Father Richard Boever, CSsR, has been in the Catholic ministry since 1974. During that time he has served as a parish priest and pastor in St. Louis and Chicago, taught theology at Newman University and Saint Louis University, served as a university chaplain, and he has been director of Redemptorist formation for the prenovitiate program. He also held various positions at Liguori Publications, including president and publisher, and he was retreat director at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. In 1983, he received a doctorate in historical theology from Saint Louis University and wrote his dissertation on