Fr. Richard Boever, CSsR, has been in the Catholic ministry since 1974. During that time he has served as a parish priest and pastor in St. Louis and Chicago, taught theology at Newman University and Saint Louis University, served as a university chaplain, and he has been director of Redemptorist formation for the pre novitiate program. He also held various positions at Liguori Publications, including president and publisher and he was retreat director at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin In addition to writing this book on Saint John Neumann, he also served as a research expert at the Neumann Shrine in Philadelphia. Currently, he is functioning as Executive Director at the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans.