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Father Robert Sears, SJ

Fr. Bob was born in Evanston, IL on Apr 22, 1934, the Feast of Mary: Mother of the Society of Jesus. He is the third child of Weyland D. and Elizabeth Ann (Beth) Sears, coming after John W. and Annabeth (Kirchner) and before Sally (Daniels). After a time in Minneapolis, Woodstock, IL and Woodridge, the family moved to Highland Park where he finished sixth grade at Immaculate Conception Parish, and high school at Loyola Academy when it was on the Loyola north shore campus.

He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Milford, Ohio in 1953, and then studied philosophy at West Baden College, Indiana. He taught one year at St. Ignatius HS, Cleveland and then taught Jesuit Collegians for two years at Colombiere in Clarkston, MI. He studied theology at Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt/Main, West Germany and was ordained priest in Munich, July 31, 1966. After the traditional Tertianship (Third Year Novitiate) at Colombiere, he studied theology and psychotherapy at Fordham University and received his doctorate in 1974. While at Fordham, he got involved in the Catholic charismatic renewal, and when he came to Chicago in 1972, he began a prayer group at Longwood Cenacle, which continues today at St. Bernadette’s Parish near 95th St. Beginning in 1972, he taught systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago, and when it closed in 1981, he joined the faculty at Loyola University’s Institute of Pastoral Studies as adjunct professor.

​He does part time teaching, writing, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction, and gives workshops and retreats around the country. He is superior of Gonzaga Jesuit Community at Loyola University. He is a past member of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), and since 1981 a member of ACTheals (formerly Association of Christian Therapists, ACT) where he is currently chaplain of their Board.

​He enjoys playing guitar and singing, and likes a good round of golf.
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Publications

Books

Spirit: Divine and Human. The Theology of the Holy Spirit of Heribert Muehlen and its Relevance for Evaluating the Data of Psychotherapy. Dissertation, Fordham University, 1974. Available from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI.

with Al Fritsch, S.J., Earth Healing: A Resurrection Centered Approach (ASPI Publications, 1994) Appalachia: Science in the Public Interest, Rt. 5, Box 423, Livingston, KY 40445.

Into the Heart of God: John's Gospel and Spiritual Development (2005, manuscript, 140 pp. available from author for $20 including postage, or $7 to download).

Opening to God: Mary and Life in the Spirit (2004, manuscript, 117 pp., from author for $20 including postage or $7 to download).

Articles

"The Cosmo Theological Concepts of J.L.Moreno: Universal Spontaneity Creativity." Paper given at the 6th International Congress for Psychodrama and Sociodrama, Amsterdam, 1971.

"Trinitarian Love as Ground of the Church," Theological Studies, vol. 37 (Dec.1976), pp.652-679.

"The Ministry of Healing," Emmanuel, vol. 84 (May, 1978, pp. 234-243.

"Receive the Holy Spirit," The Way, Jan. 1979, pp. 25-38.

"Understanding Holiness," Catholic Charismatic, (Dec/Jan., 1980), pp. 14-16.

"Healing and Family Spiritual/Emotional Systems," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 5, no.1 (1983), pp. 10-23.

"Trinitarian Love and Male Female Community," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 6, no. 1 (1984), pp. 32-39.

"Individuation and Spiritual Growth," New Catholic World, Mar/April, 1984, pp. 56-59 (Special Issue on Jung and Christianity).

"Afterword," for Christian Spirituality: an historical sketch, by George Lane (Loyola University Press, 1984).

"Praying for the Departed: Theological Reflections," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 7, no. 2, (Fall, 1985), 53-55.

"New Testament Communities Then and Now: Healing  Implications," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring, 1986), 36-44.

"A Catholic View of Exorcism and Deliverance" in Essays on Spiritual Bondage and Deliverance, ed. Willard M. Swartley, Occasional Papers No. 11 (Elkart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1988), pp. 100-114. Paper given at a Mennonite Consultation on Exorcism and Deliverance, Elkhart, IN, 1987.

"Resurrection Spirituality and Healing the Earth," Paper given at the Conference of the North American Association of Christianity and Ecology, 1987. Also in Review for Religious vol. 49, no. 2 (Mar/Apr 1990), pp. 163-177.

"Jung and Christianity: An Interpersonal Perspective," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 12, no. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 11-19.

"Resurrecting the Wounded Community," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 16, no.4 (Winter, 1994), pp. 3-15.

"Theology of Joy and Healing," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 19, no. 2 (Summer, 1997), pp. 3-19.

"Christian Approach to Discerning Spiritualities," Journal of Christian Healing, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 1999, 15-34.

"Healing as Restoration of God’s Original Intent," Chapter 17 in A Primer for Christian Healthcare Practice (Published by ACT, Degnon Associates, Inc., 2001), pp. 183-197.

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