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Father Francis Tiso: Curriculum Vitae |
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Curriculum
Vitae: Francis
V. Tiso St.
Thomas More Church 1300
Junipero Serra Bl. San
Francisco, CA 94132 USA e-mail:
tiso@northcoast.com Education: 1983-89
Columbia University and Union
Theological Seminary, NY, NY. Joint
Doctoral Program in Religion. Specialization:
Buddhist Studies. M.Phil., 1/86; Ph.D., 1/89. 9/1992 Istituto
Universitario Orientale di Napoli (Naples, Italy): Laurea in Lingue e
Civiltá Orientali Sezione Estremo Oriente. (Tibetology) 1975-78
The Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
M. Div., cum laude, 6/78. Senior thesis: Pastoral Care at the
Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. 1968-72
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY.
Major: Early Modern
and Medieval History and Culture. A.B.,
6/72. Doctoral Dissertation: “A
Study of the Buddhist Saint in Relation to the Biographical Tradition of
Milarepa.” A study of the
evolution of the concept of the holy person (arhat, bodhisattva, and
siddha) in Buddhism, culminating in a literary analysis of several Tibetan
biographies (rnam thar) of Milarepa, a popular poet and yogin.
The dissertation includes a complete translation of an early,
previously untranslated biography of Milarepa from the thirteenth century.
Dissertation advisor: Prof.
Alex Wayman. Dissertation defended in December, 1988. Academic Honors and Grants: Institute
of Noetic Sciences grant: “Research
on the Rainbow Body: The Case of Khenpo A-chos”, 2000, 2001-2;
2002-2003. Palmers
Foundation, Switzerland, "Research on the Rainbow Body", May
1999- July 2000. LIRI
Foundation, Nepal: "The
Thangka painting traditions of Dolpo, Nepal," June, 2000. American
Philosophical Society Research Fellowship, 1997 “A Field-Work Approach to the Biography of Milarepa in
Nepal and India” American
Academy of Religion Research Fellowship, 1997 “A Search for the
Biography of Milarepa” President’s
Fellow, Columbia University, 1985-6; 86-7. Religion
Department Fellow, Columbia University, 83-84. Field
Examinations passed ‘with distinction’, 1985. Comprehensive
Examinations passed ‘with distinction’, 1983. Professional and Teaching
Experience:
Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, CA: Visiting Professor, Winter 2003:
“Cultural Anthropology, Religion, and the Arts.” Archdiocese
of San Francisco, School of Pastoral Leadership,
Professor, Courses in Foundational Theology, Scripture, and
Spirituality, Fall 2001- 2002; 2002-2003. Diocese
of Santa Rosa, Humboldt-Del Norte Deanery, Deacon Formation Program:
Courses in Christian Spirituality, Symbolism, Sacraments, and
Liturgy, 1998-99. Visiting
Professor, Sonoma State University, Cotati, CA, Dept. of Philosophy,
"Introduction to World
Religions", Fall, 1999. Visiting
Professor, Monastery of Our Lady of New Clairvaux, Vina, CA, "The
Theology of Inter-religious
Dialogue", Fall,
1999. Docente: Università della
Terza Età, Isernia. “Le
Religioni dell’India Antica” (1996-7); “Le Religioni
dell’India
Medioevale” (1997-98). Visiting
Lecturer, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Deparment of Oriental
Studies, Spring, 1996: Tibetan Biographical Literature in Relation to
South Asian Traditions. Visiting
Professor, Studio Teologico Fiorentino (Affiliated with the Faculty of
Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome): “Buddhist and
Christian Soteriology”, 1995-96. Visiting
Professor, Major Seminary of Mantova:
Introduction to Buddhism, Spring, 1998. Direttore
(chief administrator), Istituto di Scienze Religiose, Isernia, Italy,
1991-3. Docente,
Istituto di Scienze Religiose, Isernia, 1986-93. Teaching
Assistant, Columbia University, 1984-85. Lecturer,
Mercy College, Department of Religion and Philosophy, 1978-1983. Editor
and Administrator, The Seabury Press, NY, 1980-83. Teaching Interests: Buddhism
in South Asia, Tibet and the Far East. South
Asian/Himalayan languages and cultures. Christian
theology, spirituality, ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue Ministry: I
am an ordained Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Isernia-Venafro,
where I hold the office of Canon in the Cathedral.
I am presently assigned to the Archdiocese of San Francisco were I
serve as Parochial Vicar and University Chaplain (SF State and U Cal.
