Fr. Michael B. Wurtz, C.S.C., S.L.D. is an Assistant Professor of Theology at King's College, Pa., where he began teaching in the Fall of 2019. After receiving his B.A. and M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, he professed Final Vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross and was ordained a priest in 2004. He earned an M.A. in Liturgical Studies from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn. After briefly assisting in the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy and teaching in Notre Dame’s Theology Department, he began doctoral studies in Liturgical Studies at the Pontifical Anthenaeum of Sant’Anselmo, Rome. His dissertation reviewed the recent textual history of liturgical formation for the priesthood and how it interacts with the theological approaches of A. Schumann, A. Kavanagh, and D. Fagerberg. Fr. Wurtz regularly assists with sacraments at St. Thomas More Parish of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.
Education
B.A., Theology, University of Notre Dame
M.Div., University of Notre Dame, M.A., Liturgical Studies, St. John's University
S.L.L., Liturgical Studies, Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant'Anselmo
S.L.D., Liturgical Studies, Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant'Anselmo