Bridge Fall 2010

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Volume 5, Number 1, Fall 2010

Bridging Theology and the Cultures of the World

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Reunion/Retreat Vocations to Ministry & Marriage A Loving Presence on the Border

Also inside: Kerry Robinson’s Commencement Address Theological Find in Turkey Dig

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Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Bridging Theology and the Cultures of the World

Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 2010

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FEATURES Kerry Robinson Addresses Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Theological Find in Turkey Dig . . . . . . . 6 Reconnecting: Alumni Retreat/Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Alumni Vocations to Ministry & Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Profile in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Alumni Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Bridge is the semi-annual magazine of the Jesuit School of Theology.

The Jesuit School is a theological school faithful to the intellectual tradition and the apostolic priority of the Society of Jesus: reverent and critical service of the faith that does justice. The Jesuit School achieves its mission through the academic, pastoral and personal formation of Jesuits and other candi­dates for ministry, ordained and lay, in the Roman Catholic Church. The Development Department produces the Bridge.

Editor: Catherine M. Kelly associate editor: Robert W. McChesney, S.J. DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Molly McCoy BOARD OF DIRECTORS William J. Barkett Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Betsy Bliss Louis M. Castruccio Marx Cazenave Paul G. Crowley, S.J. Most Rev. John S. Cummins Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo Michael E. Engh, S.J. (President) Sr. Maureen Fay, O.P. John D. Feerick

Loretta Holstein Mark A. Lewis, S.J. John P. McGarry, S.J. David Nygren Robert W. Peters Stanley Raggio D. Paul Regan John D. Schubert Anthony E. Sholander, S.J. Thomas H. Smolich, S.J. David J. Suwalsky, S.J.

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The Jesuit School of Theology prides itself on preparing leaders for the universal church. Almost 3,000 of these leaders, our alumni, have committed themselves to lives of ministry throughout the world. This edition of the Bridge features our alumni with an article on our Alumni Retreat/Reunion; reflections from four lay alumni couples on their vocations to ministry and marriage; and a Profile in Ministry from one of our Jesuit alumni, Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J., who is the Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In recognition of the first class of alumni of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, we are honored to publish excerpts from Ms. Kerry Robinson’s commencement address.

She is the Executive Director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. Finally, several alumni share their news in the Alumni Updates column.

Reflecting the global reach of our school, Professor Alejandro Garcia-Rivera tells of his transformative trip to Turkey, digging for archeological artifacts and finding theological insights. Many other professors post their contributions to the church in the contemporary world in the Faculty News column.

My able predecessor as Editor, Rev. Robert W. McChesney, S.J., has passed the editor baton back to me and now serves as Associate Editor. Together we planned this issue and solicited the articles. I look forward to continuing to collaborate with Rob on future issues.

Enjoy!

Catherine M. Kelly Editor editor@jstb.edu

Cover: The first class of graduates of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University.

Photograph by Chris Tompkins

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Friends,

In these pages last year, I greeted you for the first time as members of the Santa Clara University (SCU) community. The historic “signing of the papers” that created the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University was fresh in our minds.

No less historic is the year’s incredible progress in integrating the operations of the Jesuit School of Theology ( JST) and SCU. The herculean efforts of staff and faculty at both campuses under the leadership of the President’s Staff and the JST Administrative Team have paid off. I am grateful for the many hands that contributed to this complex integration of people, programs, and systems. As part of the fabric of the Santa Clara family, JST gives texture and strength to our mission and understanding of what it means to be a Jesuit, Catholic institution.

The first fruits of the integration are evident. The hard work has culminated in the creation of exciting new initiatives and the strengthening of long-standing programs. I wish to highlight the new Theology after Hours program that launches this fall. After study and reflection, JST leadership saw a need within the local community to expand offerings for part-time students. The Theology after Hours program will serve students who desired to pursue theological studies but, until now, were unable to do so because of limited class times. I warmly welcome our first cadre of students to the program, and I look forward to hearing about the program’s success in the months to come.

Our merger has brought other blessings, especially with the presence of international students attending JST. Our international students enrich our community, and, in turn, bring back to their home countries a theological education that is relevant to their own cultures. My message of last year expressed hope for expanded opportunities for the study of theology in a global context. Today, I see my hopes being fulfilled. This fall, JST hosts five new Jesuit scholastics from the Mexican Province who will be studying with faculty from the Santa Clara and Berkeley campuses. They join another Jesuit from Mexico who came to Berkeley last year and is pursuing his Master of Divinity degree with us. These exchanges strengthen the relationship we are building with the Mexican Province. They exemplify the possibilities of how JST can expand its reach in educating women and men to serve the Church in their own communities and culture. They also mean that we benefit from the dynamism that comes from different global perspectives.

Great possibilities are in store for future exchanges of both faculty and students.

This past July, I had the privilege of celebrating Mass with the participants of the Hispanic Institute.

The joy and energy was palpable — clearly the Holy Spirit was at work! The Institute is one of JST’s flagship programs that confirmed for me the great impact that JST has on the larger Church. Through the Institute, JST fills an immense and growing desire within the Church for advanced theological education infused with the unique cultural traditions and contemporary issues facing Hispanic Catholics. The vibrancy of the curriculum, the passion of the faculty, and the dedication of the participants make the Institute enduring and relevant. Next year’s Institute no doubt will bring the same success.

Throughout our year together, you have been unwavering in your support, and for that I am very grateful. We remain single-minded in our mission as we grow and evolve into a stronger institution serving the People of God. We could not do it without you. May God bless you and all of us in this work to bring forth the Kingdom of God. Michael E. Engh, S.J. President

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Kino Border Initiative: a Loving Presence Protecting People’s God-Given Dignity Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J. (M.Div. 2000) Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative At all hours of the day, the Wackenhut buses roll

into Nogales, Arizona and slowly find their way to the DeConcini Port of Entry. When they stop at the gate, men and women descend from the bus, pick up their belongings and limp gingerly toward Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. They have spent days or weeks in a federal detention center, awaiting their fate. Border Patrol agents arrested some in the desert and detained others who had spent many years in the United States. Many are deeply depressed, confused and unsure what to do next.

In response to this humanitarian crisis, the Mexican Province of the Society of Jesus; the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist from Colima, Mexico; the Diocese of Tucson, Arizona; the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Sonora; Jesuit Refugee Service/USA; and the California Province of the Society of Jesus inaugurated the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) on January 18, 2009. The KBI is a bi-national migrant ministry focused on humanitarian assistance, education, research and advocacy.

Every day, an average of 250 deported men, women and children make their way to our Center for Deported Migrants (CAMDEP) in Nogales, Sonora. The majority come from Southern Mexico, where poverty has severely affected people living in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and Puebla, but many Central Americans, mostly Hondurans, come, too. The sisters and volunteers from both sides of the border provide two meals a day to these men, women and children. They also provide much-needed clothing and pastoral support. If the migrants are severely injured, a Mexican federal agency called Grupo Beta transports them to the public hospital.

The KBI also staffs Nazareth House, a small shelter for repatriated women and children. We host up to eight people at one time, providing a safe haven for women who have been traumatized by the migrant experience. Many share their painful stories of separation from their children and no legal way to reunite with them in the United States.

One of the first women to stay there was named Araceli.

She was eight months pregnant when she surrendered to the U.S. Border Patrol in the desert. Before she was arrested, she had been trying to go to Kansas, to be reunited with her husband and two of her children. After she was deported to Nogales, Sonora, she came to our shelter.

She stayed with us for a few weeks, and around Christmas of 2008, she gave birth to her son. She named him Emmanuel, that is, “God with us.” In the midst of great jesuit school of theology

PHOTO BY Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA

Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J. and Sr. Engracia Robles, of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, inside the CAMDEP run by the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

disappointment, struggle and pain, God was revealed in a powerful way, and was giving new life through her.

