Mark Villano
Visiting lecturer in religion and the arts

Ordained as a Paulist priest in the Roman Catholic tradition, Rev. Villano has ministered in pastoral assignments across the United States. In Austin, Texas, he served at an urban parish and with students from the University of Texas. In Los Angeles, he worked at parishes and the campus ministry centers at U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. For four years he was Associate Director of Campus Ministry at the Newman Center at Ohio State University in Columbus. Most recently he served as associate chaplain at St. Thomas More Catholic Center at Yale. While in Los Angeles, he was director of creative development at Paulist Productions, a film and television production company, working with writers and producers on various media projects. He was also documentary director for the “Humanitas Prize,” an annual series of awards given to television and film writers who show “humanizing achievement in writing.” At Ohio State, he taught screenwriting as an adjunct in the department of theatre. At Yale, he has taught as a visiting lecturer in religion and the arts and has been a frequent guest lecturer in ISM courses. He maintains a strong interest in media and film studies and in filmmaking as a contemporary way of expressing faith experience. Currently, he is the director of campus ministry at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. 

B.A, M.Div., Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; M.F.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles.