The Shroud Studies Project
The Shroud Studies Project: Face to Faith exists at a powerful nexus of evangelization, education, scholarship, and curation, dedicated to providing a platform for faith, history, science, and art to meet in ongoing dialogue and through international collaborations.
Our mission is to approach the Shroud of Turin not only an object of study but also a catalyst for faith. Through ongoing research, thoughtful exhibitions, and digital resources, the project invites scholars, seekers, and the faithful alike, to engage with the Shroud as both an academic challenge and as a gift to faith and human reason.
Very Rev. Peter B. Mangum is the pastor of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Monroe, Louisiana and is co-host of the 36 episode podcast, Who is the Man of the Shroud? His research in the Vatican Secret Archives has been published for international journals and conferences and he is honored to work closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin. This collaboration has fostered significant transatlantic initiatives for Shroud education. With Dr. Cheryl White, he curates the Richard Orareo Collection of rare artworks and artifacts related to the devotional history of the Shroud.
Father Mangum speaks to a variety of groups, including Catholic seminaries, seeing the Shroud as the most important tool of evangelization. Recent public talks include the Museum of the Bible, the Smithsonian Institution, and a major event for the Archdiocese of New York at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He also presented at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on the topic of the Shroud of Turin. Father Mangum serves as the Episcopal Delegate for the Cause of Canonization and Beatification for the five Servants of God known as the Shreveport Martyrs. He features in The Five Priests, an award-winning documentary on EWTN and global streaming platforms, as well as in an EWTN documentary on the Shroud of Turin.
Cheryl H. White, Ph.D. is a professor of history at Louisiana State University at Shreveport, where she holds the endowed Hubert Humphreys Professorship. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association (STERA) and has published original research from the Vatican Secret Archives on the history of the Shroud for international journals and conferences.
Dr. White served as the historical consultant on the original Shroud of Turin exhibit developed for the Museum of the Bible and is a lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution. In 2023, she presented on the topic of the Shroud of Turin at World Youth Day in Lisbon Portugal and at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress.
With Father Peter Mangum, she co-hosts a thirty-six episode podcast series entitled Who is the Man of the Shroud? Dr. White also appears in a documentary on the Shroud for EWTN and works closely with the Center for the International Study of the Shroud in Turin on collaborative projects.
She is the author of The Shroud in the Third Millenium: Confronting the Limits of Human Knowledge (Zondervan, Westbow Press, 2025).
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If interested in scheduling a presentation and/or exhibition of collection pieces for a seminary, school group, museum, or other organization, please contact Dr. Cheryl White at cwhite@sjbcathedral.org.
