Johannes Hofinger, S.J. (1905-1984) a Roman Catholic religious educator, was born in Tyrol, Austria on March 21, 1905. He began at the seminary in Salzburg at the age of 11, later studied philosophy at the Gregorian University in Rome, and entered the Society of Jesus on Sept. 7, 1925. Hofinger studied theology in Innsbruck, Austria, under the tutelage of the famous historian, liturgist and catechetical scholar, Josef Jungmann, S.J. Between 1953 and 1970, Hofinger impacted greatly Catholic liturgy, religious education and missiology in Asia, the Pacific Islands, Europe, the United States, Australia and South America. He also helped to develop the concept of "liturgical inculturation" both theoretically and practically

Francis J. Buckley, S.J. is Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at the University of San Francisco.