Frank O'Loughlin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. He studied Fundamental Theology at the Urban University in Rome and gained a doctorate on the topic of the Theology and Sociology of Knowledge. He studied Liturgy at the Irish Institute of Pastoral Liturgy and lectured in Fundamental and Sacramental Theology and Liturgy at Catholic Theological College, Melbourne. He was parish priest of Sacred Heart, Sandringham, for nearly 24 years and is currently a retired assistant priest in the Central Eastern group of parishes - Balwyn, Camberwell, Deepdene, Surrey Hills and Wattle Park.