In their January 2003 joint pastoral letter, Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope, the U.S. and Mexican Catholic Bishops urged the Church to collaborate in response to the reality of migration and its effects.

Their words capture well our motivation for serving along the U.S./Mexico border: We recognize the phenomenon of migration as an authentic sign of the times. We see it in both our countries through the suffering of those who have been forced to become migrants for many reasons. To such a sign we must respond in common and creative ways so that we may strengthen the faith, hope, and charity of migrants and all the people of God. Such a sign is a call to transform national and international social, economic, and political structures so that they may provide the conditions required for the development for all, without exclusion and discrimination against any person in any circumstance. (Page 47, Paragraph 102) Catholic Social Teaching roots itself in respect for the dignity of the human person who is created in God’s image and likeness. We established the KBI in order to provide a loving presence on the border by protecting people’s God-given dignity. In the midst of great conflict over undocumented immigration, we continue to hear the call of Jesus to be present with migrants in need, and to address the issue in a comprehensive and a bi-national way.

We hope that the KBI — our humanitarian aid, education, research, and advocacy — truly transforms all of us, both our minds and our hearts, so that our response is truly just, truly humane, truly loving.

C o m m e n c e m e n t A d d r e s s • May 2 2 , 2 0 1 0 The Bridge is pleased to publish excerpts from Ms. Kerry A. Robinson’s Commencement Address. As the Executive Director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, Ms. Robinson joins nearly 200 executives from business, academia, philanthropy, government, and the Church to promote excellence and best practices in the management, finances, and human-resource development of the Catholic Church in the U.S. To read the full text, please visit our website: http://www.scu.edu/jst/whatwedo/events/2010-commencement-address.cfm

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Kerry A. Robinson Executive Director, National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management …Bravo Class of 2010.

Far more than our congratulations are in order. For everyone who belongs to, works on behalf of, or simply cares about the Church, owes you a profound debt of gratitude.

These are relentlessly challenging days for the Church; to pretend otherwise would be naïve. It is not always easy to be Catholic, let alone to have committed to lives of leadership and service to the Church as theologians, ecclesiologists, teachers, deans, pastors, executive directors of Catholic institutions and lay ecclesial ministers. … …[I]n times of anguish when the institutional Church fails to live up to its potential or manifests ignoble qualities … Always remember what it is you love most about the Church, and membership in it.

Name it. Claim it. And be radically grateful for it (Sr. Margaret Farley). …Be clear, often, about what it is you most love and value for that will sustain you in times of challenge and difficulty.

My own answer at its heart is simple: I love the Church, have dedicated my life vocationally to serving the Church, have accepted often wildly imaginative leadership positions in the Church and will never give up on

the Church because of one thing: you.

From the earliest memories of my childhood, I was exposed to women and men, ordained, religious and lay, like you, committed to the Church, and like you, from all corners of the globe. I met these extraordinary people because I was born to a family that has a history of Catholic philanthropy. … people like you who have dedicated their minds, hearts, time, spirit and energy, to living out their faith in the world. …[who] had a profound sense of purpose, a grounded-ness in their faith, and despite ministering in often wrenching social conditions in the poorest neighborhoods, in the most dangerous regions, in the midst of profound social inequity and injustice, they all possessed a palpable sense of joy.

Formed and informed by their faith, Christ-like, they feed the hungry, educate the poor, advocate for human rights, catechize, champion justice, risk their lives for others and extend compassion to those who are suffering.

They — you — are the heart and soul of our Church. … …[Y]ou are the bearers of this Good News. Your response will be to stand witness to the new life to come and to be the interpreters of the signs of that new life for which we all yearn.

Your leadership could not come at a more profound moment in the life of the Church. For it is more important than ever for thoughtful, articulate, educated Catholics to involve themselves in the life of the Church.

I offer you a challenge in the spirit of this new life. Theologians and ecclesiologists, leaders and teachers, bearers of the Good News, witnesses to new life: Help to give faithful,

articulate, prophetic voice to the importance of baptismal rights and responsibilities. Be part of the global transformation of consciousness that celebrates, invites, affirms and encourages the genuine collaboration of laity, religious and clergy in the service of the Church’s mission.…

Be bold. Think big. Trust in Providence. Desire excellence across the board for the sake of the Church’s mission and ensure that aspirations of excellence extend to the temporal affairs of the Church. … Forgive yourselves, each other and those who have misunderstood or mistreated you. Work toward the restoration of trust and credibility. Exercise faithfilled imagination. Live in the world of possibility. Be joyful. …

Act on hope. For as William Sloan Coffin reminded us, “Hope arouses as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.” Live out of an abundance model, because Christ “came that we might have life and have it more abundantly.” … … I urge you to be the Church you want to see. A more relevant Church to young adults, a more joyful Church, a Church of integrity, ethics, accountability, transparency and openness. A Church at the forefront of justice, peace and charity. A Church that avails itself of the talents of all of its members, acknowledges the gifts and competencies of women, and utilizes those talents in meaningful leadership. A Church that properly cares for all that has been entrusted to it, and responds courageously and confidently to the potential at hand.

A Church the world needs because the world needs solace, healing, peace, hope, compassion and love. …

What could a systematic theologian contribute to an archaeological team at a Neolithic dig located southeast of Konya, Turkey? The site, Chattalhuyyuk, is known for its artifacts from the era when humans first began to farm. Why was I invited to participate in an archeological excavation that had nothing to do with biblical times? How could I help solve some of the riddles the site raised?

Theological Find in Turkey Dig

Dr. Alejandro Garcia-Rivera, Professor of Systematic Theology

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an Hodder, the director of the site, read my book, A Wounded Innocence. My essay on the prehistoric cave art found in Lascaux impressed him. Dr. Hodder thought that my theological work in aesthetics could be a resource for the numerous works of art found at Chattalhuyyuk.

The art was connected to burial and ritual practices and, thus, was related to the religious culture of the people.

Thus, I found myself mud deep in the soil of an ancient (about 9,500-year-old) settlement.

The Neolithic corresponds to the biblical time of Cain and Abel, when humans turned from hunting and gathering to forming and settling the first farms, beginning a seminal shift in human development. I am not claiming that Cain, whom the Bible describes as the first farmer, is also the first Neolithic man. But rather, a memory of the first farm lies in this story.

The Bible has a dim view of these first farmers.

Indeed, there is a tension between the Garden and the City running throughout the scriptures. Abel who lived in the Garden was portrayed more favorably than Cain who discovered farming. Cain’s farms eventually turned into cities and Sodom, Gomorrah and the Tower of Babel issued forth as fruits. Nonetheless, Abel’s and Cain’s legacies merge at the end of the Bible. The New Adam rises and spreads surprising Good News to those who dwell in the City. They are to be transformed into

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living stones to build a New Jerusalem, now become both Garden and City.

Studying the Neolithic, oddly enough, has helped me understand this tension between Garden and City.

Perhaps no other artifact of our humanity exemplifies that tension more than a work of art. The people of the Garden, the Paleolithic, produced art. So did the people of the City, the Neolithic. For a theologian, this suggests that a theological aesthetics, a theological approach based on Beauty and/or the arts, might offer some insights not so much about the periods themselves but about us as a common humanity. I felt justified in this approach because Chattalhuyyuk is, if nothing else, a repository of extraordinary Neolithic art. This art suggested practices that we, today, would find at the same time very strange and very familiar.

One such practice had to do with the burial of children.

