Bridge Spring 2011

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (Berkeley campus) Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2011 Bridging Theology and the Cultures of the World

Gratitude

for Benefactors

Also inside:

Theology after Hours Pilgrimage to New Orleans Tribute to Dr. Alejandro GarcĂ­a-Rivera Unafraid to Dream: Women Religious in Asia

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Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (Berkeley campus) Bridging Theology and the Cultures of the World

Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2011

Contents

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

FEATURES

Asian Women Religious . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tribute to Alejandro García-Rivera . . . . 8 Gratitude for Benefactors . . . . . . . . . 10 Theology after Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New Faculty & Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Diaconate Ordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dean’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Profile in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Alumni Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 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. Martin J. Skrip Thomas H. Smolich, S.J. David J. Suwalsky, S.J.

Jesuit School of Theology 1735 LeRoy Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 Tel: 510-549-5000, www.scu.edu/jst

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Intercultural Pilgrimage . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Gratitude is this issue’s theme: gratitude for generous benefactors; for new faculty and staff members; and for the life and contributions of Professor Alejandro GarcíaRivera. The Bridge further highlights how we reach beyond borders — culture, geography, and time — to learn and share our expertise in theology and ministry: John Michael Reyes (M.Div. 2013) seeks God on an intercultural pilgrimage to New Orleans; Samantha de Oliveira (M.Div. 2011), a white South African student, reflects on her ministry experience with Latino and African-American teens in West Oakland; Sr. Julia Prinz, V.D.M.F. (GTU Ph.D. 2004, S.T.L. 2010), adjunct faculty member, writes about the formation of women religious in Asia and learning how the Jesuit School of Theology can help; and Professor Bill Dohar introduces Theology after Hours, a new course-scheduling initiative that makes JST classes accessible to busy professionals.

Alumni, what do you do (or not do) to keep your spirituality alive? What resources do you rely on for your continued ministerial formation and development? If you would like to contribute to an article on these topics, please email me by May 1, 2011.

The Jesuit School of Theology invites you to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In. You can stay connected to JST and help us recruit new students by becoming a fan of ours on Facebook, and logging onto our Twitter or Linked-In accounts. If you know someone interested in studying theology and ministry or taking a sabbatical, please share your copy of the Bridge and direct interested persons to our website, www.scu.edu/jst. The Bridge is available there, too.

Catherine M. Kelly Editor editor@jstb.edu

Cover: Symbols of pilgrimage: singing bowl, class candle, Jesuit logo, and local, omnipresent flag which two Louisiana women created after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Photo by Phil Ganir, S.J.

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DEAN’S MESSAGE Two years ago the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Adolfo Nicolàs, S.J.,

visited the Jesuit School of Theology ( JST). At that time our school was in the process of becoming part of Santa Clara University (SCU). Not surprisingly, people asked then — and continue to ask now — what does the Jesuit School “get” from its partnership with Santa Clara? What does SCU “get” from having JST as part of the university?

Both questions are valid. Both elicit various concrete answers by way of “benefits” that the university and the school of theology have received from this marriage. But we have begun looking beyond the needs of our own newly integrated institutions to the needs and longings of God’s people, the concrete needs of the Church, and the mission of the entire Society of Jesus. When I mentioned this in a recent conversation with Fr. Nicolàs, he exclaimed in response, “This is music to my ears!”

“The greater honor and glory of God” — what we call “the Ignatian magis” — is not about “being number one.” Rather, for JST-SCU the magis involves placing our newly integrated school of theology and university at the service of God through the Church in the world. With our accreditation visits just concluded, with the integration process moving into a “normalizing” phase, with the prospects of entering into a new and exciting phase of our institutional life, we are humbled and grateful to know how deeply this powerful sense of the Ignatian magis continues to undergird our mission.

We are also humbled and grateful to be in partnership with the amazing women and men who make up our school community: our students, our faculty and staff, our alumni, donors and the entire “extended family” of JST and SCU. 2010 ended with some wonderful gifts in support of JST students who need scholarships. Since July 1, 2010, the beginning of the fiscal year, 263 different donors have made gifts to the school. Donors include many JST alumni, most of whom made gifts between $25 and $100, which is very generous considering their modest incomes. The school also received generous grants from the DeFreitas Charitable Foundation, the Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation, the Pacific-Western Foundation, and the Salem Foundation. The school has raised about 50% of what it needs this year to meet its goal for scholarship support. Anyone wishing to make a gift can do so online at www.scu.edu/jst/alumni/giving.

Finally, this edition of the Bridge examines with gratitude the particular contributions to our students and school of two outstanding individuals: Mr. Edmund Shea and Professor Alejandro García-Rivera. We honor their lives of generosity and grace. In saying farewell, we give thanks for all the ways God’s beauty embraces our world. We hope you enjoy learning more about them and all the ways our school is flourishing because of people like them.

Kevin F. Burke, S.J. Dean

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in Ministry “They caught, like, hekka fish” Samantha de Oliveira (M.Div. 2011) Most Saturday mornings I co-teach a Confirmation

program at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in West Oakland. The class consists of 22 students, aged 12 to 15, with varying maturity levels. Some boys still find it amusing to kick each other; some girls with tattoos and piercings make it clear how much they do not want to be there. Add topics such as “virgin birth” and “Jesus on a cloud, ascending to heaven” to this class dynamic and we are in for a real treat. For example, when asked to summarize “The Call of Peter, James and John” found in Luke 5, one student responded: Well, like, Jesus got on the boat and told, like, the fishermen to throw their nets on the other side of the boat and then they caught, like, hekka fish.

