Have Prepared A Wedding And Lived A Marriage" in 2014. Considered a groundbreaking analysis, ''Spirits, Life, Worship: A Hawaiian Religious and Catholic Perspective'' was published in 2015 after spending a year researching native Hawaiian religious traditions in Hawaii.

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