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After receiving his Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Fr. Garcia worked in education and pastoral ministry and held various leadership positions in Europe, Africa and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He is a systematic-historical theologian whose dissertation focused on 19th Century Belgian Church History, Politics and Education. His current fields of interest are Church History, Christology and Pneumatology, Pastoral Theology, Hispanic Pastoral Ministry and Contemporary Theologies and Theologians.

Fr. Garcia is also a member of the Theological Commission of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a member of the Board of Directors of St. John's Seminary in Camarillo.

Courses Recently Taught:

• RST 21 - Contemporary Catholicism
• RST 41/141 - Introduction to Christian Ethics
• RST 78/178 - Death and Afterlife
• RST 131 - Jesus of Nazareth, Christ of Faith
• RST 193 - Directed Studies
• RST 219 - Advanced Studies in Sacred Scripture
• RST 290 ABCD - Capstone Project Proposal
• RST 291 ABC - Capstone Project Continuation