The word “hekka” is a slang word teenagers commonly use in the San Francisco Bay Area. I had never heard this term before I moved to Oakland. According to the Urban Dictionary, it means “a lot, really”.

An important component of our education at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (“JST”) is learning about and practicing contextualized theology, which means that we pay attention to the cultures shaping the church in a pluralistic world and engage in socio-cultural analysis in our apostolic endeavors.

Despite my studies, it took the word hekka for me to begin to understand the importance of culture in a ministerial setting.

Although hekka is used exclusively by Bay Area youth, regardless of racial and social status, in the heart of West Oakland, this word points me towards the area’s struggles and injustices. The racial composition of the Confirmation class parallels the demographics of the area, which consists of African-Americans and Spanishspeakers (mainly of Mexican and El Salvadorean descent).

West Oakland has a high crime rate, mainly stemming from high unemployment and gang-related violence.

There are racial tensions between the growing Latino population and the more established African-American group: both are competing for limited resources.

My first year, as a young, white, middle class, South African female, I found myself teaching a group of 15 Confirmation candidates within my first few weeks of arriving in Oakland. Even though I had the support of the pastor and the director of religious education, I had

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Kristy Calaway (M.Div. 2012), Nicholas Casteel, and Samantha de Oliveira (M.Div. 2011) team teach Confirmation at St. Patrick’s in West Oakland.

a rough first year. The students would not work together or participate at the level they could. I was also conscious of how much I stood out, not only physically, but also my accent gave me away as a foreigner every time I spoke.

Not surprisingly, my enthusiasm and love for God and the Church were not fully conveyed.

The following year, not only did I understand the culture better, but I teamed up with another JST student, Kristy Calaway (M.Div. 2012). When I reflect on the difference between the two years, I always return to this passage: “ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). The ability to share these insecurities and enthusiasim weekly with another completely changed this ministry for me. The class is more engaged and even the community at St. Patrick’s is more involved in the program. The energy we are able to bring to the parish as co-teachers was further enhanced when a third young person offered to teach with us. So the Confirmation team consists of three young students: a South African woman, a small-town Ohio woman, and a Bay Area man who is half-Filipino by descent. Talk about a world church in one class!

Robert Ellsberg characterized Dorothy Day as a person who reflected “not only on the injustice at large in the world but on the even more mysterious depths of love.” The word hekka points me to the injustices in West Oakland, but it now also points me towards the love in this parish: people who work together to host a great feast when a parishioner leaves and parents who spend hours preparing tamales for their children’s Confirmation retreat. Collaborating with and reflecting on my experiences with Kristy has provided me with more joy than I ever could have anticipated in this ministerial setting. For like the fishermen who had spent hours trying to catch fish, Jesus did appear, and we did catch “hekka” fish.

Seeking God in New Orleans: an Intercultural Pilgrimage “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you

leave from there.” (Mark 6:10) In January, my cohort and I entered the house of New Orleans on an intercultural pilgrimage. As students preparing for ministry, we were pilgrims seeking God in another cultural context. I had yet to grasp the relationship of context and theology — part of our school’s mission. But with a spirit of openness, I experienced God’s providence, learning that the Catholic tradition is flourishing in New Orleans.

We encountered people living their faith through serving a great city in various ways: Catholic Workers offering coffee to migrants in front of a Home Depot; former Mayor “Moon” Landrieu — whose Jesuit education formed him and his family for a life of faith-filled public service; and others working at local Jesuit social ministries. Archbishop Gregory Aymond was excited to greet us and learn about our pilgrimage. We had the chance to meet with New Orleans Provincial and Jesuit School of Theology ( JST) board member, Rev. Mark Lewis, S.J., and former associate academic dean, Rev. Edward Arroyo, S.J.

John Michael Reyes (M.Div. 2013)

Back home, we are still unpacking our pilgrimage.

We reflected that the city is a place of contrast: there is great hospitality despite the presence of violence — on Martin Luther King Day alone there were five murders.

We saw faith in the face of great despair — years after Katrina, the obliterated Ninth Ward is slowly returning to beauty. We met those who minister on death row and those who help others secure a livelihood. We traveled to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, meeting with Bishop Sam Jacobs, who shared how he ministers through chronic natural disasters. To meet many leaders, who out of their love for the city and region, are doing something for their community is humbling.

We were surprised to discover how much Catholicism permeates New Orleans and southern Louisiana: this region is built on faith, literally and figuratively. I was finally beginning to understand how culture could influence faith and theology and vice versa. So that is what contextual theology means! Two cultural highlights included Sunday Eucharist with an African-American parish one weekend and a Vietnamese-American parish the next. My classmates, Phillipe from Togo (West Africa) and Chuc from Vietnam, both savored their respective tastes of home. Yet, both parishes are as American as those in Berkeley. Naturally, the culture of food and music which feed the soul of New Orleans nourished our pilgrimage, too.

I left the house of New Orleans understanding what Jesus meant, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there.” The people I met are imprinted on my heart, and hopefully, I am on theirs. I am more appreciative of how JST is offering me these experiences, training me with skills, and employing my gifts and talents to help make me a better minister and pilgrim of life. New Orleans welcomes pilgrims; those we met showed us not only a good time, but taught us how to live a life of faith.