Medical School) at St. Thomas More Parish, San Francisco, CA. Publications and Conferences:
Francis
Tiso: “Tantric Dohas:
Tradition and Change in Indo-Tibetan Sacred Poetry and Song.” Origins (Zalau,
Romania): 2003 (in press)
________:
Milarepa: The Biographical Tradition (in pres with Wisdom
Publications, Boston)
_________: Studies in the Kephalaia
Gnostica of Evagrius of Pontus (in preparation)
________:
A Catalogue of the Thangkas of the Tarap Valley, Dolpo, Nepal. (Lumbini
International Research Institute, in press 2002). Francis
Tiso. “Studying Western
Culture at this Time and Place: The Use of a Great Collection Poised on
the Pacific Rim”. Lecture
at the Frank V. De Bellis Library, San Francisco State University, Oct.
16, 2002. __________.
Research among Tamil Siddhas
for the Light Body (unpublished ms., 2003). ___________.
Further Poems (unpublished ms. of collected poetry 1989-2003). _________.
Travels in Monastic Romania
(unpublished ms. 2002). __________.
Just This Side of Tibet (unpublished ms. 1998).
Account of our 1997 research expedition.
Francis
Tiso, ed. The
Sign Beyond All Signs: Christian Monasticism in Dialogue with India. (Asirvanam Monastery, Bangalore, 1997). Francis
Tiso (with Cornelio Cicortas). "Intervista: Religioni
in Dialogo." Sophia
II/1999:93-105. _________.“The Voice of
Milarepa: Redaction-critical Research on the Songs and Oral
Teachings”.
VIIIth international seminar of
the IATS, Bloomington, IN, July 26, 1998. _________.
Video Lecture: Research
on the Rainbow Body in Eastern Tibet.
March 15, 2001; Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA.
___________. “ Buddhismo:
Famiglia, le donne e il futuro”.
Conference at “Convegno di Studio:
La Famiglia nel Duemila: Contributo
delle Religioni alla difesa e promozione del ruolo della donna,”,
Abbazia di Monte Santo, Civitella del Tronto, Teramo, Italy, 27
Sept. 2000. ______________.
“The Shrine of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Isernia: Revisiting
Pagan and Christian Syncretism.” Given at the AAR Western Region
Meeting, April 17, 2000.
__________. Just
This Side of Tibet: Account
of a six-month expedition in search of the life, songs and wisdom of
Milarepa in the contemporary Himalayas.
(ms. Seeking publication) _____.
“Penance and Confession of Sins” in The
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion, NY
Macmillan, 1998. _____.
“Child Deities” in The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion, NY:
Macmillan, 1998. Francis
Tiso: “Liberation in Vajrayâna”, Pro Dialogo
(publication of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue),
Bulletin 90: 1995/3:300-311. Francis
Tiso: “The Death of
Milarepa: Towards a Redaktionsgeschichte of the Mila
rnam thar Traditions”, in
Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International
Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995, Volume II, edited by Helmut
Krasser et al. Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
Wien, 1997. Francis
Tiso: “The rdo rje ‘chang
rnam thar in the bka’ brgyud gser ‘phreng genre.”
In: Tibetan
Studies: Proceedings of the 6th Seminar of the IATS, (Fagernes, 1992),
edited by Per Kvaerne. The
Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, Oslo, 1994. Francis Tiso:
“La ricerca spirituale del Buddha e di Milarepa”.
In: N. Manca, editor, Monachesimo Tibetano in Dialogo (Roma: Editrice A.V.E./Istituto
Studi Asiatici, 1995). Francis
Tiso and Fabrizio Torricelli: “The Tibetan Text of Tilopa’s Mahâmudropadesha”,
East and West vol. 41
December, 1991. Francis
Tiso: “The Religion of
Milarepa Before His Conversion,” in
U. Bianchi, ed., The Notion of
“Religion” in Comparative Research:
Selected Proceedings of the XVI IAHR Congress (1990)
Roma: “L’Erma”
di Bretschneider, 1994. Francis
Tiso and José Pereira: “The
Life of Vasubandhu According to Recent Research,”
East and West, Vol. 37
(1987): 451-454. __________________________:
“A Buddhist Classification of Reality: A Translation of the First
Chapter of the Abhidharmakosha”, Abhidharma Research Institute No. 6 (l987). __________________________:
“The Evolution of Buddhist Systematics from the Buddha to
Vasubandhu,” Philosophy East and
West, XXXVIII, No. 2 (1988): 172-186. ________.
