Baptism and Confirmation: The Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Writings of Virgil Michel

Rose B. Calabretta was born in New York, she has studied as resident scholar and worked as social volunteer in Latin America, India and Pakistan. 1981 saw her first doctorate, in sociology, at Fordham University, Bronx, New York, where she taught for several years. In 1998, she obtained the doctorate in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Calabretta was a resident in Italy since 1984, dedicating her energies to humanistic and inter-faith dialogue with European youth and cultural circles. She has served three years as data analyst in the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Apostolate, two years as Central European Program Director in the International Jacques Maritain Institute, and since 1989 as faculty member at the Pontifical Institute Regina Mundi and the International Institute Camillianum for Theology of Healthcare Apostolate.