David B. Couturier, OFM. Cap. is Dean R. Hoge Professor of Pastoral Planning and Church Management. He teaches in the Department of Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, and is a Professor in the Department of Theology at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome. He holds a B.A. in English Literature (summa cum laude) from St. Anselm’s College, Manchester, N.H. and a Master of Divinity degree (magna cum laude) from Maryknoll School of Theology in Ossining, N.Y. He trained as a psychotherapist and graduated with a Licentiate in clinical psychology (magna cum laude) from the Institute of Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pastoral Psychology (summa cum laude), with a concentration on organizational studies, from the Graduate Theological Foundation. He received his training in socio-analysis and received a Certificate in Organizational Development from the William Alanson White Institute for Psychiatry in New York City. He is also a trained and certified mediator (MGL ch 233 sec 23C). David is the director of Catholic Consultations International, a ministry that provides organizational development and mediation services to religious and not-for-profit institutions. He has served as the Dean of the School of Theology and Associate Professor of Pastoral Studies at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, where he taught courses in pastoral administration, pastoral leadership, and pastoral counseling. He recently completed a term as the Director of Pastoral Planning for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, MA. He has worked with hundreds of religious communities on their strategic and operational planning processes. 

• The Four Conversions: A Spirituality of Transformation
• The Fraternal Economy: A Pastoral Psychology of Franciscan Economics

• Roman Catholic 

• Pastoral Planning and Church Management
• Pastoral Leadership and Administration
• Organizational Development and Consultation 

• Strategic and operational planning issues of religious communities and church congregations
• The “people” side of organizational development issues
• Contemporary economic issues as they interface with religious mission 

• Thesis Supervision
• Project Consultant
• Online Courses

Online Course Offerings 

• PCM 500 The Church Unconscious: Discerning the Hidden Motives and Expectations of Congregations
• PCM 501 Financial Decision-Making and Risk Management
• PCM 502 Fundamentals of Pastoral Administration
• PCM 503 Fundamentals of Strategic Pastoral Planning
• PCM 504 Human Resource Management
• PCM 505 Leadership, Collaboration, and Staff Development
• PCM 506 Multiple Parish Pastoring, Clustering and Reorganizing Churches: Planning Implications
• PCM 507 Pastoral Diagnostics: Understanding and Evaluating Pastoral Systems Church Dynamics
• PCM 508 Pastoral Leadership and Pastoral Management in Church Governance and Planning
• PCM 509 Strategic Planning and Change Management
• PCM 510 Task, Role and Authority: The Building Blocks of Effective Church Governance and Planning
• PCM 514 Morality and Leadership: Organizational Ethics in Congregations

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