Above: Horse-drawn carriages characterize a city of contrasts.

Photo by Philippe Komi Habada, S.J. Left: First-year M.Div. pilgrims at the Mississippi River. Author second from left, back row. Photo by Philippe Komi Habada, S.J. BRIDGE spring 2011

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Unafraid to Dream: Women Religious Dr. Julia Prinz, V.D.M.F. Adjunct Faculty Member

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ouring rain sloshed the dusty brown-beige earth as we pulled up to the entrance of the village school on our way to Jamshedpur. The place seemed random to us and had been mysteriously announced by our Indian colleague and guide as the best possible stop for tea. The school buildings were tucked into wet fields on the spur of the thick and dark green mountain range. With the stormy rain blowing, we crossed the quadrangle under colorful and turnedover umbrellas, with hundreds of eyes fixed on us. Vivacious songs and delightful garlands awaited us with about 650 students, ages 5 to 14, barefoot, seated on the cement floor of the porch, crowding around our three seats of honor.

The light but steady rain continued to draw me into the mystery of this place, lost in the middle of nowhere as it washed the green and brown surrounding into new and untold shades of colors. Only the beautiful saris stood out against the murky ground. The ones who were meeting my eyes in this very moment were the female construction workers who were lifting and carrying rocks and soil on their heads at the construction site adjacent to our seating area. Parallel to our conversations with the attentive students was this one steady motion that was cutting through the rain: the digging, lifting, and carrying away of dirt. Suddenly, I realized they were barefoot. In all their charm, in the rain, working barefoot!

What kind of textbook does it take to educate minds and souls in the presence of barefoot female construction workers? What kind of formation manual is necessary to educate the children’s educators? How must one picture or perceive the future and the present of the people in formation who are confronting such poverty? What can be an access to the Mystery, witnessing the nobility of barefoot workers in their beautiful dresses? …………………

Still in the rain, starting to hold the working woman close to my heart, her bare feet dug into my mind. Her power of survival, of strength and beauty led me deeper into my memory. Memories of hope and memories of change arose, which we had witnessed all along our journey. Dancing bare feet mixed with hers in my image. The Daughters of Saint Anne, a religious community founded and constituted by indigenous women in Ranchi, had danced, less for us than for themselves.

Proud to let us witness, they whirled and drummed, showing who they are and where they come from.

The story of Jesus is re-narrated in their movements and their novices’ saris shining forth as white wedding dresses with scarlet hem. Their bare soles painted red as they step and lift with vigor and preciseness. They know what they are doing; they will dance in the villages they will go to in the future as they danced for us. They will dance into the mountains, where their ministry will lead them, to tell the Story of the One who touched their lives. Barefoot, they will dance for women like you, I thought, working hard in sinking ground; singing to you, holding your feet for the stand you need at the construc-

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tion site. One woman to another and a stranger between them, who is only a messenger of a wedding dress; having seen what you might see, having seen not to forget.

This memory provides an image for Archbishop William Souza’s insistence on being “unafraid to dream” of a new India in Bihar, accentuating the empowerment of women for leadership in the Church and society in his pastoral plan.

The women religious in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Philip­ pines and India, whom we met, were very aware of the oppression the women candidates bring to religious life.

Very often the conversations and circumstances did not express directly any signs of discrimination, but only revealed between the lines and in the minute details, how women religious have to cope with their oppressive situations.

The minute details revealed the hidden structures of discrimination: the shame that young women experienced if they returned home if they did not succeed in religious life in contrast to the experience of boys who returned home; or the general absence of female spiritual directors and in many contexts not even an understanding of spiritual direction for women outside of a formational

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Above: Barefoot woman at work. Right: Sisters of St. Anne dancing.

Photos by Julia Prinz, V.D.M.F.

direction conversation or of the confessional; or the lack of employees for female religious congregations for their daily tasks (unlike the male congregations), but rather the sisters would do all the work themselves. It was very consoling for me to listen to a young sister studying theology in the seminary in Ranchi, who very simply stated how empowered she felt to see a woman professor in me, since in teaching “it is always men on the stage,� and added naturally that she feels freer to express herself with a woman teacher.

The journey left us with a variety of questions and challenges in creating formation programs corresponding to these situations of oppression, theologies responding to such marginalization, formation personnel and professors with the knowledge, skill and patience to cross cultures, and to empower the most annulled voice in the classroom, the novitiate and the community. The time together became a pilgrimage that made us aware of how much our formation centers, theologates, ministry settings and the Church as a whole are in need of creating justice

that respects difference and personal talent, practicing and teaching a gender equality that peacefully opens leadership to all, and transforming our communities and theologates into places where globalized existence is not a consequence of smaller markets, but of a true opportunity for an alternative world, called the Kingdom of God. The most powerful indication that impelled us to ask these question and articulate these challenges, even though we do not know exactly how to answer them, lies in the protest by the women religious themselves against exploitation and discrimination, in holding a vibrant faith, strong and full of dignity, humor and intelligence, with their love for good food and great celebrations, standing their ground for other women and men.

Barefoot in a wedding dress.