The Chattalhuyyuk people buried children and infants in one designated corner of their dwellings. Indeed, one of the most striking facts about Chattalhuyyuk is the thousands of infants and children buried. No one knows what this means. Perhaps infant mortality rates were tremendous. But there is no evidence yet that this is so. There is something very familiar here, however, a tremendous compassion for children. We find something else familiar, a tremendous respect for elders. There are

images and figurines of elderly people all over the place.

To my surprise (and that of the dig team!), I, as a theologian, helped. I proposed a hypothesis that the archaeologists found useful and productive. To me, the burial practices of children and the figurines of the elderly closely resemble devotional art. Devotional art differs from “museum” art. Museum art is “looked-at” art meant to be hung on a wall or placed on a platform to be beheld.

Whereas, devotional art is meant to be lived with inside the walls of one’s home or in a public space. “Lived-with” devotional art cannot be viewed in the same way as “looked-at” museum art. Devotional art requires different aesthetic categories than those that explain museum art.

Devotional art has as its intrinsic subject matter a tragic dimension: human suffering. All devotional art finds its aesthetics in posing the question: how do I find Beauty in the suffering of myself and of my family and people? It is, in a sense, the aesthetics of drama. Drama, as Aristotle posited, is the aesthetic experience of a terrible pleasure. It is pleasure not in the enjoyment of images of suffering but in the insights such suffering can give us if we embrace them devotionally. Devotional art does not try to explain suffering but provides insight into it by allowing us to experience the suffering of others. The Chattalhuyyuk art was of this form.

How did viewing the artistic data of Chattalhuyyuk as devotional art aid our interpretations of it? In the corner of a designated space in the dwellings lay a grave of little children and infants. Two large skulls of wild oxen covered and sculpted in clay, known as “bucraniums”, gated this small corner. The bucraniums faced the corner and seemed to “guard” the space. Across from them, however, I also noticed another bucranium, the clay-covered skull of a lamb. Domestic lamb (the City) faced wild oxen (the Garden) in this little shrine. But what could it mean?

More importantly, it seemed that the Chattalhuyyuk must have associated the ox and lamb skulls along with the skeletons of these tiny bodies with the very essence of life itself, what we theologians would call the soul.

Indeed, I posited that the clay that was sculpted over the bucranium skulls must have been seen as restoring a certain kind of life to these bones by imitating its flesh.

My proposal suggested as well the nature of the dwellings, made almost entirely of clay and had no windows except for a single door. The ambiance reminded one of a chapel. Indeed, these “homes” could have been a kind of sacred dwelling for the souls of the dead where they existed among the living.

In other words, Chattalhuyyuk might be a pilgrimage site known for its spiritual clays that gave dead souls a kind of new life. People might have buried their dead infants here so that they could commune with them in that corner guarded by the wild oxen and the domestic lambs. One could sit there and commune with the spirit of a loved one buried there so that he or she could enjoy a new kind of life. My hypothesis was extremely speculative so I was glad not to be held to the standards of a professional archaeologist. To my surprise, the archeologists welcomed my hypothesis and included it in a report to the Templeton Foundation.

When I returned to the States, I realized how much the world is changing. The blinders Modernity had imposed on the world are gone and a new openness to religion and theology is revealing itself. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would use my theological knowledge to help archeologists understand their findings. Yet I had done so and will return to Chattalhuyyuk for the next two years to finish the project.

My experience at Chattalhuyyuk has taught me that a new era of challenge and opportunity is open to the Church and her theologians. The Garden and the City are growing closer together and so is the tension between them. Our Paleolithic and Neolithic ancestors still live in us and their endeavor to reunite City and Garden is still unfinished. Theology can learn from our ancestors that this project is fundamental to our developing humanity. As such, theology must become more open to the world. The world needs our voice even as we need to listen to its questions. Theology needs to learn the language of the arts if it is to become more engaged with other disciplines that earlier would not have envisioned asking for our wisdom. The arts are the key to an increasing interdisciplinary approach in all academic fields. Chattalhuyuk may be Neolithic in age but it showed us a window into the future and our very distant past. A theology informed by the arts is the key to this future. A new age is being born and a theological aesthetics is greatly needed in its birthing. I feel blessed to be part of such a spiritual and intellectual project.

Photos Left to Right: Dr. Ian Hodder explaining the reserved area found in almost every dwelling where dozens of children were buried and bucraniums give the impression of guardians. Dr. Alejandro Garcia-Rivera a.k.a. “Havana Jones”. Buried infant with jewelry and ritual clothing.

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The connections I felt…inspire me

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Catherine M. Kelly (M.Div. 2006) Editor

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Reconnecting:

he Jesuit School of Theology hosted an alumni retreat/reunion on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

Alumni of all eras of the school from Alma College to the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley attended, numbering 54 in total. Thirteen members of the faculty and staff participated as well. One graduate expressed, “I loved that you used faculty resources.”

After a continental breakfast in the Compania Room, the alumni gathered in the Gesù Chapel for a warm welcome from Rev. Kevin F. Burke, S.J., Executive Dean.

Then Rev. Eduardo Fernandez, S.J. led us through an embodied guided meditation, preparing our minds, hearts and bodies for the day. We moved to the third-floor Loyola Conference Room to enjoy the view of the San Francisco Bay and to participate in a guided meditation with Rev. George Murphy, S.J. who helped us reconnect with why we came to study here, our passion for ministry, for God and the Church, and where our studies, faith, and experiences have taken us since graduation. One graduate commented, “I treasure my connection to JST.” In between opportunities for private prayer, Sr. Mary Ann Donovan, S.C. inspired us, speaking on the retreat’s themes of strength and renewal, waiting for God and waiting on God, and abiding in God’s love.

One graduate characterized the retreat as a “wonderful spirit throughout the day.”

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After a lively lunch, Rev. Orlando Torres, S.J., Assistant to the Father General for Formation, offered a presentation on Jesuit ministries worldwide and on the role lay-Jesuit collaboration plays in many of them. Alumna Julie Paavola (M.A.1998) responded, “Yesterday’s alumni retreat was a stroke of genius. It enabled me to remember I have fellow lay workers in the vineyard, trying to find our role and ministry in the Church. It reconnected me to my intellectual roots and inspired hope. Thank You.” Then we broke out into small discussion groups to share ministry best practices and to connect with alumni from other eras. Another graduate shared, “Being able to have a conversation on theology was great.”

We gathered together for Mass in the Gesù Chapel with Father Burke presiding. The day concluded with a social hour, dinner and two presentations: “An Update and Welcome to the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University” by Father Burke; and an entertaining PowerPoint of “Anniversaries of the Jesuit School of Theology” by Rev. Thomas Buckley, S.J. Father Burke encouraged alumni to support the school by connecting with current students to offer career advice and support, and helping promote JST to prospective students. Given one graduate’s comment: “I loved reconnecting as a community”, we hope that this

Alumni Retreat/Reunion sense of JST community — alumni, faculty, staff, students and prospective students — will grow.

Alumna Julie Paavola reflected on the day, “The story I heard from many alums yesterday. We are struggling to find ways to offer our work, touch God’s people, use our education, make a living in the Church. In this climate, we need to hear each other’s stories and support each other, to keep hope alive and imagine new possibilities for lay ministry, and positive collaboration with our brother clergy, Jesuit, diocesan and others. As you know, this represents an enormous cultural shift. If we are to be patient and loving in our ministry and at the same time

ask for what we need to continue our work, we need the solidarity I felt developing at the retreat. The connections I felt with other lay people, young and old, inspire me to both mentor younger graduates…and to find help and mutual support from veterans.”

On behalf of the alumni, I would like to thank the day’s planners: Dean of Students, Ms. RoseMary Moore, and then-Executive Director of Development and Communications, Ms. Margi English, and convey the gratitude of other alumni: “Grateful for JST’s generosity”; “Thank you for honoring the alumni”; and “Please continue to do annually.”

