BCYC Immersion Theology Track
This track is available:
- Session 1 (June 15-20, 2025)
- Session 2 (July 6-11, 2025)
The Scriptures tell us that God made man in His image and likeness. What does this mean? Can I really be “like God”? In fact, you can; and the answer may be even more radical and surprising than you think! Join us for the BCYC Immersion Theology program for high school students.
“It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.” — St. Paul
Track Instructors
Session 1:
Professor / Director of Academic Enrichment Programs, Theology
Dr. Mark J. Zia is a Professor of Sacred Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where he has taught since 2005. He earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, dissertating on the doctrine of biblical inspiration. Dr. Zia regularly teaches classes in biblical theology, including courses on the Pentateuch, Synoptic Gospels, Gospel of John, and Biblical Hermeneutics. He is also actively involved in the academic formation of candidates for the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and beyond.
Before coming to Benedictine, he taught theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austrian campus and then at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Dr. Zia is a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and a perpetual member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. He has published several articles and three books, and is currently working on a fourth. Of particular interest is his book on Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, The Enduring Faith and Timeless Truths of Fulton Sheen, given the current preparations in the USA for Sheen’s Beatification.
Session 2:
Professor and Chair, Theology
Dr. Benjamin (‘Jamie’) Blosser has taught at Benedictine College since 2006, and teaches courses in early and modern church history and New Testament. He received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and wrote his dissertation on the theological anthropology of Origen of Alexandria. Before teaching at Benedictine College, he worked at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC. His main interest is in the study of patristics or early church studies, in particular Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo. His publications include Become Like the Angels: Origen’s Doctrine of the Soul (CUA Press, 2012) and Positively Medieval (OSV Press, 2016). In 2019 he was the recipient of Benedictine College’s Educator of the Year award. He has served as chair of the Department of Theology since 2021. He and his wife, Danielle, have eleven children.