Programs
Education
- JCD, Canon Law, The Catholic University of America
- JCL, Canon Law, The Catholic University of America
- MA, Theology, Boston College
- BA, Religion and History, The Catholic University of America
Affiliations
- Board Member, Board of Governors of The Canon Law Society of America (2023-2026)
- Board Member, Washington Theological Consortium (2025-2028)
- Member, North American Working Group for the International Safeguarding Conference, USCCB (2022-Present)
- Canonical Judge, Archdiocese of Hartford (2024-Present)
- Defender of the Bond, Diocese of Stockton (2023-Present)
- Vice Postulator for the Cause of Canonization for Mary Virginia Merrick (2007-Present)
- Member, The Canon Law Society of America
- Member, Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo
Select Works Published
- A Synodal Approach to Pastoral Planning: A Path Towards Co-Responsible Governance or a “Merely” Consultative Waste of Time? A Case Study in One Archdiocese
Marino, J., The Jurist, 2025 - Ancient Blesseds, The Excepted Cause, and Equivalent Canonization: A Rarely Used Forgotten Canonical Process or a Frequently Used Centuries Old Tradition,” in In Quibus Visitabit Nobis, Oriens ex Alto: Studies Offered in Honor of Father Robert J. Kasyln (1956-2019)
Marino, J., The Catholic University of America Press, 2024 - Do Not Be Afraid of Holiness” (EG 32): Sanctity, Holiness, and Canonization
Marino, J., Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the 84th Annual Convention, 2023 - Be Perfect, Just as Your Heavenly Father is Perfect: An Examination of the Juridic Nature of the Diocesan Phase of Causes of Beatification and Canonization
Marino, J., Canon Law Studies, The Catholic University of America Press, 2020 - Some Canonical and Pastoral Considerations in Causes of Canonization
Marino, J., Canon Law Society of America Proceedings of the 79th Annual Convention, 2018 - How the Church Recognizes Saints
Marino, J., USCCB, 2015 - What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Marino, J., USCCB, 2012
Courses Taught
RST 101RST 222
RST 223
