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Rev. Fr. Augusto Garcia, PSS
“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch”
Luke 5:4–5
Rev. Fr. Augusto Garcia, PSS
Presbyteri Sancti Sulpicii; Archdiocese of Medellin, Colombia
Biography
Birthdate:
May 12, 1954, Olaya, Antioquia, Colombia
Priestly Ordination
: September 14, 1983, Archdiocese of Medellin, Colombia
Sulpician Priest:
December 03, 2001
Languages Spoken Fluently
Spanish (mother tongue)
Italian
Portuguese (Brazilian)
French
English
Post-Secondary Education
STB 1983 Bolivariana Pontifical University, Medellin, Colombia
STL 1985 Gregorian Pontifical University, Rome (Specialization: Dogmatic Theology) (Thesis: La metodologia teologica en la Teodramatica de H.U.von Balthasar)
Master in Political Science 1997, Brasilia University, Brasilia, Brazil (Thesis: A Familia nas Politicas Sociais do Estado Brasiliero)
Expert in Design and Evaluation of Social Programs for Latin America, 1997, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and Brazilian Government, Brasilia, Brazil
STD 2005 Gregorian University, Rome (Thesis: La doctrina de la sustitucion Penal en la teologia contemporanea: H. U. von Balthasar, B. Sesboue, G. O’Collins, W. Pannenberg)
Education
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
Formation Director (Theology II)
Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Edmonton
S.T.D., Dogmatic Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
Teaching Experience
1985–1989 Faculty of Theology, Bolivariana Pontifical University, Medellin, Colombia
Graduate and Undergraduate levels (Theology of Revelation, Ecumenism, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Trinity)
1987 Archdiocesan Seminary of Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
(Theology of Revelation)
1990–1996 Archdiocesan Seminary Our Lady of Fatima, Brasilia, Brazil
(Theology of Revelation, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Trinity)
1999 Paul VI Theological Institute, Archdiocese of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
2006 – today Newman Theological College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(Ecclesiology, Trinity, Sociology; Understanding Catholicism, Ecclesiology, Trinity)
Pastoral Experience
1985–1986 Formation Team, Archdiocesan Seminary of Medellin, Colombia
1987 Pastor, Nazareth Parish, Medellin, Colombia
1987–1989 Department of Ecumenism, Director, Archdiocese of Medellin
1988–1989 Vice-Rector, Archdiocesan Seminary of Medellin, Colombia
1990–1996 Formation Team, Our Lady of Fatima Seminary, Archdiocese of Brasilia, Brazil
1999– Formation Team, Archdiocesan Seminary of Londrina, Brazil
2000– Pastoral Experience at Notre Dame de Lourdes; Notre Dame, Montreal
2000–2001 Sunday Vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Edmonton
2004–current Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Edmonton
2005–
current
Formation Team, St. Joseph Seminary, Edmonton
2001–
current
Founder and responsible of the Team of Our Lady – Couple Movement in Edmonton
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