Dr. Valerie D. Lewis-Mosley RN, D.Min., MAPM, MSJ

Healer, Scholar, Pastoral Theologian, Preacher- Social Justice Advocate

She is a Professional Registered Nurse with a BSN from Boston College and Graduate Studies in Nursing Leadership at New York University- Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses (Cornell Chapter) She is retired from New York Hospital- Weill Cornell University Medical Center- as a Senior Staff Clinical Nurse- High Risk Obstetrics-Women and Children’s Health and Interim Nurse Recruiter. Sigma Theta Tau -Cornell University Chapter Inter National Nursing Honor Society.

Master of Juris Prudence- Health Law Specialty Seton Hall University Law School (Magna Cum Laude)

Master of Arts Pastoral Ministry – Spiritual Direction- Christian Spirituality from Immaculate Conception Seminary- School of Theology Seton Hall University (Summa Cum Laude)

Doctor of Ministry – Healing Mind Body Spirit: Pastors and Congregational Health- (Self Care) Drew University Theological School.

Certification as a Master Catechist- the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana the only Catholic HBCU. Doctrinal Level Certification as a Catechist from the Archdiocese of Newark.

Member of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium,

Adjunct Professor of Theology at Xavier University of Louisiana- Institute for Black Catholic Studies, and Caldwell University.
Lay Associate Order of Preachers (OPA) Caldwell Dominicans.
Womanist & Liberation Theology; Evangelization and Ecumenical Themes; Christian Spirituality; Spiritual Direction,
Inculturated Catechesis: Black Catholic History and Spirituality; Catholic Social Justice Thought, Self Care and Healing within the Church are Core Disciplines.

Caldwell Dominicans 2022 Peace and Justice Award 2023 Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament- St. Katharine Drexel National Justice Award 2023 Urban League of Hudson County (New Jersey) Social Justice Advocate Award.
She is a Silver Life Member in the NAACP

An Aquinas Institute of Theology- Delaplane Preaching Scholar 2022 Writing Cohort. She is a contributing author to a number of Publications.
*Preaching Racial Justice. “Preaching with an Unbridled Tongue: The Intersection of Being Radically Catholic, Black, and Womanist.” Orbis Books, 2023
*Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement: The Journey of Holistic Freedom. (Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts) “Does Christian Catechesis Have a Gender Problem?” Littlefield Publishers, 2022. St. Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology, Womanist Theology, by Diana L. Hayes.

Contributing Preacher to CatholicWomenPreach.org. She is a parishioner at the Church of Christ the King, Jersey City, The first Black Catholic Parish in New Jersey. She is the Retired DRE of 25 years and the parish historian. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Archdiocesan Apostolate for the Office of the African American African and Caribbean Apostolate.