Rev. James Lies, C.S.C., is the Senior Advisor for Faculty Fellow Affairs and Partnerships in the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and a Professor of Teaching. A priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Father Jim oversees the Nanovic Institute's Faculty Fellows program; coordinates the Catholic Universities Partnership which engages six Catholic universities in Eastern and Central Europe; and finally, he is responsible for teaching and co-coordinating Serving in Europe, a program which prepares 12 students to serve in Europe for eight weeks in the Summer of 2024. Father Jim resides in Duncan Hall where he provides sacramental ministry and serves as the Priest-in-Residence.

 

Father Jim earned his B.A. in Quantitative Methods from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota; an M.A. in Psychological Counseling from the University of Notre Dame; an M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (now affiliated with Santa Clara University), and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota. Upon ordination to the diaconate in 1996, Father Jim ministered at Notre Dame as Assistant Director of Spirituality & Retreats in Campus Ministry and as Rector of Zahm Hall. He later served at the University of Portland as an Associate Professor of Psychology and as Executive Director of the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture; and at Stonehill College, where he served as Vice President for Mission and as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. Father Jim most recently served as Senior Director for Academic Initiatives & Partnerships, and the Director for Catholic Initiatives and Outreach, for the University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway from 2017-2023.