| 1954-55 | Instructor in Philosophy Creighton University |
| 1955-57 | Instructor in Philosophy University of Notre Dame |
| 1957-63 | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| 1963-69 | Associate Professor of Philosophy |
| 1969- | Professor of Philosophy |
| 1969-70 | University Scholarship Sabbatical year in Rome |
| 1978 | Chair: Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies |
| 1978-85 | Director, Medieval Institute |
| 1979-2005 | Director, Jacques Maritain Center |
| 1959-60 | Fulbright Research Fellow, Belgium |
| 1971 | Visiting Professor Catholic University of America |
| 1971 | Visiting Professor St Anselm's College (NEH) |
| 1976 | Visiting Professor St Mary's College (NEH) |
| 1977-78 | Senior Scholarship University of Scranton (NEH) |
| 1982 | Visiting Professor Katholieke Universitet, Belgium |
| 1985-86 | Fulbright Research Fellow, Argentina |
| 1988 | Visiting Professor Cornell University, NY |
| 1988 | Visiting Professor Moral Philosophy John Paul II Institute on Marriage and Family, Washington, DC |
| 1999 | Visiting Professor Truman State University, Kirksville, MO |
| 1999 | Gifford Lecturer, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor Fu Jen University, Taipei Taiwan |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor Ateneo Romano della Santa Croce |
| 2005 | Visiting Professor Pontifical Universita Gregoriana, Rome |
| 2006 | Visiting Professor Pontifical University of Chile, International Academy of Philosophy |
| 2008 | Visiting Professor Oxford University |
| 1959-60 | Fulbright, Katholieke Universitet, Belgium, Research Fellow |
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| 1977-78 | National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellow |
| 1983 | National Endowment for the Arts, Fellow |
| 1986-87 | Fulbright, Argentina Research Fellow |
| 1987 | Pontifical Roman Academy of St Thomas Aquinas, Fellow |
| 1978 | St Benedict College, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1984 | University of Steubenville, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1986 | St Francis College, Joliet, IL Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1990 | Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, Outstanding Philosophical Scholarship |
| 1990 | University of Dallas, Thomas Aquinas Medal |
| 1991 | Thomas Aquinas College, CA, St Thomas Aquinas Medallion |
| 1993 | Thomas Aquinas College, CA, Board of Governors |
| 1993 | American Catholic Philosophical Association, St. Thomas Aquinas Medal for Eminence in Philosophy |
| 1993 | Catholic Academy of Sciences Elected to 50 member Academy |
| 1993 | Bouchercon (Mystery Writers) of America, Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 1994 | St John Fisher College, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1994 | American Maritain Association, Maritain Medal |
| 1995 | St. Anselm College, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 1995 | University of Notre Dame; Faculty Award |
| 1995 | CRISIS Magazine, P. G. Wodehouse Award |
| 1996 | Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Cardinal Wright Award |
| 1997 | Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Washington, Templeton Honor Roll for Education in a Free Society |
| 1997 | University of Notre Dame, representative at installation of University of Dallas installation of Rev. Milam Smith |
| 1999 | Gifford Lecturer, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1999 | Recovering Nature, A Conference to Celebrate the Life and Career of Ralph McInerny; publication of a festschrifte in his honor |
| 1999 | Board vice-president, Saint Augustine's Press, South Bend, IN
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| 2000 | Editorial board, Sensus Communis: An International Quarterly for Studies and Research on Alethic Logic, Rome, Italy |
| 2001 | Advisory Board, Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Higher Education, Falls Church, VA |
| 2001 | Advisory Board, St. Monica Academy, Pasadena, CA |
| 2001 | Appointed to President Bush's Committee on the Arts and Humanities |
| 2002 | Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, LA |
| 2002 | Received the Premio Roncesvalles de Filosofia from the Anuario Filosofico,Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain |
| 2002 | Crisis Magazine 20th Anniversary Award, Washington, DC, Four Seasons Hotel, September 20, 2002 |
| 2003 | Recipient of the Gerhart Niemeyer Award for Distinguished Contributions to scholarship in the Liberal Arts by the International Student Institute (ISI), October 23, 2003 |
| 2004 | University of St. Thomas, Houston, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2005 | Recognized for 50 years of teaching at Notre Dame |
| 2006 | Establishment of the Ralph McInerny Center for Thomistic Studies, Thomas International University |
| 2007 | Inducted into the Catholic Education Foundation Hall of Fame |
| 2007 | Orestes Brownson Award, Orestes Brownson Council, Notre Dame |
| 2007 | Appointed to Advisory Board, Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery, Hulbert, OK |
| 2007 | Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal, Ave Maria University, Cardinal Journet Medal |
| 2007 | Assumption College, Worcester, MA, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| 2007 | Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Founders' Award |
| 2008 | First Annual Rev. James V. Schall, SJ, Award for Teaching and Humane Letters |
| 2008 | Christendom College Pro Patria et Deo Medal |
| 2009 | Pázmány Peter Lecture Award, Pázmány Peter University
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