Photos opposite page Left to Right, top to bottom: Sr. Mary Ann Donovan, S.C., addressing the retreat’s themes of strength and renewal. Sara Schulte (M.Div. 2007) and Erin Brigham (M.A. 2005) react to Michael Smith (M.Div. 2009) at dinner. Rev. Michael Cook, S.J. (S.T.L. 1967), William Ulwelling, M.D. (M.Div. 1973), and Vivian Noble (M.T.S. 2002) sharing a laugh. Karen Yavorsky (M.Div. 2009), Julie Paavola (M.A. 1998), Laura Becke (M.Div. 2007) and Michael Smith (M.Div. 2009) share best practices in ministry. Neela Kale (M.Div. 2008) at dinner. Rev. Kevin F. Burke, S.J. preaching.

Photos this page Left to Right, top to bottom: Rev. George Murphy, S.J. leading a guided meditation. Mass in the Gesù Chapel. Fumiaki Tosu (M.Div. 2003) lectoring. Rev. Orlando Torres, S.J., Assistant to the Father General for Formation, presenting Jesuit ministries.

Teresa Perez-Martinez (M.Div. 2008), Rev. Fernando Alvarez-Lara, S.J. (M.Div. 2009) and Karen Yavorsky (M.Div. 2009) at dinner. Carmen Scholl (M.T.S. 2003) and Suzanne Bregman (M.A. 1987) during the social hour. All photos by Rev. Hanh Pham, S.J. (M.Div. 2008)

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Alumni Vocations to

Ministry Marriage Kristin Simms’ (M.Div. 2005) alumni update about her marriage to Billy Byrnes (MA. 2006), a Graduate Theological Union alumnus, inspired this article about the dual vocation — called to ministry and called to marriage — of alumni like them. Below alumni couples at different stages in their careers and marriages share their perspectives on their vocations to ministry and to marriage, how they are living out the two vocations together, and the challenges and rewards of both ministry and marriage. The Editor would like to thank Paul Kircher, Director of Career Development and International Student Advisor, for suggesting this topic; Jill Marshall, former Dean of Students and then-Director of Ministerial Formation, and Lorna McKeown, Assistant Academic Dean, for helping identify alumni marriages from the past few decades; and, most of all, the four alumni couples who were willing to share their reflections with the Bridge. There are many more alumni couples who could have shared their stories of committing their lives to ministry and to one another. The Bridge is honored to publish these alumni reflections on their vocations as laity in the Catholic Church today.

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Stephen Ahearne-Kroll (M.Div. 1996) Patricia Ahearne-Kroll (M.Div. 1996) Married in June, 1996, Steve is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Methodist Theological School in Ohio and Pat is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Our committed life together originated and was

shaped in Berkeley where we met in the Master of Divinity program at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. We have never known each other outside of an academic setting, so our academic lives and our married lives are completely interrelated. So, in a sense, we do not have two “vocations” of married life and teaching, but one life that we share. We do not think of our professions as simply teaching because being professors entails so much more than the classroom. Teaching, research, writing, continuing intellectual engagement with our colleagues (e.g., at professional conferences), institutional service, and student advising and advocacy all constitute what we do as professors, and our married life grounds all of this because it is what sustains us and it is the context in which we process all our professional activities.

As interrelated with our marriage as our careers are, it is sometimes difficult to find the space needed to be away from our work because there is always class preparation, research, a letter of recommendation or the like that calls for attention. And sadly, even as professors of Biblical Studies and Ancient Religion, the academic world can be quite the antithesis of the life of justice that we as Catholics strive to live.

To help us confront this disparity in the workplace,

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we have found it incredibly important to surround ourselves with beauty, whether it be natural beauty, music, art, our dogs, or, most recently, our son Kieran. This has given us proper direction in the world (hopefully), kept us open to new possibilities for our lives, and brought us great joy over the years. (We give credit to Don Gelpi, S.J. for enlightening us to this life principle.)

The way we look at our relationship and our careers has certainly changed since our time in Berkeley, even to the point of rethinking what the idea of vocation really means. But we hope always to remain open to the ways that the Spirit works in our lives and in the world.

Not only do we deepen our own faith each day, but we are also able to share the goodness and love of God with our students.

Billy Byrnes (G.T.U. M.A. 2006) Kristin Simms Byrnes (M.Div. 2005)

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Married November 7, 2009, Billy is a campus minister at Bellarmine College Preparatory and Kristin is a campus minister and Religion teacher at Archbishop Mitty High School.

As high school campus ministers (at rival schools,

we may add) we regularly encourage our students to explore their gifts, and consider the many vocations to which God calls us.

We have come to realize our own vocations through our individual faith journeys. We believe God led us to undergraduate degrees in theology that developed into pursuing postgraduate degrees in the same field.

At the Jesuit School of Theology and the Franciscan School of Theology, we both began to feel called to live out our vocations through teaching and ministering to high school students. Not only do we deepen our own faith each day, but we are also able to share the goodness and love of God with our students. As graduates of Catholic schools ourselves (Santa Clara University and Mercyhurst College) we believe strongly in Catholic education and know the impact it can have on young minds and hearts.

Our vocation to marriage began while in graduate school as well. Little did we know that being housemates in the Jean Donovan Lay Community would lead to being life-long roommates! Although graduating a year apart, we both found jobs at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. We started dating then and eventually got engaged. We were married in the fall of 2009. Prayer was a central part of our engagement and we benefited from the Engaged Encounter weekend retreat through the Diocese of San Jose. Our parents modeled for us relationships of faith, love, and service to others and we

live in like manner in our marriage. We were, and are, excited to have celebrated the sacrament of marriage and the lifelong commitment to marriage and each other.

As we learn to live out our vocations of marriage and ministry we encounter many challenges and rewards.

In our ministry we are vying for the attention of young people who are growing up in a culture of egocentricity and secularism. Every now and then we break through and they hear us, and it is then that the rewards outweigh the frustrations. When seniors get excited about spending the evening walking a labyrinth in our school chapel, reflecting on the past year and looking forward to their life after high school, or a junior boy who, previously was turned off by faith, signs up to lead morning prayer — we are nourished by our ministries. It is a joy to bring these stories home and feel supported in our vocations to ministry through our marriage.

Naturally, we encounter challenges and rewards in this vocation as well. Having just celebrated our six-month anniversary, we, thankfully, do not have many challenges to report. However, as those who have recently married can attest, planning a wedding can cause much stress and anxiety. We were committed from the very day we got engaged to host a green, eco-conscious, wedding. The task was not easy and we had to make many difficult decisions in a timely manner. Through compromise, communication, and prayer we realized that working through these challenges now would enable us to work through more difficult challenges that will inevitably arise throughout our married life.

The rewards of marriage are numerous, most prominent among these is the privilege to experience God’s love through one another. Committing one night a week to prayer together, sharing stories from our days each night over a dinner we make as a team, and leaning on each other when we have had a difficult day or week are a few ways God’s love is manifest in our relationship.

Looking toward the future we continually discern the ways and places to which God calls us, now as a married couple, committed to caring for each other and our neighbors in our world today. For St. Augustine challenges us, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

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…When our students share with us their inquisitiveness, wit, and passion, they enrich us, and, by extension, our marriage: we are better spouses because we are teachers.

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Adrian Mison Fulay (M.T.S. 2000) Carrie J. Schroeder (M.Div. 1997)

Married June 21, 2002, Adrian is a Religious Studies teacher at St. Mary’s College High School in Berkeley and Carrie is a Religious Studies teacher and campus minister at Mercy High School in San Francisco.

