Rev Dr Richard Umbers BEc (Syd) BTh (Rome) MMS (Distinction) (Waikato) PhD (Navarre) Sessional Tutor Email: rumbers@nd.edu.au Phone: 02 8204 4390

Rev Dr Richard Umbers is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Navarre examining the contributions of Linda Zagebski to the growing field of Virtue Epistemology. Dr Umbers is himself a contributor to research in this field with articles in the Southern Journal of Philosophy and the Anuario Filosofico. Prior to his Vatican translation work and theological studies in Rome, Dr Umbers completed a Masters in Management in New Zealand and spent a year as an environmental economist for the local government in Auckland.

Fr Richard is currently Chaplain to Redfield College in Dural and Nairana Study Centre in Pennant Hills. As well as his role as spiritual director for the Notre Dame St Thomas More Society, he is also one of a team of spiritual directors for the Good Shepherd Seminary in Strathfield and is often called upon to act as a retreat master for high school and university students.