Johan Van Parys

Johan van Parys, PhD, is the managing director of ministries and director of liturgy and sacred arts at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. He teaches liturgy in the School of Theology of St. John's University and is the co-founder and presdent of the Minnesota/North Dakota Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums. Dr. van Parys received his doctorate in theology in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame and has graduate degrees from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, in archeology, art history, architecture, and religious studies.