Audio Lecture Series: Five
Lectures on the History of Christian Spirituality, Lent, 2001. _________.
“A Proposito della Morte nel Buddhismo”
(Isernia, 1997). _________.
“Intervista di Vincenzo Piga con don Francis Tiso: Una risposta
alla Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede sulla Meditazione Cristiana”
(Paramita, 1996) _________:
“Dire l’indicibile: Il
Buddhismo nello studio delle Religioni,” In: N. Manca, ed., op. cit. ________: “The Bodhisattva
as a Buddhist Saint,” in Premier
Colloque Etienne Lamotte (Louvain-La-Neuve: Institut Orientaliste,
1993), pp. 141-148. ________:
“The Biographical Tradition of Milarepa:
Orality, Literacy, and Iconography,” in The Tibet Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 2, Summer 1996. ________:
“Cibo e trasformazione spirituale nel Buddhismo Indo-Tibetano,”
presented at the Abbazia di S. Silvestro, Fabbriano, 1994 (Roma:
Istituto Studi Asiatici). ________:
“Vajrayâna Purification,”
presented at the Abbey of Noci, 1993 (Roma: Istituto Studi Asiatici) _______.
“A Catholic Priest Takes a Look at Tibetan Buddhism and
Inter-religious Dialogue”, Lecture
at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, HP, India, July
18, 1997. _________.
“The Immortality of the Soul:
The Western Traditions and their Impact on the Contemporary
Situation in Analytic Psychology”. A conference I organized with analytical psychologists
in Florence on January 26, 1997. Francis
Tiso. “The Case of Miguel
de Molinos (1628-1696) and its Effect on the History of Catholic
Spirituality: Light and
Darkness on the Contemplative Journey;”
Conference at the Eremo Ss. Cosma e Damiano, Isernia, Dec. 8, 1996. Francis
Tiso: “Resurrection and
Transformation in Early Christianity and in the Trajectory of Evagrius
Ponticus” at the Museum of Science, Brescia, October 24, 1996. Francis Tiso and Mayeul de Dreuille, O.S.B.
“Colloque Trinité-Trikâya:
Karma Ling, 15-17 novembre 1996;” Dharma,
1997. ________:
“L’influenza della spiritualità orientale sul cammino di fede
dei cristiani contemporanei,” Keynote address presented at the Abbey of Sorres, 1993 (Roma:
Istituto Studi Asiatici). ________:
“Lo Zen: Una
sensibilità,” presented at Centro Pranayama, Foggia, and at Centro
Ricerca per la Pace, Crotone.
_______,
editor. Aging: Spiritual Perspectives (Sunday Publications: 1982). _______,
“The Karma Kagyupa Tibetan Buddhists,” Studia
Missionalia, vol. 41,
1992. Francis
Tiso: “Tantric Dohâs: Tradition and Change in Indo-Tibetan Tantrism”, Hamburg, IAHR,
1986. Francis
Tiso and Br. David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.:
“Meditation”, Encyclopedia
Americana, 1980. Francis
Tiso:
A Young Person’s Book of Catholic Signs and Symbols
(NY: Doubleday, 1982). ___________:
“Love’s Conspirators: Builders of Earth-House-Hold,” J. Perlinski, ed. The
Spirit of the Earth: A Teilhard Centennial Celebration (NY: The
Seabury Press, 1982). Languages: Scholarly
research in French, German, Italian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Latin,
Greek.. Memberships: AOS,
AAR, Nepal Studies Association. Dossier: Dossier and letters of recommendation are available from Columbia University, Center for Career Services, Credentials Services Division, Box 5432 Central Mail Room, New York, NY 10027 Pastoral Work Curriculum Vitae: Francis V. Tiso St. Thomas More Parish and Campus Ministry 1300
Junipero Serra Bl. San
Francisco, CA 94132 USA 415-452-9632 e-mail: tiso@northcoast.com July 2002- Present:
Parochial Vicar and University Chaplain, St. Thomas More Parish,
San Francisco. Chaplaincy to:
San Francisco State University and University of California Medical
School. Sept. 2000- June 2002:
Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Mill Valley, in
the Archdiocese of San Francisco Diocese of Santa Rosa,
California, USA: August,
1998-May 2000. Associate
Pastor, St. Bernard Parish, Eureka, CA.
Pastoral work here involves teaching in the elementary school,
liturgies for the diocesan high school, hospital work, music ministry,
spiritual direction, home visitation, Bible study, liturgy planning,
RENEW, RCIA, CCD, and a host of (mostly aging) parish associations.
