Mitch Pacwa

Fr. Mitchell "Mitch" Pacwa , S.J., is a Jesuit priest. He is bi-ritual, meaning that he can celebrate liturgy in both the Roman and Maronite rites. He is President and Founder of Ignatius Productions. He has taught at the University of Dallas and Loyola University Chicago and is now the Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.^[1]

Society of Jesus

History of the Jesuits Regimini militantis Suppression Jesuit Hierarchy Superior General Adolfo Nicolás Ignatian Spirituality Spiritual Exercises Ad majorem Dei gloriam Magis Discernment Famous Jesuits St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Francis Xavier Blessed Peter Faber St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Robert Bellarmine St. Peter Canisius St. Edmund Campion

Family Life

Fr. Pacwa's father was opposed to his becoming a priest and especially against his becoming a Jesuit. Fr. Pacwa's father threatened to write him out of his will if he became a priest and did so on the day Fr. Pacwa celebrated his first Mass.

Education

Fr. Pacwa earned his Ph.D. in Old Testament from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a Master of Divinity and S.T.B. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University. He is an accomplished linguist speaking several ancient languages, including Latin, Koine Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ugaritic, as well as the modern languages of German, Spanish, Polish, Hebrew, Arabic, French, and Italian.

Fame

Fr. Pacwa has mostly earned fame by being host of many TV shows. He gave the 2008 commencement address at the Augustine Institute in Denver.

EWTN

EWTN is a Catholic television network on which Fr. Pacwa appears frequently.

TV Shows

On EWTN, Fr. Pacwa hosts or has hosted the following TV shows:

• EWTN Live
• Threshold of Hope
• The Holy Rosary in the Holy Land
• Mother Angelica Live (subbing in a couple of times for Mother Angelica)

He is also the host of the Wednesday Open Line program and EWTN Live on the EWTN radio network. He also occasionally offers daily Mass on EWTN.

References

1. ^ Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

External Links

• Ignatius Productions - A Teaching Apostolate of Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
• Mitch Pacwa profile and books on Goodreads

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