- Fr.
- Peter John
- Cameron, O.P.
- Professore Invitato
Academic degrees earned
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) – Playwriting, Catholic University of America, 1988. Thesis Play: The Hour of Our Death
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) – New Testament, College of the Immaculate Conception, 1987, Magna Cum Laude. Dissertation Title: The Markan Realization of Gospel: The Instrumentality of Literature in Salvation (Director: Fr. Francis Martin)
Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) / Master of Divinity (M. Div) – College of the Immaculate Conception, 1985, Cum Laude
BA, Theatre Arts; Humanities (double major), Providence College, 1980, Magna Cum Laude
Courses at the Angelicum
Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P., was ordained for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in 1986. Since 1994, he has taught homiletics in five seminaries. He is also the founder and artistic director of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre in New York City. Fr. Cameron is the founding editor-in-chief of Magnificat where he worked 1998-2018.
He is the author of ten books. He served two terms as the Director of Preaching for his Dominican province. Before his assignment to Rome, Fr. Cameron was the prior of St. Patrick Priory in Columbus, Ohio. Fr. Cameron is currently the Carl J. Peter Chair of Homiletics at the Pontifical North American College. He is also the editorial director of Aleteia.org–English edition.
Areas of Academic Specialization and Interest
Homiletics
Playwriting
Theatre
Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces, (reissue) Cluny Media, 2023
Made for Love, Loved by God, Servant Books, spring, 2014
He Was Our Father: A Play about Fr. Michael J. McGivney, Amazon, 2013
Novenas for the Church Year, Our Sunday Visitor, 2012
Blessing Prayers: Devotions for Growing in Faith, Magnificat, 2011
Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces, Servant Books, 2010
Why Preach: Encountering Christ in God’s Word, Ignatius Press, 2009
Jesus, Present Before Me: Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration, Servant Books, 2008
To Praise, To Bless, To Preach: Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday Scriptures, Cycle A, Our Sunday Visitor, 2001
To Praise, To Bless, To Preach: Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday Scriptures, Cycle C, Our Sunday Visitor, 2000
To Praise, To Bless, To Preach: Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday Scriptures, Cycle B, Our Sunday Visitor, 1999
The Classics of Catholic Spirituality, Alba House, 1996
The Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, (co-authored with J. Augustine DiNoia, O.P., Romanus Cessario, O.P., Gabriel O’Donnell, O.P.) Our Sunday Visitor, 1996