Four Asian Women Religious Leaders at JST

Sr. Jeanette Whye-Yee Kong, V.D.M.F. (M.Div. 2011) from Singapore; Sr. Chuc Thi Vu, H.L.C. (M.Div. 2013) from Vietnam; Sr. Helene Im, O.P. (M.T.S. 2011) from Korea; and Sr. Evelyn Hsiu Lin Wong, V.D.M.F. (M.Div. 2013) from Malaysia. Photo by Kristin Aswell.

Currently, four women religious from Asia are studying at the Jesuit School of Theology. They are preparing to become leaders in their congregations, their dioceses, and their ministries back home. None of these sisters would be able to study at JST without scholarship assistance.

If you would like to make a gift for scholarships, please donate online at www.scu.edu/jst/alumni/giving.

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Dr. Alejandro (“Alex”) García-Rivera, Professor of Systematic Theology, passed away on December 13, 2010.

In tribute to Alex, the Bridge is honored to print these reflections from his friends, colleagues, and students.

They offer a glimpse of his spirit and the gift he was to our school, to the field of theological aesthetics, and to the Hispanic Institute.

For a full obituary, please visit www.scu.edu/jst/about/facultystaff/faculty/ garcia-rivera/Alejandro-Garcia-Rivera-inmemoriam.cfm

Memories in Tribute to

Professor Alejandro García-Rivera

Rev. Eduardo Fernandez, S.J., Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry (JST) The reminders of Alex’s life and celebration of his sacred passing abound.

Prominent on my bulletin board are the bilingual lyrics to “Amigo”, a song

by Roberto Carlos which the choir at St. Leander’s parish dedicated to him at the wake. The phrase which catches my eye is “Aunque eres un hombre aun tienes el alma de niño” (“Even though you are an adult, you have the soul of a child”). That was our dear Alex. Always open to what an adventure in the garden of God would bring. Among these lyrics, a very Cuban-looking Alex, classy hat and all, appears, one in which he is holding what appears to be a glass of red wine. I pointed out the prominence of that libation in the photo. His response to me: “A sign of great things to come.” When I thank God for the gift of my brother, I recall with great gratitude that he was a people’s theologian, one whose Thursday night Bible study group wanted to serenade with “Amigo”, along with pulsating Aztec dancers who embodied not only our grief but also our hope in the resurrection. I recall the packet of wildflower seeds, which a friend gave out at his funeral reminding us that by pointing to God’s beauty, Alex brightened up all our lives. Finally, a quote on a Thich Nhat Hanh calendar on the month when he went home to God reads, “Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.” May we also receive this same grace granted to our colega, maestro, hermano, y amigo!

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“Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to learn through Alex’s eyes to contemplate on earth your heavenly garden.”

— Rosie Melendez (H.I. student)

“We lost a great teacher, tireless benefactor to the Hispanic/Latino community, and an excellent gardener of the Lord.”

— Sylvia Gould (H.I. 2007)

“Although it is our loss, heaven must be rejoicing to welcome him.”

— Rafael De La Torre (H.I. 2010)

Dr. Mia M. Mochizuki, Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Chair of Art History and Religion (JST)

Alex’s particular wisdom always struck me as the best of the Baroque — devoted to illuminating the beauty of the everyday, the human condition, by drawing on a deeply empathetic commitment to social justice. When we co-taught our “Built of Living Stones” course, the real treasury in our imagined cathedrals was always Alex’s mind, his capacity for original interpretation and enthusiasm for challenging, innovative discussion. Alex loved to bring together scholars of different disciplines, cultures and generations, as he did in the 2006 exhibition, symposium and eventual book, Encounters of Faith: Art and Devotion in Latin America. The field of theological aesthetics has lost a great mind with many books still in it. But Alex’s legacy, his profound belief in art’s importance for religion, will continue to live and grow through the many lives he touched in word and deed.

Dr. Ronald Y. Nakasone, Graduate

Theological Union, Center for Art, Religion and Education, Professor of Buddhist Art & Culture

I am a Buddhist with an affinity for shamanism and ancestral and other disembodied spirits; Alex a theologian, Christian and a scientist. We collaborated on a number of interfaith dialogue projects, notably, “Beauty: the Color of Truth,” an international conference on aesthetics held at the Jesuit School of Theology.

We offered Interfaith Aesthetics to advance the modern Buddhist-Christian dialogue. We wondered if interfaith conversation might also include the experience of “beauty” and “notions of the beautiful.” Perhaps through beauty and the excitement of creativity, we can learn to appreciate and commune with other faiths. Such mutual sharing will surely expand our individual and collective aesthetic and moral imaginations, in the manner creative artists have always incorporated, and thereby transcended ideological divides.

We sought to identify aesthetic and artistic categories for exploration. We probed the respective presuppositions of Buddhism and Christianity; their aesthetic and spiritual/ religious experiences, popular religious art and their communities; and their notions of beauty and creativity.

These musings led, with Professor Harry Cronin, to the development of a pro-seminar in Aesthetics that explored the cognitive and affective relationship between spiritual/religion and beauty from a number of faith traditions and academic disciplines.

The karmic impact of Alejandro García-Rivera’s life and his intensely aesthetic-theological vision has expanded our moral, spiritual, and aesthetic imaginations a thousand-fold.

Rev. William O’Neill, Associate Professor of Social Ethics (JST) In the past years, Alejandro became a close colleague and cherished friend. Our common interest in the Church’s option for the poor led us to explore the “interlacing” of our disciplines. In the fall, prior to his diagnosis, we planned a course in Aesthetics and Ethics grounded in a theological response to human suffering.