In planning our wedding liturgy, we chose readings

that truly reflected our understanding of the sacrament that we would celebrate that day. For the Gospel reading, we chose John’s account of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes ( John 6:1–14). We believed that, as spouses, we would be called to nourish one another on a daily basis, offering everything to one another, just as the boy in the Gospel offered his barley loaves and fish.

We also believed that the sacramental grace of our marriage would not be limited to us alone; rather, it would overflow into all those whose lives we touch. We would be invited and challenged to feed not only one another, but also the world.

For us, “the world” we are called to feed each day consists of students in Catholic secondary schools.

Between the two of us, we have spent nearly 30 years in the classroom, teaching Religious Studies courses like Scripture, Ethics, Parables, Christology, and World Religions. Our students are intelligent, curious, questioning, enthusiastic, and full of joy and humor. Above all else, they are hungry: hungry for a sense of meaning and purpose; hungry for answers to their many questions about life and faith; and hungry for an encounter with the living God who loves them fully, deeply, and unconditionally.

While our daily work is, on the surface, conveying information, leading discussions, facilitating activities, and, in other ways, guiding student learning, our real work is feeding our students’ minds, hearts, and souls. The fact that we have both responded to the call to the ministry of education means that our nourishment of one another bears fruit in

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our classrooms, and that our teaching enhances our marriage. When we laugh with one another at the end of a tiring day, share ideas for a lesson plan, or support one another through a challenge we are facing at school, we know that we are better teachers because we are spouses.

Similarly, when our students share with us their inquisitiveness, wit, and passion, they enrich us, and, by extension, our marriage: we are better spouses because we are teachers.

One particularly beautiful and rich aspect of our shared ministry is our partnerships with the religious communities who sponsor our schools: the De La Salle Christian Brothers for Adrian and the Sisters of Mercy for Carrie. Both the Brothers and the Sisters inspire us with their fierce dedication to the Gospel, their active concern for the poor, and their unwavering devotion to providing a quality, Christ-centered education for all of God’s children. In our summer travels, we have gained a sense of these communities’ worldwide presence. We have visited Rheims, France, where St. John Baptist de la Salle founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and we have traveled to Dublin, Ireland, to see the first “House of Mercy” established by Venerable Catherine McAuley. We have also spent a summer teaching English at a Lasallian school in Mannar, Sri Lanka. Our partnership with these extraordinary men and women truly nourishes us, giving us the strength to live our vocation: to feed one another, and our students, each day.

The world will always be hungry: not only for food and drink, but also for compassion, justice, peace, and healing. In inviting us to live out our baptismal call through the sacrament of marriage and the ministry of education, God has empowered us to feed this hungry world, both in our home and in our classrooms. Each day, we pray for the grace, courage, and creativity to do this holy work well.

Sharing the fruits of our relationship with others… is a great joy for each of us.

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Bruce Lescher (I.S.W. 1979, G.T.U. Ph.D. 1991) Clare Ronzani (C.T.S. 1978, G.T.U. M.A. 1980) Married in June, 2000, Bruce is the Associate Academic Dean and a Senior Lecturer in Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology and Clare is the Director of Spiritual Formation at the Franciscan School of Theology and an adjunct Lecturer in Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology.

In his Rule, St. Benedict speaks of the monastery

as a “school of charity.” A monastic community is a place where one goes to learn how to love. For us, marriage is also such a school; it is a covenant relationship in which each of us learns about love.

Of course, the “school of charity” of marriage is different from that of a monastery or religious community. The intimacy of a married relationship affects every aspect of life, both the shadow and the light. We have found marriage to be a source of joy and freedom in the givenness of commitment to another. Our understandings of life have been widened and challenged in living with the other, who often sees things from a quite different perspective.

We find that this “school of charity” provides the base from which each of us goes out to minister to others.

Our story is perhaps atypical. We each spent several years in a religious community: Clare in the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and Bruce in the Brothers of Holy Cross. We left religious life each after our individual processes of discernment; later our relationship deepened and we decided to marry. Both of us were thus well established in our ministries before being married, and so the relationship between “being in ministry” and “being married” felt seamless. We both continued our

ministry of teaching, and, for Clare, spiritual direction.

What are the challenges of being married in ministry?

A big one for us is balancing time! Ministry, whether in a school, parish, or non-profit setting, consumes a great deal of time. So the challenge is finding the time to nourish our relationship with each other. There are weeks when we are challenged to find even one evening at home together because of meetings, classes, or other commitments.

Yet the blessings of being in ministry as a married person are many. In fact, our ministry has grown in ways we never expected or anticipated. Over the years, opportunities have arisen to offer presentations or give workshops as a couple. Often the persons inviting us would like to hear a perspective from a female and male point of view.

Sharing the fruits of our relationship with others this way is a great joy for each of us. But even when we do not minister as a couple together, we each go “into ministry,” so to speak, from the foundation of our relationship with each other. Our “school of charity” keeps us grounded and growing…and learning.

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Dr. Jerome P. Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society, was promoted to full professor.

Rev. Kevin F. Burke, S.J., Dean and

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, in addition to administrative duties related to the integration with Santa Clara University, gave a half-dozen lectures during the past year, including talks at four Jesuit universities on the thought of Ignacio Ellacuría occasioned by the 20th anniversary of the martyrs of the University of Central America in San Salvador. He also addressed the theme of “Ignatian Theology and the Jesuit University” at the Seminar on Higher Education Leadership sponsored by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) held at Loyola University Chicago. In spring, Rev. George Murphy, S.J., Sr. Jane Ferdon, O.P., and he teamed as speakers for the 2010 Convocation of Priests for the Diocese of Honolulu.

Rev. Tom Buckley, S.J., Professor of Modern Christian History, during the winter and spring 2010, published several articles and essays: “Thomas Jefferson and American Civil Religion,” in Gaston E. Espinosa, ed., Religion and the American Presidency (New York, 2009); “Patrick Henry, Religious Liberty, and the Search for Civic Virtue,” in Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, and Jeffrey H. Morrison, eds. The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life (Notre Dame, 2009); “An Extraordinary Woman: Sally McDowell of Col Alto,” in Proceedings of the Rockbridge County Historical Society, 13 (2009); and “Placing Thomas Jefferson and Religion in Context, Then and Now,” in John B. Boles and Randal L. Hall, eds., Seeing Jefferson Anew: In His Time and Ours (Charlottesville, VA 2010). In

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November he was an invited participant at a Liberty Fund Seminar on Religious Liberty and ChurchState Relations at the American Founding in Cincinnati, OH. In the spring Indiana University Press published an interview with him in Bill Smoot, ed., Conversations with Great Teachers. After the spring semester, he spent two weeks in China. He delivered lectures on Thomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom at Peking and Capital Normal Universities in Beijing and at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

At Fudan University in Shanghai he gave two lectures comparing the American and French Revolutions and their impact on religion and church-state relations. During the 2010–11 academic year he will be on leave to occupy the Gasson Chair at Boston College.

Dr. Thomas Cattoi, Assistant Professor of Christology and Cultures, in Fall 2009, chaired and responded to a panel at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) on “Liminal Conjunctions: Exploring Emotions at the Edge”; as Chair of the AAR Mysticism Study Group, he led the group through the process of evaluation required by the AAR every five years, and obtained the reconfirmation of the group. Together with Prof.

