For over a quarter century Father Neubert served as rector of the Marianist International Seminary in Fribourg, Switzerland.  His Marian scholarship and writing earned him membership in the International Marian Academy established in Rome.  He also enjoyed the reputation of a  valued spiritual director.

This year, 2007, also marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the completion and acceptance of his groundbreaking doctoral dissertation in patristic theology on Mary in the pre-Nicene Church.  This was the first doctoral dissertation in theology centered on the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The most renowned and prolific Marianist writer on the subject of Marian doctrine and devotion, Emile Neubert was characterized by the late Father Peter Resch, one of his former students, as the “foremost doctor of Mariology among the sons of  [Blessed] William Joseph Chaminade.”  

Father Thomas Stanley, another of his former seminary students, has translated his mentor’s autobiography into English.  This publication will be released in late 2007 by the North American Center for Marianist Studies, Dayton, Ohio.  A worthy tribute for a remarkable Marianist.

Last year Father Jean-Louis Barre, a French Marianist, completed in Rome at the Marianum a doctoral dissertation on the mission of the Virgin Mary in the writings of Father Neubert.  Italian Marianist Father Luigi Gambero was his guide and major professor.  Hopefully this will appear in English in the near future.

NACMS has in stock the English editions of many books and pamphlets by Father Emile Neubert.

Dipping into the published works of Father Neubert is a way that members of the Marianist Family can offer their homage of respect and affection to this beloved apostle of Mary.

URL for this page is http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/neubert01.html