Mark Miravalle made his undergraduate studies in theology as a student in the St. Ignatius Institute (Catholic Great Books program) of the University of San Francisco. He earned the Licentiate of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Sacred Theology degrees at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. His doctoral dissertation was on the message of the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje.

As of 2009, Dr. Miravalle holds the rank of Professor of Theology at Franciscan University, where he has taught since 1986, and where he has received several teaching awards. His areas of specialization are Mariology and spiritual theology.

Mariological activities

Miravalle is a member of the Mariological Society of America and the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, U.S.A.

He is president of Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici, a Roman Catholic movement which seeks the solemn papal definition of the Spiritual Maternity of the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces, and Advocate for the People of God.

Dr. Miravalle has given numerous international lectures in Mariology, has addressed several Catholic bishops' conferences, and has served members of the episcopal hierarchy with preliminary investigations for reported apparitions.

Miravalle publishes a bi-monthly Marian e-zine, Mother of All Peoples.

Media appearances

Miravalle has made numerous appearances on Catholic television and radio for EWTN, the Apostolate for Family Consecration, National Family Catholic Radio, and Air Maria, the media project of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.

He has been interviewed for CNN Latin America, BBC, Fox News, and the NBC series Dateline.

Mark Miravalle has written and edited numerous books and articles in the areas of Mariology and Marian private revelation. He is also a contributor to National Catholic Register and Inside the Vatican.

Articles

• New Catholic Encyclopedia, entry “Medjugorje,” 1989

Books

• The Message of Medjugorje: The Marian Message to the Modern World, University Press of America, 1985
• Heart of the Message of Medjugorje, Franciscan University Press, 1988
• Medjugorje and the Family, Helping Families to Live the Message, Franciscan University Press, 1991
• Mary: Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate, Queenship Publishing, 1993
• Mary Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate: Theological Foundations II, Queenship Publishing, 1997
• The Dogma and the Triumph, Queenship Publishing, 1998
• Contemporary Insights on a Fifth Marian Dogma: Mary Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate, Theological Foundations III, Queenship Publishing, 2000;
• Mary Co-redemptrix: Doctrinal Issues Today, Queenship Publishing, 2002
• Present Ecclesial Status of Devotion St Philomena, Queenship Publishing, 2002;
• In Continued Dialogue with the Czestochowa Commission, Queenship Publishing, 2002;
• “With Jesus”: The Story of Mary Co-redemptrix, Queenship Publishing, 2003;
• Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion, Queenship Publishing, 2006;
• Private Revelation: Discerning with the Church, Queenship Publishing, 2007
• The Seven Sorrows of China, Queenship Publishing, 2007
• Meet Mary: Getting to Know the Mother of God, Sophia Institute Press, 2008
• Mariology: A Guide for Priests, Deacons, Seminarians, and Consecrated Persons, Queenship Publishing, 2008 (editor)

Miravalle is married and has eight children. He was ordained in 1997 as a permanent deacon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville.