The Team
The Team
The Team
Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS
CPI Project Director
Fr. Tom holds the John Cardinal Foley Chair of Homiletics and Social Communications at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. An elected member of the Academy of Theology, he earned his doctoral degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). He has written, edited, or translated ten books and authored more than sixty-five contributions (chapters, articles, review) in a variety of scholarly and pastoral publications. His commentaries have appeared in news outlets and on digital media nationwide. He first professed vows in the religious congregation of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in 1980 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1987.
Julia Lehman
CPI Project Manager
Julia joined The Catholic Preaching Institute in January 2025 to manage the Institute’s programs, as well as marketing and social communications efforts. She is a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and attends the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Julia has three sisters and a Siberian Husky named Naya. She enjoys baking, cooking, painting and hiking with Naya in the summer.
We congratulate LAURA VERDI, the Managing Editor at CPI, on her retirement (8/31/25). Laura skillfully brought our digital commentary series to life and creatively managed the various elements of CPI’s website. The success of CPI, now and into the future, owes a great deal to Laura’s foundational work! We wish Laura all the best.
The CPI team also includes the many folks engaged in our programs: those who write for the commentary series, those who offer coaching in our mentoring cohorts, and (soon to come) those who present the lessons in our instructional videos.
Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS
CPI Project Director
Fr. Tom holds the John Cardinal Foley Chair of Homiletics and Social Communications at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. An elected member of the Academy of Theology, he earned his doctoral degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome). He has written, edited, or translated ten books and authored more than sixty-five contributions (chapters, articles, review) in a variety of scholarly and pastoral publications. His commentaries have appeared in news outlets and on digital media nationwide. He first professed vows in the religious congregation of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in 1980 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1987.
Julia Lehman
CPI Project Manager
Julia joined The Catholic Preaching Institute in January 2025 to manage the Institute’s programs, as well as marketing and social communications efforts. She is a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and attends the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Julia has three sisters and a Siberian Husky named Naya. She enjoys baking, cooking, painting and hiking with Naya in the summer.
Laura Verdi
CPI Managing Editor
With advanced academic degrees in Writing and in Theology, Laura leads the publication efforts of CPI’s weekly Gospel commentary e-newsletter. She also manages the Institute’s website pages. Laura lives with her husband Joe in Delaware County where they are parishioners of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Glen Mills.
