Associate Professor
Discover New York
Bent Hall Room 273
(718) 990-7497
heaneyhj@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., St. John’s University, 1978
M.A., St. John’s University, 1981 (Theology)
Ph.D., Fordham University, 1988 (Theology)
M.S., Long Island University, 2005 (Mental Health Counseling)
Certification: NCC-Board Certified in Professional
Counseling, Fall, 2005
Academic Administrative
Experience
St. John’s University, 2001-present. Director, University
Core Curriculum and Discover New York Freshman Experience.
Grants
Grant writer for $424,000 Renewal award from the American Red Cross
to support Faithful Response, a collaborative program of post 9/11
mental health services. Grant was awarded to Lutheran
Disaster Response, New York, and Catholic Charities, Diocese of
Rockville Centre, New York.
Grant writer for a $285,000 award from the American Red Cross to
support Faithful Response, a collaborative program of post 9/11
mental health services. Grant was awarded to Lutheran
Disaster Response, New York, and Catholic Charities, Diocese of
Rockville Centre, New York.
$175,000 from members of FADICA (Foundations and Donors
Interested in Catholic Activities). Grant supported
development and testing of an RCIA based marriage preparation
process. Funding period July 1995 to June 1998.
Recent Publications
“Living in the Mystery of Hope and Healing: A Spirituality
for Families in Crisis,” in the International Academy of Marital
Spirituality’s Companion for Marital Spirituality, forthcoming,
2006.
“Domestic Church: Bringing it all Home,” in Whole Community
Catechesis: Come to the Table. Orlando: Harcourt Religion,
2005.
“Forgiveness in Families,” at www.parishandfamily.ie.
“Toward a Eucharistic Spirituality of Family Life,” in Family
Perspectives, Winter, 2005.
“Finding God in All Things: An Ignatian Perspective on the
Domestic Church,” in Family Perspectives, Spring, 2005.
“Blessed, Broken and Shared: Toward a Eucharistic Spirituality
of Marriage,” in Marriage and the Catholic Tradition, ed. Todd
Salzman, New York: Crossroad Publications, 2005.
Recent Program Appearances
“Perspectives on the Sacramentality of Marriage,” Lecture to be
presented for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, University of
Notre Dame, October 2006.
“Pastoral Perspectives on Marriage and the Family.”
Lecture series presented at the North American College, Rome,
Italy, September, 2005, and forthcoming, 2006.
“Domestic Church: Bringing it all Home,” Keynote Address
at the East Coast Conference, Washington, D.C., 2005.
Recent Awards and Honors
Winner, Long Island University Aviva Hershaw Award for excellence
in Counseling, May, 2005.
Named St. John’s University “Professor of the Year,” by St.
John’s University Student Government, April, 2004.
Inducted into Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society, Long
Island University, Spring, 2004.
Named to Who’s Who in America, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005.
Recent Service to the University
Chair, University Core Curriculum Counsel
Member, University Core Curriculum Assessment Committee
Member, Title III Grant team
University Assessment Committee
University Enrollment Planning Team
Personnel and Budget Committee
Membership in Professional
Societies
College Theology Society
Catholic Theological Society of America
American Counseling Association
American Mental Health Counselors Association
Recent Courses Taught
Theology 1000C Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic
Approach
Theology 3230 Christian Marriage
Theology G130 Introduction to Church History
Theology G831 Theological and Pastoral Perspectives on Marriage and
Family
Theology G355 The Early Church