Trinity's Leadership
Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
President, Trinity Communications
Education and Early Work
Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus received a Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Princeton University in 1973, with a dissertation focusing on Dominican Reform and the Defense of the Papacy in the Renaissance. During his early teaching career in the University of North Carolina system, he founded and edited the Catholic interdisciplinary journal Faith & Reason.
The Christendom Years
In 1977, Mirus collaborated with Dr. Warren H. Carroll in founding Christendom College. Mirus served as a professor, founded the apologetics program, was the first Director of Academic Affairs, made Faith & Reason the College’s journal and founded and directed Christendom Press, and led the fund-raising program. He also co-authored the apologetics text Reasons for Hope and authored The Divine Courtship (Franciscan Herald Press).
Trinity Communications
Pursuing his special interest in Catholic publishing, Dr. Mirus left Christendom College in 1985 to found Trinity Communications, a non-profit corporation with the purpose of advancing and defending the Catholic Faith. From 1985-92, Trinity Communications published books, audio/video materials and periodicals featuring outstanding Catholic authors.
In 1993, the company shifted its focus to online publication, creating The Catholic Resource Network (CRNet) to provide comprehensive pre-web online services to Catholics.
In 1995, Trinity Communications created EWTN Online Services for Mother Angelica by merging CRNet with EWTN. A year later, Dr. Mirus founded PetersNet.net, through which Trinity Communications became the largest provider of materials explaining and advancing the Catholic Faith on the World Wide Web.
From 2000 to 2003 Dr. Mirus and Trinity Communications partnered with the Knights of Columbus to provide web development services for the Supreme Council—the first official website for the organization.
In 2003 Dr. Mirus and Trinity Communications changed and expanded PetersNet.net into a new web site called CatholicCulture.org, which reflected a strong interest in helping to form authentically Catholic culture within our larger society. In 2006, Trinity Communications acquired the Catholic World News website, which had been founded in 1996 by Phil Lawler to provide Catholic news, and had always used Trinity Communications for its design, programming and hosting. Catholic World News, with Lawler still at the helm, was merged into CatholicCulture.org.
Trinity Consulting, Inc.
In an effort to expand the revenue available for Catholic apostolic work, Dr. Mirus began offering computer, networking and Internet consulting services in 1996. This led to the establishment of Trinity Consulting, Inc., an integrated business development solutions firm located in Manassas, Virginia, offering expertise in marketing strategy, graphic design, proposal development, web design and development, and IT managed services.
The company has expanded from one to twenty staff over the past thirteen years. Jeff Mirus served as CEO until 2009, when the reins were turned over to his son, Peter, who has been principally responsible for the company’s success since 2006. Jeff remains Chairman of the Board.
Today
Dr. Mirus now spends a majority of his time managing Trinity Communications and developing the CatholicCulture.org website, for which he and Phil Lawler serve as the leading writers. Their purpose is to stimulate the development of a truly Catholic culture through news, commentary and education from a sound Catholic perspective, faithful to the teachings of the Church. Their insightful articles, blog postings and emails—in the midst of a vast array of solidly Catholic resources on the web site as a whole—reach hundreds of thousands of Catholics around the world.
Family
Jeff Mirus married Barbara Van Abs in 1972. Jeff and Barbara live just outside Manassas, Virginia, where Barbara serves as Chair of the English Department at the nationally-acclaimed independent Catholic senior and junior high school, Seton School. Jeff and Barbara have six grown children and six grandchildren.
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