As we proceeded, Alejandro’s remarks, always wise, were infused with his own “little story” — the autobiography of a holy suffering. In the final months, I would visit him at home, with his wife and daughter, where he lay by the window, the birds and the sun. The final words of his book were indeed his story: “We must build a place that is also a gift. In doing so, we will have found our place in the cosmos. We will have built and received the garden of God.” continued on page 16…

Opposite: Alejandro R. García-Rivera, July 22, 2010. Photo by Kevin F. Burke, S.J. Right: Alex with Dr. Michele Gonzalez and her family in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. Holy Week, 2006. Michele did her Ph.D. work with Alex at the GTU. Photo by Eduardo Fernandez, S.J. BRIDGE SPRING 2011

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Prayers of

I want my grandchildren and great-grandchildren to grow up loving the Church I love…and the students you are training to serve as Jesuit priests or lay ministers provide the best chance for that to happen.

— Ed Shea

Gratitude Benefactors for Our

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

In September, I sent a letter to the faculty, staff, students, and directors of the Jesuit School of Theology. I concluded that letter with this comment:

As novices, we Jesuits are taught to “pray for our benefactors.” It is a practice that goes back to St. Ignatius and the first Jesuits.

Indeed it goes back to New Testament times and the earliest Christian communities. For this reason, both in our community and school liturgies, it is a common practice to include a petition for those who support our work with their donations.

However, too often such a petition can remain faceless, vague, and abstract. It is a real blessing, therefore, to have the opportunity to put faces to the title, “benefactor,” to meet and become friends with the generous people for whom we pray, to learn about their lives and their vision, to encounter firsthand their love for our Church.

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Edmund Shea, Jr.

Photo by Charles Barry, SCU.

We begin this new academic year holding in our hearts several great friends of our school who have recently died. The father of Joe Daoust died this spring at the age of 98. His indirect “gift” to our school of his son, Fr. Joe Daoust, S.J., cannot be measured, but in addition, Mr. Daoust was a generous contributor to our capital campaign. Mr. Ed Shea, a great friend of our school and a dear personal friend, recently passed away in Pasadena. Ed was among our most generous benefactors: he and his wife Mary are currently finishing their pledge endowing a fourth presidential scholarship in the name of Fr. John Huseman, S.J. Finally, just since our last board meeting we learned of the illness and subsequent death of our friend and colleague, Fr. Paul Locatelli, S.J. Paul’s contribution to this board and our school cannot be overstated and his death leaves an enormous hole not only in Santa Clara but also in Berkeley. We will miss him.

Rev. Paul L. Locatelli, S.J.

In the fall of 2006, during my first semester as the dean of the Jesuit School of Theology, I attended a breakfast which Fr. Joe Daoust, S.J. hosted.

The breakfast honored our “presidential scholars,” lay men and women who have received full-tuition scholarships in support of their studies.

The hour was early. Never­ theless, I found myself in the middle of a lively conversation about theology and ministry, faith and justice, God and the Church. Near the end of the breakfast, Fr. Daoust offered some personal reflections on the state of the school. He spoke with gratitude and pride about the benefactors of JST and he noted that their gifts allow our students — especially the group

in front of us that day — to prepare for ministry in the Church through the rigorous theological formation our school provides.

That morning I first heard Joe talk about his friend, Ed Shea.

In the months following, I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Shea. We visited him in the offices of J. F. Shea, Inc., one of the largest construction companies in the U.S. That day, too, I found myself engaged in a thought-provoking conversation about family, faith, and Church. I learned that Ed’s grandfather built the Hoover Dam, that his father worked on the piers of the Golden Gate Bridge, and that he himself had helped guide the construction of the Caldecott Tunnel and the subway systems in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. But beyond these achievements, even more than his remarkable career as a builder and venture capitalist, what has stayed with me from that day is the image of a man of deep faith and an uncanny ecclesial vision.

Over the next few years, I visited Ed regularly.

I learned that he was a voracious reader when he began to send me books he wanted to discuss.

I also learned he was a man of simple but profound faith. I was delighted to learn that he had a particular devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and he visited her altar to light a candle every Sunday before Mass.

Once while visiting Ed and his wife, Mary, I asked how they became interested in supporting the presidential scholarship program at the Jesuit School of Theology. Ed looked at me steadily and replied, “I want my grandchildren and great grandchildren to grow up loving the Church I love — this Church that has been a home to Mary and me and our children. And the students you are training to serve as Jesuit priests or lay ministers provide the best chance for that to happen.”

This past August I had the privilege of concelebrating the Mass of Christian burial for Ed. During that liturgy I was flooded with memories of our conversations and images of all the lives he had touched. I thought of that wonderful, hidden group of people we are privileged to call our benefactors. Their gifts to our school have become ongoing gifts to our Church, to the children and grandchildren of the coming generations. What an honor it is to name our benefactors as our friends. What a privilege it is to remember them in our prayers.

To join our circle of benefactors, visit www.scu.edu/jst/alumni/giving.

Current Shea Presidential Scholars John Burke (M.Div. 2013) from Casper, Wyoming

After two years in Belize with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, I would not have been able to attend JST without the scholarship. It made it possible for me to imagine myself studying ministry…

Studying theology to work in prison ministry seemed like a dream…Words cannot express my gratitude for this opportunity but my hope is that my actions do.

