St. Mary's University
A CATHOLIC AND MARIANIST LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION
Society of Mary (Marianist)

Vice President for Mission and Identity

Rudy Vela, S.M., D.Min.

Rudy Vela, S.M., D.Min., is a Marianist priest with his doctorate concentration in "Cross-Cultural Ministries," from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL. He has been a teacher, lecturer, facilitator and pastor, as well as program director and faculty member at the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Vela also holds a Masters in the Science of Administration (MSA) from University of Notre Dame, and a Masters of Divinity from St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. He has done post-graduate studies in Missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and Liturgy at San Anselmo, the Pontifical for Liturgical Studies in Rome, Italy. Dr. Vela has also been a missionary in Lima, Peru. He is presently serving as Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Mary's University, in San Antonio, Texas. He now serves as the Director for St. Mary's University's Spain Study Abroad Program at La Universidad de Alcala, Colegio de los Trinitarios, Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Estudios Norteamericanos (IUIEN) were he taught during the Spring semesters of 2004, 2005 and 2009. Appointments at St. Mary's University include the Presidents Peace Commission and Strategic Initiatives in International Education Committee. Fr. Vela is also a member of the facilitation team for FORMISSION, a program sponsored by the National Religious Formation Conference (RFC).




Daily Scripture  

Colossians 3:12-14
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Who We Are

A service-oriented, academic and spiritual community boasting a 13-1 student-to-faculty ratio

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One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, Texas 78228
210-436-3011