June McDaniel of the College of Charleston College, he is co-editing a series of articles on the spiritual senses in different religious traditions, which will be published by PalgraveMcMillan under the (provisional) title Mystical Sensuality: Seeking God in One’s Body. In January 2010, together with Rev. George Griener, S.J., Dr. Cattoi led the first theological immersion to Varanasi and Bodh Gaya, India, which allowed students to explore the world of Hinduism and local Indian Christianity. In March, thanks to the sponsorship of the Malatesta Foundation, he spent two weeks at Fudan University

in Shanghai, China, teaching a course on the development of Christological doctrine. In May, he gave a paper on Leontius of Byzantium and anhypostasis at the annual meeting of the North American Patristic Society in Chicago. He has published one paper in Studia Patristica, one in the Journal of Interreligious Dialogue, and has written the English introduction for the first translation into Chinese of two works by Basil of Caesarea, which will be published by Hang Zhou University Press. He is currently completing his volume on Theodore the Studite for Paulist Press.

Rev. Gregory Chisholm, S.J.,

Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastor, St. Patrick Church, received a grant from the San Francisco Foundation for a 2009 West Oakland Summer Youth Activities Program: A Collaboration of St. Patrick Church, PrescottJoseph Center for Community Enhancement and St. Martin de Porres School in summer 2009. He received a grant from the Gellert Foundation for a 2009–2010 MultiCultural Religious Development Program for Families at St. Patrick Church, December, 2009. He served as Board Member, Chair of Mission and Identity Committee, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, 2009–2010; and Board Member, Vice-Chair Facilities Committee, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2009–2010. He taught Celebrational Style and Ministry of Confessions at Hekima College, Nairobi, Kenya, January, 2010; conducted Lenten Priest’s Retreat for Diocese of Lexington, KY, February, 2010; and taught “Liturgy and African American Diversity” in the African American Ministry Program co-sponsored by Loyola Marymount University and Archdiocese of Los Angeles, February, 2010. He offered a televised presentation on

Rev. John Endres, S.J., Professor of Sacred Scripture (Old Testament) presented a paper on “The Book of Jubilees and the Authority of Moses” at a conference, Authority in Early Jewish Literature, May 19–21, 2010 at Sapientia College, Budapest, Hungary. He contributed the ‘notes’ on the Book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) for the Catholic Prayer Bible (Lectio Divina Edition, Paulist Press: 2010). In February, he lectured on the “Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Teach Us about Early Judaism and Christianity” in Honolulu, HI for Theology in the City and also for the Diocese of Honolulu.

Rev. Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J.,

Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry, coauthored Culture-Sensitive Ministry: Helpful Strategies for Pastoral Ministers (Paulist Press, 2010) with Kenneth McGuire and Anne Hansen. This year he will mentor four doctoral students, Nicanor Sarmiento, OMI, Carmen Lansdowne, Wendy Arce, and Rebecca Davis in Newhall teaching fellowships. Their courses include “Native American Theologies and Ministries”, “Latino Film: an Interdisciplinary View”, and “Art and Inculturation.” He

Welcome, New Director: Robert W. Peters The School welcomed Mr. Robert W. Peters to the JST Board of Directors in February 2010. A private investor, Mr. Peters served as a consultant and director of Communications Industries Research at SRI International. His previous experience includes sales and marketing roles at Hewlett Packard, American Microsystems, CMX Systems, Zoran, Sierra Semiconductor (now PMC Sierra), and Cisco Systems. He has served on the Board of Regents (including chairman) at both Bellarmine College Preparatory and Santa Clara University. He received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard.

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Immigration Reform for African American Clergy United for Just Immigration Reform, April, 2010.

He presented a paper entitled, Pastoral Leadership at the Margins, at the Urban Ministry Conference sponsored by the Trinity Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Detroit, MI, June 2010. He also presented a paper entitled, Mission, Identity and Diversity, at the Conference on Multicultural Affairs of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, June 2010.

He provided chaplaincy training for Glenn Dyer and Santa Rita Correctional Facilities, August 2010.

In Memoriam: Rev. Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. (1938–2010)

Rev. Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. (M.Div. 1974) served on the Board of the Jesuit School of Theology from 1996 to 2010. An alumnus of the School and Santa Clara University’s chancellor and former president, Father Locatelli died July 12, 2010 from pancreatic cancer. The School is grateful for Father Locatelli’s 14 years of service and generosity. delivered a paper on “Jesuits in the US Southwest during the 19th and 20th Centuries: Agents and Chroniclers of Cross-Cultural Ministry and History” at the Perspectives on Cross-Cultural History Conference held in March at St. Louis University. His summer teaching included a course for the Instituto Hispano on Sacraments, a workshop on Social Justice and Culture for the Jesuit novices of the New Orleans and Missouri Provinces, and a panel entitled “Hispanics and Social Justice: Time for a New Conversation?” at the Social Action Summer Institute held at Santa Clara University in August, sponsored by the Roundtable Association for Diocesan Social Action Directors.

He will participate at a meeting of Latin American Jesuit theologians in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in September as well as serve as a consultant for the Loyola Institute of Ministry Extension Program in November.

Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza, Professor of Biblical Studies, gave the Castlelot

Lectures on “The Major Importance of Minor Biblical Characters” in Detroit, MI in June 2010. In July 2010, she gave the keynote address at the International East Asian Conference at the Loyola School of Theology in Manila, Philippines on “Doing Biblical Contextual Studies”.

In July, she also offered a retreat for the Sisters of St. Mary Namur, East Aurora, New York on “Bibilical Spirituality as Women’s Work”.

Dr. Mia M. Mochizuki, Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, received the Art and Christian Enquiry (ACE)/Mercers’ International Book Award for Religious Art and Architecture for The Netherlandish Image after Iconoclasm, 1566–1672.

Material Religion in the Dutch Golden Age (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008) in November 2009, and will offer a public lecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London) on Friday, November 19, 2010, 6 p.m. The following articles appeared this year: “Ignatius de Loyola, S.J., Geestelycke oeffeninghen BRIDGE FALL 2010

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the Early Modern World (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009), 239–66. This article was translated into Chinese and republished for a Chinese audience: “Supplanting the Devotional Image after Netherlandish Iconoclasm,” in Anne McClanan and Jeff Johnson, eds, Negating the Image: Case Studies in Iconoclasm (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005), 137–62; also published in Chinese by Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House (2009), 192–220+.

In May 2010 I chaired a session on the “Global Baroque: The Netherlandish Image in Asia, Africa and the Americas,” at the Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and spoke on the “Imagined Boundaries in the Study of Netherlandish Religious Art,” in a session focused on the future study of Netherlandish religious art, “Persistent Piety: Questions of Religion in Sixteenthand Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Art.” In summer 2010 I completed “Intensive Beginning Portuguese” at the Portuguese School of the Middlebury College Language Program (Middlebury, VT) that will help with my current archival research. And as Co-director, I convened the second meeting of the Yale Initiative for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion in Calistoga, CA, in August 2010.

eight different countries. In July, George was a spiritual director for the New England Province Jesuit Retreat held at Fairfield University in CT. In August, George, Jane and two alumni, Dr. Mary Clemency (M.T.S. 1999) and Br. Jim Siwicki, S.J. (M.T.S. 1998), directed a silent retreat for JST students at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, CA.

Catholic Studies | Emigration and Immigration

“These essays provide a valuable contribution to the ministry of the Church and to the broader immigration debate in the United States. They combine theology, ethics, law, and social policy; the book will enhance pastoral care and the policy voice of the Church on a vitally important issue.”

—J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard Kennedy School

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“And You Welcomed Me offers a clear, accessible treatment of the complex phenomenon of migration. Covering contemporary issues as diverse as economic development, human rights, sovereignty, and immigrant integration, it explains why migration has emerged as a centerpiece of Catholic social teaching and demonstrates the importance of religious language in a highly polarized public debate.

Most of all, it never loses sight of the self-sacrificing human beings who are at the heart of this phenomenon. And You Welcomed Me should be required reading for all people seeking to further their understanding of what it means to be Catholic in the twenty-first century.”

