Patrick Anthony
Patrick A. B. Anthony, director of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, St. Lucia, and archdiocesan press officer, holds a Masters degree in theology from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a doctorate from the English Department of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Theologian, cultural activist and communications specialist, Msgr. Anthony is the founder of the Folk Research Centre, St. Lucia, the St. Lucy's Home for the rehabilitation of street people, and the Anthonian Home for the elderly. He was chairman of the St. Lucia National Trust for several years and Vice President of the St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society. He is editor of the Catholic Chronicle (the monthly newspaper of the Catholic Church in St. Lucia); one of the editors of Theology in the Caribbean Today (proceedings of the Annual Conference on Catholic Theology in the Caribbean Today); and a member of the Eastern Caribbean Press Council (ECPC). He is also the past president for the Caribbean region of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC-Caribe), and a former director on the Central Committee of the World Association for Christian Communication, London (WACC). He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the Center for Religious Communication, University of Dayton, Ohio (Summer 1993); a research partner and faculty member at the Center for Mission Research and Study, Maryknoll, New York; a research assistant at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and is currently a lecturer at the Caribbean School for Catholic Communication in Trinidad. In February 2000, he was awarded the St. Lucia Cross (SLC) by the Government of St. Lucia. He has published several papers on gospel, culture and communication.
