Background
Mark Thibodeaux was born on February 13, 1970, in Church Point, Louisiana. He is the son of a farmer, Carroll, and a spiritual director, Shirley Thibodeaux.
Mark Thibodeaux was born on February 13, 1970, in Church Point, Louisiana. He is the son of a farmer, Carroll, and a spiritual director, Shirley Thibodeaux.
Mark Thibodeaux attended Loyola University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1993. Also, he graduated from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. There Thibodeaux earned a Master of Divinity in 2000 and a Master of Theology in 2001.
Mark Thibodeaux was ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus in 1988. He also served as a member of formation consultants for New Orleans Province from 1996 to 1997. In 1993 he joined Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. There Thibodeaux worked as a teacher of theology and counselor until 1997. Since 2001, he is the director of a pastoral ministry and teacher of a theology of the Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. Furthermore, Thibodeaux became a member of the board of directors of the Company magazine in 2001. He is currently the pastor of Holy Name Church, a Jesuit parish in New Orleans.
Also, Mark Thibodeaux is a writer. He has authored many popular books on prayer and spirituality, including God’s Voice Within and Reimagining the Ignatian Examen.
(In God's Voice Within, spiritual director Mark Thibodeaux...)
2010(Reimagining the Ignatian Examen, the only book of its kin...)
2014(This rich resource meets the needs of spiritual directors...)
2020(God, I Have Issues is a gentle call to prayer in the mids...)
2005As a Jesuit and a Roman Catholic priest, Mark Thibodeaux's purpose in writing is to inspire and inform "the people in the pew," the everyday Christians who do not have a theological background.
Quotations: "In my writing, I try to take difficult theological and spiritual concepts such as contemplation and discernment and make them easy for anyone to understand and to practice."