Kristy Calaway (M.Div. 2012) from Jefferson, OH

While volunteering in Chile, I realized that I needed a greater foundation in theology to be an effective pastoral minister. My heart was set on serving others.

I would not be here without the generous scholarship. My studies have profoundly influenced me: the way I pray, teach Confirmation class, and interact with my friends and family.

Samantha de Oliveira

(M.Div. 2011) from Johannesburg, South Africa In Luke 4:16, Jesus stood up and proclaimed the coming of the Reign of God. JST has helped me “to stand up”. To learn not only what I want to stand up for, but who is calling me to stand up. I want to live in service of others, particularly those on the margins. My desire is to continuously pray, to be in community and open to hearing and sharing all the ways God speaks to me and others.

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Theology after Hours students Joan MacDonald, Janet Suzio, and Diane David with Professor Bill Dohar at St. Agnes in San Francisco. Photo by Kristin Casey.

THEOLOGY AFTER HOURS Dr. William J. Dohar Adjunct Associate Professor in SCU’s Religious Studies Department and Director of JST-SCU’s Graduate Programs in Theology and Ministry

San Francisco Police Sergeant Larry Kempinski,

a 25-year veteran, spends his nights patrolling the city’s Tenderloin district. The amount of violence and suffering he sees on a daily basis is staggering, he tells me, and it takes a great amount of faith not to become callous and cynical. Christine Fahrenbach (M.Div. 1982) teaches in the Psychology Department at Palo Alto University and is a full-time therapist in private practice at her home in Santa Cruz. Christian Lehrer is a deacon in the Episcopal Church who commutes five days a week from his East Bay home in Bay Point to San Francisco where he works as an admissions councilor at the University of California-Hastings College of Law. His other job is serving a large senior congregation with an extensive outreach ministry in Crockett, CA, all of this while preparing for ordination to the priesthood.

These three are not only exceedingly busy professionals; they are also graduate theology students taking advantage of JST-SCU’s new course scheduling initiative, Theology after Hours.

For many decades, JST has been an international resource for theological formation on the west coast.

Students from all over the globe have come to study here, but for years the beneficiaries of JST’s vision have generally been conventional graduate students, men and women making sacrifices and commitments to pursue theology degrees at JST, but largely on a day-time basis, Monday through Friday. Over the past year, several JST-SCU faculty and administrators have asked, “How do we find new ways of sharing this treasure?”

One answer is Theology after Hours, a moniker coined

by JST Dean Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J. for a new course scheduling initiative designed to make theological studies more accessible to more people. When I first met with Kevin in JST’s Loyola Room last spring, with its broad views of Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco, he gestured toward the window and said, “There are so many people

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out there wanting to take our courses but unable to because of their busy daytime schedules.” In an effort to attract some of those prospective students, JST-SCU launched Theology after Hours. This past fall semester, four courses on subjects ranging from systematic theology to inter-religious dialogue, to spirituality and sociology of religion were slated for Monday through Thursday evenings. In response, a dozen new students joined the JST-SCU community ‘after hours,’ attending courses for personal, theological enrichment or, like Dr. Mark Ryan, enrolled “I have always in the Master of Theological Studies degree program (M.T.S.). wanted to explore Ryan, who is Superintendent of my faith more, the Oakland Military Institute, especially scripture, a public charter school founded

by California Governor, Jerry and this is a Brown, wants more in his busy perfect fit.” life. “I needed an outlet beyond my 60-hour-a-week job,” said Ryan, “and this was perfect for me.” Deacon Christian Lehrer is similarly delighted with the new flexibility.

“I think it is great that JST is presenting a number of options,” says Lehrer who is hoping to apply to the M.T.S. program in the near future. “Personally, it has been a challenge working school back into my schedule with two jobs, but I will be committed for the long haul.”

The fifth Theology after Hours course, Professor Gina Hens-Piazza’s Prophets, was even more creatively scheduled. The course met for three Saturday-long sessions in Berkeley and then convened weekly online for discussions and exercises. “I have had a great time in Theology after Hours,” says Fahrenbach. “Gina’s hybrid weekend-online course has been a great combo.” Mark Ryan, who is in the course as well, says “I have always wanted to explore my faith more, especially scripture, and this is a perfect fit.”

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Seven more courses are offered ‘after hours’ for this spring 2011 semester with other JST faculty stepping forward to mentor evening and weekend students. Dr. Jean-Francois Racine’s course, Methods: Study of the Synoptics, will be entirely online, giving students from anywhere in the world a chance to take a course at JSTSCU and Dr. Hens-Piazza will teach another ‘hybrid’ course, Women: Biblical Portraits and Issues in Ministry. Sr. Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M. will teach a course on Spirituality in John’s Gospel, JST’s Associate Academic Dean, Dr. Bruce Lescher on Ignatian Spirituality and Ms. Claire Ronzani on Thomas Merton.

In addition, Dr. Racine will join Dr. Lisette Larson-Miller for a course on preaching the Gospel of Matthew.

Flexibility in scheduling is certainly the hallmark of this new course initiative, but it is not just a matter of when the courses are taught, but also where. Starting in the spring 2011 semester JST-SCU hosts classes in San Francisco. The need there for theological formation is keener since the University of San Francisco ended its Master of Arts in Theology program over a year ago. I am lucky to be the ‘frontiersman’ of this westward adventure, teaching a course entitled Spirituality and Ministry. This course and others to follow will meet at St. Agnes Church, a Jesuit parish in the heart of the city. Lisa Streibing, who completed two fall courses in Theology after Hours, sees the city as an attractive venue.

