See article about Fr Max Oliva in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nov 4, 2012):
Nevadan at Work: Local priest helps business community with ethics

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Max Oliva is a speaker, consultant, and author on the topic of ethical decision-making in the workplace. He is a Jesuit priest.* As of June 5, 2023 he is Chaplain at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center in Spokane, Washington. His undergraduate degree is in Marketing and he has an MBA in Organizational Behavior from the University of California at Berkeley.
 

Father Oliva taught ethical decision-making to adult learners in the School of Management at Regis University’s Henderson, Nevada campus. In the fall of 2008 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. He wrote a monthly column on ethics for Las Vegas Business Press, a weekly magazine published by the Las Vegas Review Journal for four years. He began presenting seminars and talks on ethics and moral development to companies and business associations while living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He continues his involvement in Canada as well as in various other locations in the United States.
 
Father Oliva is the author of seven books. The latest, Becoming a Person of Mercy, is part practical guide, part spiritual refreshment and part small-group handbook. Each chapter contains questions for reflection and discussion to help us discern how God calls us to extend mercy to others, to his own creation, and especially to ourselves. Order Online
 
* “Jesuit” is a nickname for the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic Religious Order that was founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola. Jesuits serve in 112 nations and on 6 continents. Jesuits have been at the center of the conversations between science and religion and of culture with faith. They are known in the United States mainly for their educational institutions, for example, Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., .Fordham, in New York, and Loyola-Marymount, in Los Angeles.

Jubilee Year of Hope

In the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope proclaimed by Pope Francis, I am writing a monthly series on Hope. Some of the themes are, hope and mercy, courage, empathy, prayer and truth.

To read these, go to: www.jesuitswest.org/spirituality/spirituality-and-ethics/

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Testimonial

"Your articles on Hope are very well written. Thanks for all the prayer, skill, commitment, and time that went into them."

Carlos Sevilla, Retired Bishop

To access the articles, visit: www.jesuitswest.org/spirituality/spirituality-and-ethics/

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Testimonial

“Thank you for speaking to our future leaders group. Your presentation on ethics and leadership was well received by everyone. Also, the reference bibliography you provided is both helpful and relevant. We hope that you enjoyed meeting the leadership class and will consider returning in the future….

Christopher L. Gray, Sales and Development, Las Vegas Review Journal