Bio

• John Sullivan, OCD, is a member of the Institute of Carmelite Studies in Washington, DC.
• He earned a doctorate in liturgy and sacramental theology from the Institut Catholique, Paris, in December 1973.
• He does scholarly and popular studies on the life context and writings of Edith Stein.  Lately he was a corresponding advisor for the Commission for promoting the [church] doctorate of Edith Stein. He has served as editor for early volumes of the CWES series (Collected Works of Edith Stein) of ICS Publications. He created an anthology of spiritual texts of Stein for Orbis Books (subsequently published in Spanish by Sal Terrae). He also published a book of documents on the church acts of Stein’s beatification (1987) and canonization (1988).
• He was given a lifetime accomplishment award by IASPES (International Association for the Study on the Philosophy of Edith Stein) at its biannual conference on July 13, 2025 at Catholic University of America, Washington DC.