Faculty members collaborate on new book
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STM scholars have written a book to help guide the Catholic faithful to greater awareness of the Holy Spirit’s presence and movement in their lives. The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire (Paulist Press, 2017), co-edited by Professor Rev. Richard Lennan and Associate Professor Nancy Pineda-Madrid, is a collection of essays from 17 members of the STM faculty. In the book, each author addresses the topic of the Holy Spirit from his or her area of study—from history, ethics, and spirituality to pastoral theology, systematic theology, and the Bible.
This is the second collaborative book project from the STM. Previously, Fr. Lennan and Pineda-Madrid co-edited Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment, to which 17 STM faculty members contributed essays.
New faculty at the STM
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THIS FALL, THE STM WELCOMED FOUR SCHOLARS to its faculty. Barton T. Geger, S.J. (pictured), is assistant professor of the practice, research scholar at the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, and general editor of Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits. Rafael Luciani, associate professor of the practice, and Felix Palazzi, associate professor of the practice, will also lead the Formación Continua program. William D. Roozeboom joins the faculty as assistant professor of pastoral care and counseling.
Ministry Expo
On October 30, STM alumni working in a variety of ministries and faith-based service careers visited Simboli Hall to talk with current students about ministerial career options and paths. Representatives including campus ministers, hospital chaplains, teachers, parish ministers, higher education professionals, and Ph.D. students discussed their specialties and shared information about their discernment experiences.
Instructors: Jacqueline Regan and James Gartland, S.J. | Begins January 24
Instructor: James Conn, S.J. | Begins February 9
These new short-term, one-credit modules are offered on evenings and weekends for ministers who wish to explore leadership models and/or various programs of preparation for marriage.
“Witness to Faith: The Biblical Art of Sadao Watanabe”
ON VIEW THROUGH December 20 IN THE THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY LIBRARY, this exhibit features more than 30 original momigami (wrinkled paper) and washi (Japanese paper) prints, calendars, and stencil Christmas cards by Japan’s foremost Christian artist, Sadao Watanabe.
On October 19, STM Dean Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., presented a lecture, “Spiritual and Theological Riches in Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” at an event celebrating his new book, Written for Our Instruction: Theological and Spiritual Riches in Romans.
Lumen et Vita, STM’s graduate student academic journal, hosted “Reconciliation: Suffering, Grace, and Healing the Wounds of Division” on November 9 in Simboli Hall. Top papers from the symposium will be published in Lumen et Vita’s next issue.
Faculty News
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Angela Kim Harkins delivered “How Should We Feel about Second Temple Prayers?”—a keynote address in the Dead Sea Scrolls unit of the European Association of Biblical Studies—and was an invited panelist on “Challenges that Women Biblical Scholars Face,” hosted by the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession. Both events took place in Berlin, Germany. She delivered a paper at the Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference at Villanova University and her essay “The Function of Prayers of Ritual Mourning in the Second Temple Period” was published in Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period. |
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Rafael Luciani was appointed adviser of the Theological and Pastoral Commission of the Conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM) and adviser to the Second Vatican Council in Intercontinental and Intercultural Perspectives study group. He published two books, Retornar a Jesus de Nazaré and Pope Francis and the Theology of the People, in addition to two journal articles. |
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