Biographies

Fr. Russ McDougall, CSC, originally from northwestern Indiana in the U.S., received his B.A. and M.Div. from Notre Dame University, and S.S.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Scripture) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He made final vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1990 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1991. He has served in parochial ministry at Holy Cross Parish in Nairobi, Kenya; as formation director, academic dean and lecturer in Old Testament at the Queen of Apostles Philosophy Centre in Jinja, Uganda; and most recently as rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem. During his four years in Jerusalem Fr. Russ was a member of the Roots Jewish Christian dialogue group. Currently he serves as lecturer in theology and campus minister at King's College in northeastern Pennsylvania and as superior/director of the local Holy Cross community at King’s.