is an Irish Dominican, a poet, and a professor in Rome at the University of St Thomas, the “Angelicum”. He is the author of several books which have been published in Ireland, England and the United States including The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink Called Happiness; A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment; T.S. Eliot and Mysticism: The Secret History of “Four Quartets”; and four collections of poetry. He lives in Rome, and is well known as a speaker throughout Europe and the United States.