Curriculum Vitae February 2018

Fr. Thomas Mark Bailey, OSB

37174 State Highway V V

Conception Seminary College
Conception, MO 64433
USA
1-660-235-1504
E-Mail: tbailey@marmion.org

RELIGIOUS LIFE

Religious Profession Marmion Abbey (Benedictine)

Diaconal Ordination
Presbyteral Ordination
Aurora, Illinois, 11 July 1999
Marmion Abbey
Aurora, Illinois, 1 November 2003
Marmion Abbey
Aurora, Illinois, 11 June 2004

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

(Early Slavic Christianity) Doctoral Studies, University of Missouri (2012-2016)

M.A. (History) Northwest Missouri State University, 2012
M.Div. Saint Meinrad School of Theology, 2004
M.A. (Theology) Saint Meinrad School of Theology, 2002
B.A. (History) Saint Meinrad College, 1998

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Church History

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Mid-America Medieval Association
Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor in History, Conception Seminary College

Conception, Missouri, 2008-2015; 2016-Present
Courses Taught:
Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita
Early Church History
Holy Wars in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Religious History of the United States
Russia to 1855
Western Civilization 1
Western Civilization 2

Graduate Assistant for Survey of Modern Germany, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri, Spring 2016

Instructor in History and Theology, Marmion Academy

Aurora, Illinois, 2004-2008
Courses Taught:
Church History
Introduction to Debate
Introduction to Philosophy
Western Civilization

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Affairs Committee, Conception Seminary College, 2011-2015; 2016-Present

Faculty Representative on the Board of Deans, Conception Seminary College,

2017-Present

Abbot’s Council, Marmion Abbey, 2006-2007

Student Representative on the Personnel Committee, Saint Meinrad School of Theology,

2003-2004

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PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Sacramental Minister, St. Luke Byzantine Catholic Church, Sugar Creek, Missouri,
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, November 2010-Present

Sophomore Human Formation Director, Conception Seminary College, 2008-2015;

2016-Present

Parish Assistance, Dioceses of Rockford and Joliet-in-Illinois, 2004-2008

PUBLICATIONS

“Salutare Animas Nostras: The Ideologies Behind the Foundation of the Templars,” MA
thesis, Northwest Missouri State University, 2012.

“Conversatio Morum? The Development of ‘A Declaration on Benedictine Monastic

Life, 1975,’” The Downside Review Vol. 456 (July 2011): 20-35.

“A Search for Equality: Lay Brothers in the Swiss-American Congregation,” The

Downside Review Vol. 449 (October 2009): 235-260.

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Paper, “One Last Crusade: Friederich Nausea’s Call for a Crusade in 1526,” in session
“Catholic Preaching in Luther’s Wake,” Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, St. Louis, Missouri, 21 June 2016.

Paper, “Salvation by Other Means: Three Early Old French Chansons de Geste,” in
session “Chivalry,” Mid-America Medieval Association Conference, Manhattan, Kansas,
25 February 2012.

Panel Chairman, “Preachers on the Offense and Defense,” Mid-America Medieval

Association Conference, Conception, Missouri, 27 February 2010.

Presentation, “The Practice of Lectio Divina,” Spirit and Life Community at St. Mary’s
Church, West Chicago, Illinois, 13 August 2008.

Course, “Ecclesiology of the New Testament,” Monastic Juniorate Summer School,

St. Benedict’s Abbey, Benet Lake, Wisconsin, 8-14 July 2007.

Presentation, “Stories of Evangelization in the Early Church,” Adult Catechesis Lecture

Series, Marmion Academy, 16 April 2007.
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 Presentation, “Eucharist and Anamnesis,” Spirit and Life Community at St. Mary’s
Church, West Chicago, Illinois, 19 August 2008.

Presentation, “Figures in American Catholic Church History: John England, Dorothy

Day, and Charles Coughlin,” Adult Religious Education Program, Holy Cross Church,
Batavia, Illinois, 18 July; 25 July; and 1 August 2002.

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Institute for Seminary Formators, St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, California,
3-10 June 2009.

Seminary Formators and Vocation Directors Conference, Sisters of Mercy of Alma,

Alma, Michigan, 19-23 May 2008.

Benedictine Pedagogy Conference, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois, 1-2 June 2007.