Biography
Robert Dueweke, OSA
rdueweke@gmail.com
rdueweke@gmail.com
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Robert Dueweke joined the Augustinian Order (O.S.A.) with the intention of living in a religious community and of having the opportunity to work in the overseas mission apostolates. After completing a Masters of Divinity with Mission Specialization degree at Catholic Theological Union (Chicago), he worked as a missionary for fifteen years in the northern Peruvian Diocese of Chulucanas. Ministry in this diocese was unique for its implementation of the pastoral program, the New Image of the Parish, from the Better World Movement. Parish and diocesan structures were redesigned with the emphasis on basic Christian communities and implementation of the vision of Vatican II (1962-1965): communion, participation, and dialogue.
Dueweke returned from South America to the United States in 1989, worked for six years as Vicariate Coordinator for Hispanic Ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and then reassigned as assistant pastor to work with the Hispanic and Palestinian communities at St. Rita of Cascia parish on Chicago's South Side. He pursued studies in Ignatian spirituality at Creighton University (Omaha) and received a Ph.D. in Theology/Spirituality from St. Paul University (Ottawa, Canada) in 2004.
Dueweke's past activities include facilitating retreats, such as the Ignatian Exercises (English/Spanish), in North Carolina and in Toronto, working with Hispanic and Native American ministry in Cherokee, in the Smoky Mountains, and teaching theology of the early Church (Patrology) for several semesters in the seminary in Trujillo, Peru. Dueweke was the director of the Tepeyac Institute, a school for leadership training and ministerial formation and past director Formation to the Permanent Diaconate in the diocese of El Paso, Texas. (see www.tepeyacinstitute.com). He also finished a year-long fellowship at the Lonergan Institute at Boston College (2015-2016). His areas of research were 1) an evaluation of religious life according to the thought of Lonergan, 2) an online course on the transcendental precepts, and 3) a study on Lonergan's macroeconomics.
In May, 2016, Dueweke became the Order's NGO representative to the United Nations. In this position, he gave input on human rights and climate refugees at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). His term at the UN ended in July, 2021, and lives in Eastern Kentucky. Dueweke's focus is on promoting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and designing a ministry on the environment and promotion of Pope Francis's Laudato Si Action Platform within the Lexington Diocese.
EDUCATION
BA - Villanova University (1974)
MDiv with Mission Specialization, Catholic Theological Union (Chicago) (1975-1978)
PhD in Spirituality, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada (1999-2004)
Lonergan Fellowship at Boston College (2015-2016)
CAREERS
Parish ministry and formation, Missions in Peru (1978-1989)
Hispanic Coordinator, Chicago Archdiocese, (1990-1996)
Parish Ministry, St. Rita of Cascia parish, (1996-1999)
Retreat Ministry, Living Waters Retreat Center, Maggie Valley, NC (2005-2007)
Director of Tepeyac Institute and Deacon Formation, Diocese of El Paso, Texas (2009 - 2015)
Fellowship at the Lonergan Institute (Boston College) (2015)
NGO Representative of the Augustinian Order at the United Nations (with ECOSOC status) (New York), (2016 - 2021)
Ministry on the Environment and Laudato Si Promotion, Berea, Ky, (2021 - current)
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Dueweke returned from South America to the United States in 1989, worked for six years as Vicariate Coordinator for Hispanic Ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and then reassigned as assistant pastor to work with the Hispanic and Palestinian communities at St. Rita of Cascia parish on Chicago's South Side. He pursued studies in Ignatian spirituality at Creighton University (Omaha) and received a Ph.D. in Theology/Spirituality from St. Paul University (Ottawa, Canada) in 2004.
Dueweke's past activities include facilitating retreats, such as the Ignatian Exercises (English/Spanish), in North Carolina and in Toronto, working with Hispanic and Native American ministry in Cherokee, in the Smoky Mountains, and teaching theology of the early Church (Patrology) for several semesters in the seminary in Trujillo, Peru. Dueweke was the director of the Tepeyac Institute, a school for leadership training and ministerial formation and past director Formation to the Permanent Diaconate in the diocese of El Paso, Texas. (see www.tepeyacinstitute.com). He also finished a year-long fellowship at the Lonergan Institute at Boston College (2015-2016). His areas of research were 1) an evaluation of religious life according to the thought of Lonergan, 2) an online course on the transcendental precepts, and 3) a study on Lonergan's macroeconomics.
In May, 2016, Dueweke became the Order's NGO representative to the United Nations. In this position, he gave input on human rights and climate refugees at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). His term at the UN ended in July, 2021, and lives in Eastern Kentucky. Dueweke's focus is on promoting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and designing a ministry on the environment and promotion of Pope Francis's Laudato Si Action Platform within the Lexington Diocese.
EDUCATION
BA - Villanova University (1974)
MDiv with Mission Specialization, Catholic Theological Union (Chicago) (1975-1978)
PhD in Spirituality, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada (1999-2004)
Lonergan Fellowship at Boston College (2015-2016)
CAREERS
Parish ministry and formation, Missions in Peru (1978-1989)
Hispanic Coordinator, Chicago Archdiocese, (1990-1996)
Parish Ministry, St. Rita of Cascia parish, (1996-1999)
Retreat Ministry, Living Waters Retreat Center, Maggie Valley, NC (2005-2007)
Director of Tepeyac Institute and Deacon Formation, Diocese of El Paso, Texas (2009 - 2015)
Fellowship at the Lonergan Institute (Boston College) (2015)
NGO Representative of the Augustinian Order at the United Nations (with ECOSOC status) (New York), (2016 - 2021)
Ministry on the Environment and Laudato Si Promotion, Berea, Ky, (2021 - current)
COMPLETE CV click here
