Augustine Institute Faculty: Fr. John Riley

Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Catechetics
Chaplain

Father John Riley is a priest of the Diocese of Arlington Virginia currently serving the Archdiocese of Denver as Chaplain and Professor at the Augustine Institute. Interested in pursuing a career in Motion Picture Production and Direction, Father Riley earned a BA in Communication in his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame. After discerning a call to the priesthood, Father Riley earned three Masters’ Degrees; in Divinity and Theology from the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, PA; and in Catechetics [with a concentration in Spirituality] from Notre Dame Pontifical Catechetical Institute in Arlington, Virginia. A Chaplain and Professor of Sacred Scripture at Christendom College in Front Royal from 1995-2000, Father Riley has spent the better part of the past 20 years serving in parishes of the Arlington Diocese as Pastor and Parochial Vicar – always actively engaged in teaching parishioners of all ages in hopes of seeing the full flower of the New Evangelization firmly rooted in the Heart of Catechesis – Jesus Christ.