—Sr. Helen Prejean, leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty Contributors Mary DeLorey, Jill Marie Gerschutz, Daniel G. Groody, John J. Hoeffner, Donald Kerwin, Gasper Lo Biondo, Lois Ann Lorentzen, William O’Neill, Michele R. Pistone, Richard Ryscavage Donald Kerwin is vice president for programs at the Migration Policy Institute.

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(Antwerp: Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673),” in Paul Begheyn, S.J., Bernard Deprez, Rob Faesen, S.J., and Leo Kenis, eds, Jesuit Books in the Low Countries 1540–1773. A Selection from the Maurits Sabbe Library (Leuven: Peeters, 2009), 196–201; “Rembrandt’s Ten Commandments.

The Impact of Pluralism on the Religious Imagination,” in Matt Kavaler and Olga Pugliese, eds, Faith and Fantasy in the Early Modern World (Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto Press, 2009), 229–46; “The Bible on the Wall,” in Wim François and August den Hollander, eds, Infant Milk or Hardy Nourishment? The Bible for Lay People and Theologians in the Early Modern Period, Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium (Leuven: Peeters and Leuven University Press, 2009), 337–66; “The Movable Center: The Netherlandish Map in Japan,” in Michael North, ed., The Market for Exposure. Reimagining Cultural Exchange between Europe and Asia, 1400–1900 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010), 109–33; “Idolatry and Western-inspired Painting in Japan,” in Michael W. Cole and Rebecca Zorach, eds, Idols in the Age of Art. Objects, Devotions and

“In an era of global migration, a challenge to all of us is how we uphold human rights and create immigration policies that respect the basic dignity of those impacted by migration. This book provides a framework based on Catholic social teaching that humanizes the migration process and shifts our attention to the urgent need to protect immigrants living and working among us. I hope that our policy makers tasked with reforming our immigration laws read this important work.”

—Angelica Salas, executive director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

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“I am very taken by this beautiful volume as a whole, embedded in the American reality and at the same time faithful to the Catholic social doctrine and to the immigrants themselves. . . . Several of the expressions from this book resonated very powerfully with me. They are rays of light from our Catholic tradition.”

—Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Jill Marie Gerschutz is migration policy director and outreach coordinator of the Office of Social and International Ministries at the Jesuit Conference, USA.

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Rev. George Murphy, S.J., Director of Formation, and Sr. Jane Ferdon, O.P.

offered a workshop on spiritual direction and supervision as part of the annual meeting of Jesuit Novice Directors of North America and the Caribbean in April in Los Angeles, CA. George, Jane and Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J. gave a week-long workshop titled, “Do this in Memory of Me”, to the priests of the Honolulu Diocese in May. In June and July, Jane and George conducted the Spiritual Direction Summer Practicum for the 20th year. The 14 participants came from

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Rev. William O’Neill, S.J., Associate Professor of Social Ethics, recently published “Christian Hospitality and Solidarity with the Stranger” in And You Welcomed Me: Migration and Catholic Social Teaching (Lexington Books, 2009), and “Hoping against Hope: Rights and Reconciliation in Cultural Context” in Transformative Theological Ethics: East Asian Contexts (The Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2010).

He participated in an international conference on Democracy, Culture and Catholicism at Loyola University Chicago from June 9–12, and offered a paper on “Anamnestic Solidarity: Reflections on the Ethics of Immigration” with colleagues from Santa Clara University at the conference, Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, held in Trent, Italy from July 24–27.

Associate Professor of New Testament, offered an online graduate course entitled, “Introduction to the New Testament”, for Creighton University, Omaha, NE during winter 2010. In summer 2010, he received a grant from the Wabash Center to enroll in a course about online teaching at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. On August 3, 2010, he presented a paper, “What Text of the New Testament Do We Enjoy Hearing and Reading?”, at a plenary session of the annual meeting Catholic Biblical Association of America held at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.

Sr. Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M., Professor Emerita of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality, gave lectures on Religious Poverty to French- and English-speaking Treasurers of Religious Congregations in Ottawa and Montreal September 26–27, 2009; presented a Seminar on Religious Life at the Chicago Theological Union, January 11–15, 2010. From April to July, she was the Honorary Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Victoria. On April 29, she gave a lecture to Fellowship of Biblical Scholars: “Developments in Biblical Scholarship since mid-20th Century”; April through June she offered lectures on Religious Life in the following places: Hobart, Tasmania; Melbourne, Victoria; Perth, Western Australia; Adelaide, South Australia; Brisbane, Queensland (to approximately 1,500 religious women and men). On July 5, she gave the lecture, “The Word in the World”, as the keynote address for the celebration of the Centenary of the Melbourne College of Divinity. On July 9, she gave the plenary address: “The Resurrection of the Body in the Fourth Gospel and Christian Spirituality” to the annual convention

of the Australian Catholic Biblical Association and the Australian Catholic Theological Association.

On July 31–August 3, as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America delivered the presidential address: “The Lamb of God and the Forgiveness of Sin(s) in the Fourth Gospel”. Her publications include: “Before it’s too late…Violence, Reconciliation, and the Church,” Theological Digest 1/54 (Spring 2010): 5–23 [The 2008 Bellarmine Lecture at St. Louis University]; “‘Whose Sins You Shall Forgive…’: The Holy Spirit and the Forgiveness of Sin(s) in the Fourth Gospel.” The Duquesne University 5th Annual Holy Spirit Lecture in the Series The Spirit in the New Millennium. [Pittsburgh:

Duquesne University, 2009]; and a series of articles in the National Catholic Reporter on Religious Life which appeared in Fall and Winter 2009–2010.

Dr. Catherine P. Zeph, Director of

Ministerial Formation, joined the faculty in August 2010. She will be teaching the Integration Seminars for the Master of Divinity program and advising students in their field education placements. She is a graduate of JST’s I.S.W. and M.T.S programs, and looks forward to working with and contributing to the wider JST and Graduate Theological Union communities in the arena of Ministerial Formation. Read more about Dr. Zeph in our spring issue.

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Dr. Jean-Francois Racine,

Teilhard

FOR A NEW GENERATION

A four-day conference, November 18–21, to be held on the campus of Santa Clara University will explore the contemporary impact of the thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955), a Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian, and paleontologist.

The conference goals are threefold:

• to consider the interdisciplinary implications of the thought of Teilhard for developing a more integrated and meaningful global culture; • to provide a forum for scholars to discuss the current and possible status of the person and thought of Teilhard in the life of the Church; and • to further the collaborative work of the Jesuit School of Theology and Santa Clara University in their professional integration.

Keynote speakers will be Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer at Yale University; Dr. Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Senior Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University; Br. Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C., Distinguished Professor at Memphis Theological Seminary; and Dr. David Grumett, author and Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, U.K. Conference sponsors include Santa Clara University, the Jesuit School of Theology of SCU, and the American Teilhard Association.

For more information on the schedule, speakers, and registration, please see: http://www.teilhardforanewgeneration.com/

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—FROM THE INTRODUCTION upon it can be saved.”

—Rev. Loey Powell, executive for Feminism has brought many changes to Christian reli- Administration & Women’s Justice, gious practice. From inclusive language and imagery United Church of Christ about the Divine to an increase in the number of “Important and exciting…. A very women ministers, Christian worship will never be the banquet of ideas big enough to resame. Yet, even now, there is a lack of substantive struc- invigorate the life of the Spirit. More tural change in many churches and complacency with- than that, it is a catalyst for the in denominations. ongoing process of achieving it.”

