A Unique International Faculty

Like its student body, the Institute's faculty is diverse and international, bringing together professors from the United States, Germany, Austria, Lithuania, England, and other countries. The faculty to student ratio is deliberately small, with an average ratio of 1:12. This enables the students to engage in fruitful discussion about the classic texts they study together with their peers and professors.

Outside of class it is typical for the professors and their families to mingle socially with the students – at Mass, at dinners or parties, and on special occasions  – which fosters long-term friendships united around great common goods.


Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, J.D., LL.M

- Professor of Law and Education (on sabbatical)
- Areas of Expertise: Human rights, foundations of law, education
- Dr. iur. in Philosophy of Law at University of Vienna, 2012, LL.M. University of Heidelberg, 1997, J.D. University of Leiden, 1996
- Married, 5 children
curriculum vitae

Playlist of given talks


Rev. Joseph Bolin

- Areas of Expertise: Dogmatic Theology
- STL, International Theological Institute, Austria, 2007
- Priest   
curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr. Jean-Yves Brachet OP

- STL Program Director
- Professor for Moral Theology and Social Ethics
- Doctor in S. Theol. of Marriage and Family, Internationales Akademisches Institut "Mater Ecclesiae Domesticae" für Studien über Ehe und Familie (MEDO-Instituut), Kerkrade, Netherlands, 1994
- Priest
- curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr.  Federico Colautti

- Areas of Expertise: Biblical theology
- STD, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2001
- Priest   
curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr. Johannes Cornides

- Lecturer for Liturgy
- Doctor of Theology (STD), International Theological Institute
- Priest and member of the Community of the Beatitudes


Dr. Vincent DeMeo

- Studium Generale Program Director
- Associate Professor for New Testament
- STD, Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, 2012; STL, International Theological Institute, 2005
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae


DDr. Bernhard Dolna

- President and Rector
- Professor for Ecumenical and Jewish Studies
- Dr. theol., University of Freiburg, 1999
- Dr. phil., University of Vienna, 2022
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae

Playlist of given talks


Dr. Andrei I. Gotia

- Associate Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Sources; Areas of Expertise: Latin and Greek
- PhD, Classics, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2005.
curriculum vitae

 

 


Dr. Gundula Harand

- Associate Professor for Fundamental and Spiritual Theology
- Dr. theol., Religious Studies, University of Graz, Austria, 1998
curriculum vitae 


PD Dr. habil. Michaela C. Hastetter

- MOOS Program Director
- Professor of Pastoral Theology and Religious Pedagogy
- PD, Aristoteles-University Thessaloniki, 2019
- Apl. Univ.-Prof., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, 2018
- Habil., Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, 2011
- Dr. Theol., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2006
- curriculum vitae


Dr. Timothy Kelly

- Associate Professor for Dogmatic Theology   
- STL, International Theological Institute, 2003; Dr. theol, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2011;   
- Married, 5 children;   
- curriculum vitae 


Very Rev. Yuriy Kolasa

- Head of Formation Program for Seminarians, Religious Men, Deacon Candidates and Priests
- Areas of Expertise:  Patristics, Theology of Marriage and Family
- STL, International Theological Institute, 2007
- Byzantine Rite priest, Married, 4 children 
curriculum vitae


Dr. Simon Maria Kopf

- Associate Professor of Fundamental Theology
- Areas of expertise: Science & Theology, Providence and Divine Action
- Welcomes enquiries from prospective STL and STD candidates
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 2019
- Research Project "Alternative Concepts of God and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives" (2023-24)
- Married, 1 child
curriculum vitae

Playlist of given talks


Dr. Martin Kugler

- Areas of Expertise: Rhetorics and Communication, Contemporary History and Political Science, Public Relations 
- Mag.phil. and Dr. phil. at the University of Graz (1992), Research Fellow at the University PUSC in Rome (Universitá della Santa Croce), Faculty for Social and Institutional Communication (200/2001)
- Married, 4 children
curriculum vitae


Dr. Iryna Lyko

- Areas of expertise: Economics and management
- Dipl.- Ing. and Ph.D with a focus on economics and management, National Forestry University of Ukraine / Lviv Polytechnic National University
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae


PD. Dr. habil. Ephräm Givi Lomidze

- Lecturer of Ancient Church History and Patristics
- Head of St. Ephrem Scientific Center for Orient&Occident-Studies (STEP)
- Habilitation, University of Vienna, 2021
- Doctorate, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 2014
- Hieromonk of Georgian-Orthodox Church
- curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr. habil. Martin Mayerhofer FSO

- Associate Professor of Patristics and Church History
- Habilitation, University of Vienna, 2021
- STD, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2011
- Priest
- curriculum vitae

 


Rev. Prof. Dr. Thomas Möllenbeck

- Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology
- Habilitation University of Vienna, 2015
- Dr. theol. Theological Faculty Paderborn, 2005
- priest
curriculum vitae


Prof. DDr. John R. Mortensen

- Professor of Theology
- President of the Aquinas Institute for the Study of Sacred Doctrine
- STD & PhD, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome; STL & STM, International Theological Institute, Gaming; BA, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA.
- Married, 9 children
- curriculum vitae


Rev. Prof. Dr. habil. Josef Spindelböck

- Professor of Moral Theology
- Dr. theol., University of Vienna, 1993; Habilitation University of Lublin, 2004
- priest
curriculum vitae


Prof. Dr. Gintautas Vaitoska

- MMF Program Director; Professor for Studies on Marriage and Family
- STD, Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, 2022; STL, International Theological Institute, Trumau, 2003; MTS, John Paul II Institute, Washington, D. C., 1995; MD, psychiatry, Vilnius University, 1984
- Married, 1 child
- curriculum vitae


Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Wladika

- Vice-Rector and Dean      
- STD Program Director      
- BA & STM Program Director (interim)      
- Professor of Philosophy      
- Mag. phil. 1991, Dr. phil. 1995, habilitation 2004, University of Vienna      
- Married, 6 children      
- curriculum vitae