Background
Father McShane grew up in New York City and graduated from Regis High School. He earned his bachelor's degree from Boston College and went on to pursue a Master's degree from the same institution in 1972. In 1977, McShane was ordained as a Jesuit priest, after receiving his M.Div and S.T.M. degrees from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. In 1981, Father McShane received his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago.
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