Rev. Dr Elio Capra is a member of the Department of Systematic Theology and Department of Pastoral and General Studies.  He lectures in Liturgy and Sacramental Theology.  He is a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (sdb).

The undergraduate units he teaches include:

• CD208/308 Celebrating the Christian Mysteries
• CD221 The Sacramental Theology of the RCIA
• DL103 Introduction to Liturgy

The postgraduate units he teaches include:

• CD308 Celebrating the Christian Mysteries
• DL360 Spirit and Word
• DL362 Rites of Life and Death
• DL363 Rites of Commitment

Following undergraduate theological studies in the Melbourne College of Divinity, Elio Capra gained a Master of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, a Master of Theology and a Doctorate of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity.

He has taught units in sacramental theology at Australian Catholic University (ACU), as well as teaching accreditation courses for teachers at ACU.  He is constantly engaged as a resource person in liturgical and sacramental theology for Catholic Education Offices and dioceses around Australia. He is the chair of the Australian Catechumenate Network (ACN) and is the chair of the Melbourne RCIA Forum.

He has published Come and see: Resources for the Precatechumenate (2004), and The Christian Initiation of the Young (2005), as well as articles on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in The Catechumenate (Chicago), and articles on the Eucharist and on the RCIA in The Summit (Melbourne).

His main academic interests are the Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults, and resources for the period of Mystagogia in the RCIA.

Contact: Email Elio Capra