Richard M. Gula, SS, Ph.D.

Richard M. Gula, SS, Ph.D. is Professor of Moral Theology at Franciscan School of Theology. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto and other graduate degrees from St. Mary’s Seminary and University. As a Sulpician priest, Fr. Gula has dedicated his life to the education and formation of ministers in the Church. After teaching in diocesan seminaries for 23 years, he came to FST in 1996. As a moral theologian, he has tried to be a bridge between the community of academic theologians and the community of pastoral ministers. Besides teaching, Fr. Gula is on the workshop circuit lecturing to clerical and lay ministers on topics in moral theology, medical ethics, and professional ethics. He is also involved in healthcare as an ethics consultant to hospitals and as a resource for the Catholic Health Association and the California Conference of Catholic Hospitals. His several books and many articles have addressed a variety of moral issues which pastoral ministers have to face today. Among his many books are Reason Informed by Faith: Foundations of Catholic Morality; Ethics in Pastoral Ministry; and The Call to Holiness: Embracing a Fully Christian Life.