“I would love more classes in San Francisco. I may also try to take a course online, but I do enjoy the contact with other students.” We hope that more and more San Francisco students will be drawn to the JST-SCU community as the school, in a very real sense, comes to them.

The current plan is to host two courses each academic term in San Francisco in an effort to meet theological needs there but also to encourage students to the Berkeley campus, especially those pursuing a degree.

Evening courses, weekend intensives, online classrooms and classes in the city — these are all part of JST-SCU’s new initiative to make graduate theology courses more accessible to people hungering for that experience of learning and community. Christine Fahrenbach knows something about that hunger. “I wanted to reconnect with JST regarding my earlier studies in the M.Div. program, water those roots and see where the church is and where I am with the church.”

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j W hat i Luncheon and panel presentation on “The Vocations of Theologian and Minister in Today’s Catholic Church: Hopes and Challenges” by theologians and ministers j Where i Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA j When i Sunday, June 12, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with time for networking and socializing with JST faculty and theologians attending the annual Catholic Theological Society of America Conference in San Jose from June 9–12 For more information, contact Jim Purcell at jpurcell@scu.edu

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Welcome New Faculty and Staff The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (Berkeley campus) welcomed one new faculty member and two new staff members this past fall. We would like to take this opportunity to allow each to introduce herself and the role she plays at the school.

Kristin Aswell Assistant to the Dean’s Office I came to the Jesuit School of Theology in August

2010. As Assistant to the Dean’s Office, I work with Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J. and Rev. Rob McChesney, S.J. and serve as the JST webmaster. I earned an M.Ed. at DePaul University in Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in French from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. I was a French teacher for the past seven years, primarily in Chicago, Illinois. I am originally from Marietta, Georgia but I am thrilled to be living in Berkeley with my husband and two cats.

Maureen Beckman Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management and Marketing Starting a new job can be difficult — new boss,

new co-workers, new city, etc. For me, coming to the Jesuit School of Theology (“JST”) was a homecoming. I had worked at JST before in a totally different capacity — development. Last June while working at University of San Francisco, I had heard about the opening for an Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management and Marketing. Several people encouraged me to apply. Both development and admissions require creating relationships with people in many capacities, both require knowing the school and the programs that are offered, both require creativity in marketing, and both require a love of the place and the mission. I have a love for the school and its mission and was eager to come back.

My job is to visualize and realize the big picture of admissions while helping with the day-to-day operations.

My main focus is recruiting for all of our programs by visiting universities, attending various conferences, and networking in the Jesuit world. I have had the opportunity to talk with prospective students, career services, theology faculty and, of course, all of the campus ministry teams. I have enjoyed meeting with the vast array of people in the university networks.

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Those who are reading this piece who graduated from JST know what a great education the school offers. And we could offer it to many more students if only we had more financial aid to make us more competitive with some of the other top theological schools. In addition to full-tuition scholarships, many of those schools are offering living stipends to lay students. I want to thank the many alumni and other donors who responded to our fall appeal. As Father Burke pointed out, every gift helps a lot!

If you have not made a gift yet, and you are in a position to do so, I hope you will at www.scu.edu/jst/alumni/giving.

(My “development” side never really left me.)

Being back here has truly been a homecoming. To me, the Jesuit School is all about community — faculty, staff, and students. I have never experienced anything like it in all my years of working elsewhere and that is why I jumped at the opportunity to work here again. I look forward to the future of JST because I know it will be as rich as its past.

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At the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA, October 23, 2010. Left to right: Edilberto Solis Castañas (Diocesan), Rafal Duda (Diocesan), Alexander Quirós Castillo (Diocesan), Patrick Hough, S.J. (NOR), Ricardo Machuca, S.J. (MEX), Pedro Flores, S.J. (MEX), Juan Manuel Montoya, S.J. (COL), Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (Oakland Diocese), Marco Hernan Quezada, S.J. (MEX), Paul Vu, S.J. (MIS), Enrique Mireles, S.J. (MEX), Salvador Ramirez, S.J. (MEX), Andrew Kirschman, S.J. (MIS), Trung Pham, S.J. (CFN), Dairo Orozco, S.J. (COL), Radmar Jao, S.J. (CFN). Photo by Ignatius H. Sasmita, S.J.

Dr. Catherine (“Cathy”) P. Zeph Director of Ministerial Formation In this faculty role, I work primarily with the first- and

second-year Master of Divinity students, helping them to explore and claim their professional identity as ministers.

I oversee the theological training for Master of Divinity students traditionally known as “Field Education.” The first-year students reflect on the profession of ministry, participate in an intercultural pilgrimage, and discern their field education placement for their second year. The second-year students engage in 8-10 hours per week of on-site field placement while practicing theological reflection with their peers. My duties also include the spiritual formation, mentoring, and assessment of the lay students ( Jesuits and religious have their own formation processes), and creating opportunities for ministerial formation (e.g., speakers, workshops, discussions) throughout the school.