In addition, I have been collaborating with the Permanent Diaconate
Formation Team, a Deanery-wide program in training spiritual directors,
and Newman ministry at Humboldt State University.
I have also been doing a lot of advocacy work for homeless, SSI,
disabled, substance abuse, and related situations. Diocese of Isernia-Venafro,
Region of the Molise, Italy. 1987-1998.
I was ordained to the Diaconate in November, 1987, by M. R. Ettore
De Filippo, for the Diocese of Isernia-Venafro.
I was academic advisor to our minor seminarians and assisted the
Bishop throughout the Diocese until being ordained to the Presbyterate in
May, 1988. I was nominated
Canon of the Cathedral in June, 1988, and assigned as chaplain to the
Shrine of Ss. Cosmas and Damian, a beloved holy place of healing and
prayer for six provinces in the region. The church needed extensive
renovation, in which I was actively involved, and most of my ministry for
the following decade was dedicated to the revitalization of the pastoral
programs of this shrine church, which is very near to the provincial
hospital. I was also named
chaplain to the village of Breccelle, in which I directed the catechetical
programs for children and youth and provided all the ministry of a
full-fledged parish. I was
also chaplain to the Sister Apostles of the Sacred Heart, whose main work
is with adolescent and young adult women.
The work involved celebration of daily Mass, conferences for
resident girls, spiritual direction of the Sisters, seasonal events.
I also planned and celebrated liturgies for pre-school children
with the Sisters. In 1988, I was appointed by Bishop Di Filippo to the
Diocesan Commission on Sacred Art. I was an instructor in the Diocesan "Istituto di
Scienze Religiose" (Pastoral Institute for training parish lay
collaborators, catechists, and teachers of religion in the public schools)
from 1988 to 1993, and Director of the Institute from 1991 to its closure
in 1993; I handled all administrative and financial matters as well as
teaching most of the core courses in the last years of the Institute's
existence. For 18 months
(1991-93), I was administrator of the Parish of St. Anastasius, Acquaviva
d'Isernia, where the situation was a material, cultural and spiritual
disaster. I put the parish
back in order and handed it over to the care of the pastor of the
neighboring parish until a permanent resident pastor could be found.
I was Diocesan Delegate for Ecumenism and Inter-religious Dialogue,
1995-98, and Diocesan Exorcist, 1992-1998, a work that put to the test all
my training in psychology, anthropology, and pastoral counseling. 1980-84:
I worked for a UN NGO, Opera Pia International for Active Aging,
directed by Msgr. Ettore De Filippo, who was Consigliere to the Permanent
Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.
I edited books, pamphlets, and newsletters.
This involved speaking at meetings in the UN in New York and in
Vienna, and at the Holy See. 1983-87 Active at Corpus Christi Parish, Manhattan, New York, where I was strongly influenced by Msgr. Myles Bourke. This parish is noted for its strong musical tradition and fine preaching. Fr. Raymond Brown was in residence at the time. 1980-83
Active at Sacred Heart Parish, Yonkers, NY., (Capuchin Fathers) as
a Eucharistic Minister, liturgy planner, music ministry, and adult
catechesis. In the same
period, I served as a catechist with the Melkite Parish in Yonkers,
working with Lebanese and Palestinian families. 1978-80
Was part of an experiment in contemplative community living at the
Benedictine Grange, W. Redding, CT, Diocese of Bridgeport, with Fr. John
Giuliani and Br. David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.
Ministries included liturgy planning, soup kitchen, adult
catechesis, and designing/building a chapel out of an old New England
barn. 1977-78
Student Chaplain at Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
A program I designed as part of my M.Div. program at Harvard
Divinity School. 1977-78
Sacred Heart Parish, Watertown, MA.
Eucharistic Minister, reader, cantor. 1976-77
Malden Catholic High School, Malden, MA.
(Xavierian Brothers) Taught
religion in all-boys high school as part of my Harvard M. Div. program. 1972-73
Department of Social Justice, Diocese of Paterson, NJ.
Worked on social justice issues, helped organize a citywide
coalition, did publicity, catechized Hispanic families in the neighborhood
of the downtown cathedral. 1968-72
Cornell United Religious Work.
Did volunteer work with inner city children.
Hospitality and liturgy planning for ecumenical services in the
university chapel. 1970-72
Residence Advisor, Cornell University
freshman dormitories. 1967-68 Catholic Youth Organization, Immaculate Conception Parish, Tuckahoe, NY. Debate and Oratorical Competitions.
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