James Healy has been invited to speak on marriage in over 75 dioceses across the country. His marriage enrichment and preparation materials, most notably his How to Get Married and Stay Engaged CD and his Living Together and Christian Commitment materials, have been used in every diocese in the United States.  He has written for such magazines as Family Perspectives, Marriage, Liguorian, Catholic World, and Deacon Digest. He is also an online contributor to the Catholic Bishops’ marriage website, www.foryourmarriage.com, to www.EveryDayCatholic.org, and to the ENewsletter for newlyweds, www.firstyearsandforever.org.

Since 1989, Dr. Healy has been the director of the Center for Family Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Illinois.  He received his M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1985. 

Dr. Healy was the founding president of Illinois Catholic Family Ministries, and has served as an advisor to the National Council of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Marriage and the Family. He was honored with the 2000 Family Ministry Award by the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers. He and his wife Madonna have four children.