The contributors to this book are the thought lead—Joan Chittister, OSB, co-chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women; ers who are shaping, and being shaped by, the emerging author, Heart of Flesh: A Feminist directions of feminist Christianity. They speak from Spirituality for Women and Men across the denominational spectrum, and from the many diverse groups that make up the Christian com- “Living proof that feminism has shaken munity as it finds its place in a religiously pluralistic the Christian patriarchal mindset to world. Taken together, their voices offer a starting point its core…. A must read for anyone interested in the future of Christianity for building new models of religious life and worship. in the twenty-first century.”

Topics covered include feminist: —Maureen Fiedler, host, Interfaith • Theological Visions • Liturgical and Artistic Voices; editor, Breaking Through the • Scriptural Insights Frontiers Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Religious • Ethical Agendas • Ministerial Challenges Leaders in Their Own Words

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1979, M.Div. 1980, S.T.M. 1980) New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views (SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2010). Diann and I are the co-directors of WATER, the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual in Silver Spring, MD.

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Kristin Simms (M.Div. 2005) married William “Billy” Byrnes (M.A. 2006) on November 7, 2009.

Their eco-friendly, or “green,” wedding took place at Santa Clara University Mission Church. rEV. Matt Carnes, S.J. (M.Div. 2003) preached and other participants in the liturgy included Megan Murphy (M.Div. 2005), Claire Foley (M.Div. 2005), Kate Pichon (M.Div. 2005), and Julia Claire Landry (M.Div. 2006). Kristin and Billy are at home in San Jose where Kristin is a campus minister and Religion teacher at Archbishop Mitty High School and Billy is a campus minister at Bellarmine College Preparatory.

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five years as campus minister at Bellarmine College Preparatory, this fall I start as the Director of Community Involvement at Presentation High School. It is still in San Jose but it is all girls, so that will be a big switch.

I will be in charge of their Immersion and Service Program. I am looking forward to the new work!

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Bruce T. Morrill, S.J. (M.Div. 1991)Hunt published a new book, Divine WorshipNeu and Human Healing: Liturgical TheologySLP at the Margins of Life and Death (Liturgical Press, 2009). He is an Associate Professor in the Theology involving color therapy and creativDepartment at Boston College. ity! I have read with interest of the changes for the School and wish you Mary Bruggy, P.B.V.M. (I.S.W. all well in these endeavors. I am sure 1995, M.T.S. 1996) Even though it the JST will continue onwards into has been 15 years since my time in the future with the same wonderful Berkeley, I often think back in fond spirit and commitment that I expememory of the wonderful friends rienced as a student there back in and faces, the fun times, challenging the 90’s. Greetings to all, especially programs and wonderful growth the I.S.W. class of 1994–95. To the that made up the I.S.W. experience Irish Mary’s, I will make a reunion and the M.T.S. program for me. one day! Australia is a long way Since graduating, I have served in from anywhere!! parish ministry, hospital ministry, and secondary education. I have Julie Paavola (M.A. 1998) Paulist provided spiritual staff support Press will publish my first book, The and development, and taught high Mother’s Calling: Love in the Heart of school religion classes. In 2010, I the World with a March 2011 release have one year’s leave from teaching date. The book is a scriptural analysis to undertake a Post Graduate of a spiritual path of holiness for Diploma of Counseling from Bond mothers. I lead retreats, do spiritual University in Queensland. I will direction, and completed the Pierre then return to Trinity in a pastoral Favre course to give the Spiritual welfare role in 2011. A member Exercises in 2010. of our Congregation Leadership Team, I am always learning and meeting new challenges. A few years 2000s ago, I attended the International Mathieu Ndomba, S.J. (S.T.L. Presentation gathering in Bangalore, 2004) is Professor of Social Ethics India: a wonderful experience of and the new bursar at the Institut de culture and global identity. When Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus not involved in ministry, I enjoy in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and assists patchwork, cake decorating and with formation. photography, in fact anything Religion / Christianity / Women’s Interest

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Victor Adangba, S.J. (S.T.D. 2008)

is now Rector of the Jesuit community in Abidjan and President of the Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Greetings from Sunny Abidjan and the theological paradise of ITCJ! I am doing fine although the workload is at times too much for my shoulders. Running a community of 48 Jesuits as their superior and also as president of the school of theology, then teaching a seminar, is not always easy to handle. I am grateful to the Lord that I have stayed in good health so far. Mathieu Ndomba, S.J. (S.T.L. 2004) is a great help with the financial situation of the house and quite an asset on the formation team. We received a lot while at

JSTB. I am grateful for the people we met and what they brought to our lives. We pray to be able to use some of the good deeds in our actions here. Many blessings, your friend on this side of the world, Victor.

Margaret Aringo, F.S.J. (S.T.D. 2008) Greetings, Peace and All Good. I am writing to you from Dusseldorf in Germany. I am here for three weeks, one week in Amsterdam, Holland, and then return home to Kenya. How is JST-SCU? It is so exciting to know that our school is no longer JSTB but with an additional title!

When I returned home, I taught at Hekima and Tangaza colleges for two semesters. We went to the general chapter in December 2009, but I never came back to teach as I was elected Superior General of our congregation, the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, on January 1, 2010.

My term is five years. I have a team of four councilors. The congregation has 505 members. Our sisters serve in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. I have spent the first four months in office getting to know our sisters as I was away from home for a long time. I am putting the pieces together one at a time. Pass my love and best regards to all, yes to all.

Gina Jenkins (M.Div. 2008) married Brent Anderson (M.Div. 2009) on

July 10, 2010 at St. Patrick’s Church in West Oakland, CA. Vincent Karatunga (M.T.S. 2008) is Executive Secretary for the Uganda Catholic Commission For Interreligious Dialogue and Ecumenism (UCCIDE), of the Uganda Catholic Secretariat in Kampala.

J. Peter Nixon (M.A. 2008) had

a busy 2009 as a contributing writer for a number of Catholic

magazines. In July, U.S. Catholic ran his feature “Incoming Missal,” a look at the movement advocating a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy. After it was posted to the magazine’s website, it sparked a vigorous online debate with more than 80 comments! In October, the devotional magazine The Word Among Us published his profile of Fr. Damien of Molokai, which was written to mark the occasion of Damien’s canonization. More recently, Peter was able to draw on his experience in the health care industry in writing an essay on Catholic Social Teaching and health care reform entitled “Why Bigger is Better,” which was featured in Commonweal’s 85th anniversary issue. He continues to be involved in prison ministry and is currently teaching a course at his parish entitled, “Discerning the Common Good: Catholics in the Public Square”.

a position teaching at Servite High School in Annaheim, CA. Jessica Mueller (M.Div. 2010)

accepted a position in identity formation at Mercy High School in Burlingame, CA.

Vince Prietto (M.Div. 2010)

accepted a position teaching Religion and Spanish at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, CA. Chris Trinidad (M.T.S. 2010)

accepted a position as Campus Minister at St. Mary’s College High School in Berkeley, CA.

rEV. George Vargas (Th.M./S.T.L. 2010) accepted a position in the bishop’s office in Lucena City, Philippines.

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Ellen Kelly Daley (M.T.S. 2010), Tim, and Ryan, welcome Patricia “Patsy” Adelaide Daley, born March 28, 2010, 3:44 pm, 7 lbs, 7 oz., 20 inches. The Daley family is overjoyed with gratitude at her arrival.

Emmanuel Foro, S.J. (S.T.D. 2010) is serving as a chaplain at the Catholic University Centre for the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, also called the Saint Francis Xavier University Parish. I will offer a Bible class as part of students’ formation.

I will be teaching at Hekima College starting in August 2011 so I have courses to prepare along with animating the parish and the Centre.

Anna Keim (M.Div. 2010) accepted

a position teaching theology at Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, CA. Randy Lopez (M.T.S. 2010) accepted BRIDGE FALL 2010

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