RAJA RAO, Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
DR. T. J. RAJA RAO
Personal Data:
Surname Rao
Name T. J. Raja
Date of Birth: 08 March 1952
Postal Address Maria Bhavan, Dharmaram College PO, Bangalore 560029, India
Email Address mcismm@gmail.com

Education:

Bachelor of Theology 1976-1979
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Licentiate in Theology (Biblical Theology) 1985-1987
DVK, Bangalore
Diploma in Liturgy 1987
NBCLC, Bangalore
S.T.D. 2005
Gregorian University, Rome; Dissertation: The Mystical Experience and Doctrine of Montfort (translated into Italian and French) The original is published by Gregorian University, in Tesi Gregoriana, SERIE SPIRITUALITÀ, No. 10.

Experience:



Subjects Taught:
Spirituality
Mysticism and Priesthood
Religious Life

Publications:
Books:
The Mystical Experience and Doctrine of Montfort, Tesi Gregoriana, SERIE SPIRITUALITÀ, No. 10, Rome: Gregorian University, YEAR. (This work was translated into Italian and French)
Edited Books:
1. The Secret of Mary by St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Bangalore: Marian Centre, 2008.
2. The True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Bangalore: Marian Centre, 2009.
3. The Secret of the Holy Rosary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Bangalore: Marian Centre, 2009.

Articles:
“The Mystical Experience of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort,” Studies in Spirituality, 17 (2007), 200-220.

Current Research Interests:
Eastern and Western Mysticism

Visiting Scholar at Institutes:
DVK, Bangalore
St. Peter’s Seminary, Bangalore