Biography

Father John Trigilio is a Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ordained in 1988. He was born and raised in Erie, PA, the son of the late John & Elizabeth Trigilio. He attended St. Mark High School Seminary & College Seminary and Gannon University and earned a B.A. in 1983; M.Div. in 1987; Ph.D. (Mediaeval Philosophy) in 1998; Th.D. in 2002.

He served as a parochial vicar (assistant pastor) in several parish assignments, worked in the Diocesan Tribunal and as a Catholic Hospital Chaplain, then as a pastor of two parishes for sixteen years in Marysville and Duncannon, PA. In 2013 he was an adjunct spiritual director and formation advisor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD, and in 2018 was appointed Director of Seminary Pastoral Formation.  Currently, he is a formation advisor/spiritual director/professor-instructor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.

Ecclesiastical Knight of Grace, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (dynastic order of knighthood of the Royal House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies); Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus; member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars; member of National Italian American Foundation (NIAF); member of Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America; member of Italian American Police Society of New Jersey; President, Confraternity of Catholic Clergy (national association of priests & deacons).

 Author:

  1. “Catholicism for Dummies,” (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) (Wiley Publications)
  2. “Catholic Mass for Dummies,” (Wiley Publications)
  3. “John Paul II for Dummies,” (Wiley Publications)
  4. “Saints for Dummies,” (Wiley Publications)
  5. “Women in the Bible for Dummies,” (Wiley Publications)
  6. “Catholicism Answer Book: 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions,” (Source Books)
  7. “Everything Bible Book.”
  8. “Web of Faith: A Curious Catholic’s Answers to Theological Questions” (Sophia Institute Press)
  9. Thomistic Renaissance – The Natural Moral Law: The Reawakening of Scholasticism in Catholic Teaching as Evidenced by Pope John Paul II in Veritatis Splendor (doctoral dissertation).

Co-host for an ongoing weekly television series on EWTN, “Web of Faith 2.0”

Other hosted television/radio series:

  • “Council of Faith: 16 Documents of Vatican II”
  • “Council of Faith: Post Conciliar Documents”
  • “Crash Course in Catholicism”
  • “Crash Course in Pope John Paul II”

Weekly Host: Open Line Monday on EWTN radio

Regular guest host on Catholic Answers Radio live show

Contributor of articles in Homiletic & Pastoral Review and The Priest Magazine.