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André Brouillette, S.J.

Associate Professor, Systematic and Spiritual Theology

Profile

A Jesuit priest originally from Rivière-du-Loup (Québec, Canada), André Brouillette earned graduate degrees in philosophy, history, and theology in Europe and North America. He taught philosophy and Church history for two years in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prior to joining the faculty of the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. He has been a visiting scholar at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, and the holder of the Anna and Donald Waite Endowed Chair in Jesuit Education at Creighton University, in Omaha, Nebraska, as well as a visiting professor at the Carmelite School of Theology Teresianum in Rome. Since 2021, he is the general editor of the Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press).

An expert on St. Teresa of Avila, he specializes in 16th and 17th century spiritual theology and history, the systematic theological issues of pneumatology and soteriology, and pilgrimage studies. His first book, Le lieu du salut: Une pneumatologie d’incarnation chez Thérèse d’Ávila, has been published in the prestigious series Cogitatio fidei by the Editions du Cerf, in Paris, and later translated in English under the title, Teresa of Avila, the Holy Spirit, and the Place of Salvation. His second monograph, The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion, explores the theology of pilgrimage. He is also the co-editor of Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice: A Handbook for Teachers, Guides, and Wayfarers, Minneapolis: Fortress. In Boston, Fr. Brouillette accompanies the Communauté catholique francophone of Boston.

Selected Courses

  • Christology
  • Seminar on St Teresa of Avila
  • Ignatian Spirituality
  • Fundamental Theology
  • Pneumatology
  • Spirituality Studies Advanced Seminar
  • Pilgrimage

Selected Publications

Books

  • André Brouillette, and Jeffrey Bloechl, eds. Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice : A Handbook for Teachers, Guides, and Wayfarers, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2022.
  • André Brouillette, The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2021.
  • André Brouillette, Teresa of Avila, the Holy Spirit, and the Place of Salvation, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2021. 
  • André Brouillette, Le lieu du salut: Une pneumatologie d’incarnation chez Thérèse d’Ávila. Collection Cogitatio Fidei. Paris: Cerf, 2014.

Articles & Book Chapters 

  • “Image et imagination chez Thérèse d’Avila : De l’image frustrée à l’image offerte,” Carmel 179 (2022): 14-25. 

  • “Embracing the Spirit : The Ignatian Pneumatology of Louis Lallemant,” Perspectiva Teológica 53 (2021) : 397-417.  [https://doi.org/10.20911/21768757v53n2p397/2021]

  • “(Re)creating a Pilgrimage: A Century of Pilgrimage Reports from Jesuit Novices in Canada (1864-1968)," International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 9, no 2 (2021) Article 9, 63-72. [https://doi.org/10.21427/dz3q-4b02

  • “Un pèlerinage théologique ignatien : De saint Ignace de Loyola aux novices jésuites,” in Pèlerinage, marche pèlerine et marche de longue durée au Québec, edited by Éric Laliberté and Michel O'Neill, 119-139. Quebec City: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2021.

Select Appointments, Awards, & Grants

  • Visiting Professor, Teresianum School of Theology (Rome, Italy) 2022
  • Anna and Donald Waite Endowed Chair in Jesuit Education, Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) 2021-2022
  • Visiting Scholar, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) 2017
  • Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des Études Supérieures et Post-Doctorales (Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada), 2013 
  • Bourse Frontenac (France-Québec), 2011-2013 
  • Bourse doctorale du Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture, 2010-2013 
  • Alpha-Sigma-Nu Honors Society, 2007