Fr. Mark E. Wenzinger, O.S.B., an assistant professor of philosophy at Saint Vincent College, has been awarded a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Fr. Mark’s dissertation was titled, “Michel Henry on the Nature of Human Self-Manifestation” and studied a unique understanding of self awareness under the direction of Dr. Richard Velkley.

Fr. Mark earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia in 1981. He was awarded a Master of Divinity (1994) and Master of Arts in Theology (1995) from Saint Vincent Seminary. He went on to receive a Ph.L. degree in philosophy, a pontifical degree equivalent to a master’s degree, in 1998 at The Catholic University of America.

The Shreveport, Louisiana native entered Saint Vincent Archabbey in 1990, professed simple vows in 1991 and made solemn profession of vows in 1994. He was ordained May 27, 1995 at the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica by former Bishop Anthony Bosco of the Diocese of Greensburg. Following ordination Fr. Mark served as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Parish in Jeannette from July 1995 until July 1997.

Fr. Mark has been teaching philosophy at Saint Vincent College since 2003. He formerly served as a teaching assistant and instructor in religious studies at the College and the Seminary. He has served the Benedictine community as a sacristan and in the fall of 1993 was named director of the Summer Retreat Program.

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