Areas of Interest:
His research interests include the area of arts, communication, liturgy and culture.  Dr. Kane studies contemporary worship and celebration and has written and lectured on liturgy, dance and creativity throughout the world.

About:
The Rev. Thomas A. Kane, CSP is a Paulist priest, and an internationally known ritual maker and videographer. He has produced many documentaries about the Church and culture in different part of  the world - in Africa, Latin America and the South Pacific, including The Dancing Church of Africa, The Dancing Church of the Polynesia and Melanesia, and FIESTA! Celebrations at San Fernando Cathedral. 

As the Director of Paulist Reconciliation Ministries in Washington, D.C., he coordinates various ministry projects throughout North America, including outreach to disaffected and alienated Catholics, ministry to the gay, lesbian and transgendered community, along with programs for “returning Catholics” and those affected by the abuse crisis.

He has been a liturgical consultant to the World Conference of Churches in Geneva. He is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics (CATH), the North American Academy of Liturgy and Societas Liturgica.

On stage, he choreographed the liturgical movements for Sarah Caldwell’s 25th anniversary production of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass and has performed with the
Omega Dance Company as a guest artist in the United States and at the Avignon Festival in France.

On Sundays, he assists at St. Malachy’s parish in Burlington, MA.

Courses:
Fall 2012
TM 527- Liturgical Preaching I
TM 566- Using the Arts/Media in Teaching and Praying

Spring 2013
TM 527- Liturgical Preaching I
TM 840- Master of Divinity Closure Seminar

Other Courses
TM 504- Theologies of Reconciliation
TM 531- Rites Practicum