Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

Emmanuel Charles McCarthy (born October 9, 1940) is an American priest of the Melkite Catholic Church, as well as a peace activist and author. He has been a Melkite Catholic priest since August 9, 1981, when he was ordained in Damascus, Syria. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree with majors in philosophy and English from the University of Notre Dame in 1962. He received Masters Degrees in English and in Theology from the same university. He earned his Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Boston College Law School in 1967 and was soon after admitted to the Massachusetts Bar for the practice of law. The cure of his daughter, Teresia Benedicta, was the official miracle for the canonization of Edith Stein. Career Emmanuel Charles McCarthy taught at the University of Notre Dame where he founded and was the original Director of The Program for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution. He was also co-founder of Pax Christi USA, along with Dorothy Day, Gordon Zahn, Eileen Egan, Bishop Carroll Dozier, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and others . For twenty-five years he served as Spiritual Director and/or Rector of St. Gregory the Theologian Byzantine-Melkite Catholic Seminary. In 1981, he co-founded The Center on Conscience and War in Cambridge MA with John Leary and Gordon Zahn. For twenty-five years he served as Spiritual Director and/or Rector of St. Gregory the Theologian Byzantine-Melkite Catholic Seminary. For over fifty years he has directed retreats and spoken at conferences throughout the world on the issue of the relationship of faith and violence and the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospels and His Way of Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies.