Aaron Raverty, OSB '77

Br. Aaron Raverty, OSB – Coordinator of Abbey Communications/Development.  He received BA, MA, and PhD degrees in anthropology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He also holds an MA in systematic theology from Saint John’s University (1977). Certified by the International Graphoanalysis Society (IGAS) as a professional handwriting analyst in 1996, his teaching experience includes Saint John’s Preparatory School, Saint John’s University, and the University of Minnesota. He worked as a project editor at Liturgical Press from 1991–2009. He has served on the Saint John’s University Alumni Association Board of Directors, and he is also a board member of the American Benedictine Academy (ABA). His initial appointment to the Board of Directors of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (MID) led him to exchanges with Buddhists in Tibet and Nepal, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Northern India and the USA, and he is now serving a second term on the MID Board. He has been the book review editor for the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Bulletin since 1998. He has assisted with the editorial production of publications from the SJU Men’s Center for Leadership and Service, and he is currently researching the gendered character of monastic life and seeking publication for the book-length manuscript.