Teaches as an assistant professor of theology at Saint Vincent College. There, he teaches classes in systematic theology and environmental ethics. A native of Pittsburgh, he is an alumnus of Saint Vincent College. In 2023, he published The Eucharistic Vision of Laudato Si’: Praise, Conversion, and Integral Ecology (The Catholic University of America Press). Currently, he is writing a book tentatively entitled Ora et Labora in Our Common Home: A Benedictine Invitation to Care for Creation (under contract with Liturgical Press). He regularly gives popular presentations at parishes and dioceses. His wife, Catherine, also teaches theology at Saint Vincent; they have one son.