A Lenten Journey with Jesus Christ & St. Therese of Lisieux
Fr. John F. Russell, O.Carm. has been a Carmelite friar since 1954. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He has earned several undergraduate and graduate degrees including a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at Lateran University in Rome and his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from Catholic University of America in 1979. Father Russell has had an association with Immaculate Conception Seminary, the graduate school of theology at Seton Hall University for over twenty-two years, teaching Christian Anthropology and a variety of courses in Christian and Carmelite spirituality.In the spring of 2009, Pope Benedict XVI awarded Father Russell the Benemerenti Medal for his exceptional service to the Catholic Church.