William Neu
Bill Neu is a Member of the Focolare Movement and is currently based in Houston, Texas.
Having completed his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology (1977) and his Masters in Business Administration (1978) at Columbia University in New York, he subsequently worked for European banks in Chicago and New York as a financial analyst and an officer calling upon Fortune 500 companies.
He has also held various positions of responsibility within the Focolare Movement in North America over the years, including managing director of the Focolare Movement’s publishing house, New City Press, for one year. From 1998 until 2006, William spearheaded the development and promulgation of the Focolare Movement’s U.S. Policy to Prevent the Abuse of Minors, in close consultation with Praesidium Inc., a leading authority in the world on this topic.
William completed a Masters in Theology (2008) from Seton Hall University’s Immaculate Conception School of Theology and a Masters in Philosophy (2015) from Catholic University of America. He completed his PhD in moral theology (2019) at Sophia University Institute, a new pontifical university outside Florence. He wrote his dissertation on religious freedom, comparing and contrasting Dignitatis humanae with the U.S. constitution’s first amendment, analyzing the secondary literature on John Courtney Murray and introducing Piero Coda’s theology as it pertains to the Church’s relationship with liberal society, particularly the society of the U.S.
From 2022 to 2026, he was Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey), at St. John’s University (Queens, New York), and at Catholic International University (Charles Town, West Virginia), teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on philosophical and theological anthropology, the Church’s social doctrine, John Henry Newman, and Trinitarian ontology.
From 2019 to-2021, he was Adjunct Professor of Theology and English at Sophia University Institute (Loppiano-Florenc, Italy), where he also taught graduate level courses on Trinitarian ontology, and was President of the Foundation “for Sophia”.
He coordinated the English translation and edited Piero Coda’s 500-page From the Trinity, published in 2020 by Catholic University of America Press, and has translated articles and published book reviews in various journals.
