About
In 2021 Fr. Alexander M. Laschuk, PhD was appointed to a three-year term as Executive Director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI). His appointment follows a yearlong appointment as interim director that saw the institute shift its instruction and lecture offerings into an online context while emphasizing collaboration with other institutions.
Fr. Laschuk has civil and ecclesiastical doctorates in canon law from Saint Paul University and the University of Ottawa. His research interests include ecclesiology, penal law, and procedural law and he regularly publishes in these areas in addition to canonical consultancy and advocacy work with dioceses and clients across North America. He has taught regularly with the Sheptytsky Institute since 2010.
Selected Publications
- “Liturgy Spotlight: Eastern Catholics and Latin Parishes,” in Australian Catholic University Centre for Liturgy Newsletter, 12 (2021), 2-3.
- “Recent Papal Pronouncements on the Admission of Married Eastern Catholic Men to the Priesthood: An Ecumenical Issue,” in Married Priests in the Catholic Church, ed. Adam DeVille, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 2021, 74-87.
- “Adscription to a Sui iuris Church,” in Studia canonica, 54 (2020), 511-524.
- “Particular Law of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church (An Unofficial Translation), in Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 61 (2020), 135-218.
- “Amor coniugalis in Rotal Jurisprudence,” in Studia canonica, 54 (2020), 121-131.
- “Reflections on Clerical Concubinage,” in Studia canonica, 53 (2019), 467-479.
- “Mitis Iudex and the Conversion of Ecclesiastical Structures,” in Studia canonica, 51 (2017), 529-549.
- “Participation of Eastern Hierarchs in Conferences of Bishops,” in Studia canonica, 51 (2017), 181-205.
- “Canonical Reflections on the Recent Pastoral Letter from the Melkite Greco-Catholic Eparchy of Newton,” in Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 53 (2012), 63-75.
Education
Ph.D. (Canon Law) (Saint Paul University/University of Ottawa)
J.C.D. (Saint Paul University)
J.C.L. (Saint Paul University)
M.Canon Law (Saint Paul University/University of Ottawa)
Graduate Certificate in Ecclesiastical Administration (Saint Paul University/University of Ottawa)
S.T.B. (Saint Paul University)
B.Th. (Eastern Christian Studies) (Saint Paul University/University of Ottawa)
B.Forensic Sci. (University of Windsor)
Research & Teaching Focus
- Ecclesiology
- Canon Law