About Biff Rocha

Biff Rocha is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Theology from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, where, in the program on the U.S. Catholic Experience, he specialized in the history of catechesis in the U.S., particularly in the nineteenth century. He is currently revising his doctoral dissertation which deals with the Italian American priest and scholar Januarius De Concilio and the authorship, history and theology of the Baltimore Catechism. Biff earned an M.A. (2002) in Theological Studies at the University of Dayton, an M.A. (1998) in Communication, with an emphasis on Rhetoric at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a B.A. (1988) at Miami University, where he double majored in English and Political Science, and had a special focus on Geology. Biff is a popular speaker who has presented at parishes and schools across the country. He has also published in popular periodicals including New Oxford Review and Hands On Apologetics. He has also presented scholarly paper before such learned societies as the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, the National Communication Association and the Central States Communication Association. He has also published scholarly articles in professional journals and proceedings including the Global Media Journal and the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Century Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion. Biff was raised nominally Catholic, and then at college he became an evangelical Protestant and became heavily involved with Protestant para-church ministry, eventually becoming a full-time staff member with one of these organizations, and serving on mission trips to Italy and Japan. He eventually re-entered the Catholic Church, and has been instrumental in helping many others find their home in Rome.