Providence, RI -- Rev. Joseph J. Guido, O.P., a Rhode Island native and graduate of LaSalle Academy and Brown University, has been appointed Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Providence College by Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. Father Guido is one of eight vice presidents comprising the senior management team for Father Shanley, who assumes office as the 12th president of Providence College on July 1, 2005.

The newly established Office of the Vice President for Mission and Ministry will coordinate the college-wide process of maintaining, enhancing, and promoting the distinctive mission of Providence College as a Catholic and Dominican college. It will oversee the work of the Office of the Chaplain and other related initiatives.

Father Guido entered the Dominican Order following his graduation from Brown University and obtained both his bachelor's degree (S.T.B.) and licentiate degree (S.T.L.) in sacred theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Following his ordination, Father Guido served as a campus minister at Rutgers University and Harvard Law School.

A licensed psychologist, Father Guido received his doctorate from and completed his clinical internship at Harvard University and was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the Danielsen Institute at Boston University.

Father Guido holds a dual appointment at Providence College as assistant professor of psychology and counseling psychologist with the Personal Counseling Center, and has published in the areas of sexual abuse and assault, the psychology of conversion and vocation, counseling college students, and psychoanalytic approaches to religion.

He has served on the Provincial Council and Vocation Council for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph and currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Protection of Children and Young People for the Diocese of Providence.

Father Guido will continue to teach and provide counseling for students at Providence College while serving in this new position.

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