Rev. Mike Raschko, Ph.D.     Professor     Robert J. and Mary H. Bertch Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology       (206) 296-5311     mraschko@seattleu.edu

Education: 

• St. Thomas College, Sulpician Seminary of the Northwest, Kenmore Washington
  September 1966 to June 1970
  B.A. in History

• St. Thomas Theologate, Sulpician Seminary of the Northwest, Kenmore Washington
  September 1970 to June 1971

• Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts
  September 1971 to June 1973
  Master of Theological Studies with a concentration in Systematic Theology, June 1973

• St. Thomas Theologate, Sulpician Seminary of the Northwest, Kenmore Washington
  September 1973 to May 1975
  Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest, May 1975

• The Divinity School, The University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
  September 1978 to June 1982
  Ph.D. in Theology, September 1982
  Dissertation Topic:  "The Ontological Roots of the Relationship of Religion and Culture in the Thought of Paul Tillich, Karl Rahner, and Bernard Lonergan.”

• Ordained a Roman Catholic Priest at St. Thomas Theologate in Kenmore, WA, May 1975

Professional Experience: 

• Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry
  Professor, 2010 to present; Associate Professor with Tenure, September 2003 to 2010

• Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry
  Bertch Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology in the School of Theology and Ministry
  April 2005 to present

• Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry
  Awarded the James B. McGoldrick Fellowship for the year 2007-2008

• Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry (formerly Institute for Theological Studies)
  Assistant Professor, September 1985 to September, 2003

• The Archdiocese of Seattle, Seattle, Washington
  Theological Resource, June 1982 to the present

• The Archdiocese of Seattle, Seattle, Washington
  Co-Director:  The Ministerial Development Program, July 1982 to June 1984

• Seattle University, Corpus Program
  Lecturer/Instructor, January 1983 to June 1985

• To Hunger for God: A Christian Understanding of Human Nature
  Mystic CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2010.   
• A Companion to the Gospel of Mark
  Mystic CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2003.    
• “Anticipation in Spirit and Nature: John Haught’s Use of the Ontological Argument.”
  Theology and Science 6, no. 3 (2008): 331-339.
• “The Unexpected God of Jesus.”
  STM Review 7 (2007): 104-110. 
• “Introducing the ‘Good News’ According to Mark,” The Living Gospel Series, DeSales Adult Education Tapes, Baker, Oregon: Diocese of Baker, 1986.
• Wrote the script and taped the one hour session.  The taping was done in a professional studio and took about ten hours.