Rev. Gregory Gresko

Fr. Gregory Gresko is Chaplain of the Blessed John Paul II Shrine in Washington, D.C. He earned his S.T.B. from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant’Anselmo in Rome and his S.T.L. magna cum laude in marriage and family studies from the John Paul II Institute of the Pontifical Lateran University (Rome). His licentiate dissertation was entitled, “Educating to Love: Foundational Pedagogy in Light of Karol Wojtyla’s Love and Responsibility”.

Fr. Gresko currently is working on his doctoral thesis for the same Vatican institute, on “The Consecration of the Family to the Heart of Jesus in Light of the Pastoral Ministry of Père Mateo Crawley-Boevey, ss.cc.” He blogs at The Blogging Monk.

Fr. Gresko’s work on the theology of love has been featured by Inside the Vatican as well as Catholic Online, including in interviews on EWTN, Catholic News Agency, and VocationBoom.

Articles by Rev. Gregory Gresko

At the Heart of the Gospel: the interpersonal communion of hearts

Jun 1, 2012 / 00:00 am

George Weigel poignantly has called the period of Blessed John Paul II’s final suffering and death the “Last Encyclical”. In many respects, it was the most important of his pronouncements, as he lived, suffered, and died as he had preached, showing the world how to live, suffer and die with dignity. Among the greatest works of his Pontificate is his Catecheses on Human Love (Cat.), also known as “Theology of the Body”, profoundly beautiful but theologically complex teachings on human love that at times have been subject to misinterpretation.