This position is a wonderful integration of the places and positions I have traveled thus far. I hold master and doctoral degrees in adult education, and worked in the areas of adult, continuing, and extension education at the universities of Georgia and Utah. In 1994, I came to JST as a student in the Institute for Spirituality and Worship

(I.S.W.) sabbatical program and then completed the M.T.S. degree in 1996. In 1997, I joined the faculty of Loyola University New Orleans, where I worked for the past 13 years. I trained and certified facilitators for the Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension Program (LIMEX) in New Orleans and in their home dioceses, traveling often throughout the U.S. and abroad. I taught small group dynamics, communication, and facilitation skills using our curriculum of practical theology and theological reflection. I was always fascinated to “welcome” adult students to Loyola in their own locations, while I was the one learning the stories of their diocese, culture, history, and bio-region.

This new role integrates my love of adult, professional, spirituality, and ministry education plus meeting students from other states and countries. I am a world traveler at heart, and now I can teach within the global village that is JST. Photos by Kristin Aswell.

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…García-Rivera continued from page 9 Alex with Pro-seminar on Aesthetics class, Oct. 7, 2010. Back row from left to right: Elaine Belz, Patricia McGee, April Lynch, Trong Pham, Ron Nakasone. Front row from left to right: Peter Doebler, Richard Tambwe, Rod Swigart, Alejandro García-Rivera, Hongchao Wang, Harry Cronin.

Rev. John Endres, S.J., Professor of Sacred

Ms. RoseMary Moore (M.Div. 2008 & H.I. Alumna), Dean of Students (JST)

Alex and I connected in the area of ‘practical contextual theology’, at the intersection of our study of theology and the life of the church. His ties to the Hispanic community at St. Leander’s parish were strong, always integral to his life as a theologian. Fr. Eddie Fernandez, S.J. and I met with this community to prepare Alex’s vigil service and the Mass of the Resurrection.

Alex introduced us to Dia de los Muertos, the Hispanic celebration of All Souls Day, with its small altar for remembrances (recuerdos), which I found very consoling.

Next he invited me to attend mananitas on December 12, the morning songs, presentation and Eucharist for the Feast of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe at 5 a.m.! I really appreciated this devotion and liturgical experience each year. Eventually, the community requested I concelebrate the Eucharist. My encounters with the Hispanic community prompted me to study Spanish. Whenever I presided, a JST Hispanic student offered the reflection.

On Thanksgiving Day, Alex requested an image of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe to gaze at. His wife and daughter played beautiful Guadalupana music on her feast.

He died early the next morning. Alex’s life of theology intertwined with the people, with their hopes and fears, their struggles and joys. He taught me how to do more of that kind of theologizing–with the people, from the heart.

As I was praying, I remembered a poem I had written that exemplified Alex so I read it at his funeral.

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Ms. Paulina Espinosa, Director of the Hispanic Institute (JST) The loss of Professor Alejandro García-Rivera left a great emptiness in the hearts of everyone involved in the Hispanic Institute, especially the students who summer after summer experienced the expansion of their minds and the deepening of their faith in Alex’s classes.

Many students felt fortunate to have “Profe” Alex as a teacher. Until his sickness, Alejandro taught the twoweek Hispanic Institute every summer. The students’ and alumni’s expressions of appreciation and sorrow inundated my email box soon after I notified them of Alex’s death.

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As a child I played loteria A children’s game my family played together With cards and frijolitos We laugh, play and hope to win Even Abuelita played As I now look at the deck Of cards I understand How my parents taught us That the cards meant more Than the simple nouns They represent El Sol – the warmth my family gave me La Estrella – Shine no matter what the task El Caso – Hard work is good for the soul La Rosa – Approach even beautiful things with caution La Arana – Do not weave webs you could get tangled up

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The simplicity of my Hispanic upbringing is the core of how I try to live These simple lessons Are the tools I have To win life’s LOTERIA!

To honor Alex, the school established the Alejandro García-Rivera Memorial Fund for Art and Religion.

If you would like to contribute to this fund, please visit www.scu.edu/jst/alumni/giving/, click on the link “Make a gift now”, choose “other,” then complete the empty field with the fund above.

Rest in peace, beloved Maestro.

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El Nopal – Even things with thorns can taste good La Luna – You always have the light you need to guide you even in the dark El Musico – A good melody can brighten your day El Pescado – Learn to fish and you will never go hungry La Sierna – Use your imagination, dream La Bandera – Have pride and respect for who you are El Arbol – Roots run deep El Diablo – Do not be tempted La Muerte – Death is part of the journey – Do not fear it

Rev. Tom Buckley, S.J., Professor of Modern Christian History, presented the fall Gasson Lecture at Boston College on “Mentoring and Jesuit Education: Thomas Jefferson, Ignatius Loyola, and Us.” His respondent was Matthew Carroll (M.Div. 2012).

Dr. Thomas Cattoi, Assistant Professor of Christology and Cultures, published an article, “Why Images? Visualized Deities and Glorified Saints in Vajrayāna Buddhism and Patristic Theology”, in the Journal of Philosophy and Education (Salesian Institute of Philosophy in India) in an issue devoted to interreligious dialogue.

Studia Patristica accepted his paper “Salvific Asymmetry: Anhypostasy and Icon Veneration in Theodore the Studite’s Antirrhetici”. He participated in a panel on “Elisio Alteritatis: Mystical Marriage and Mystical Union” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta and chaired a session on Catholic and Orthodox theologies of the atonement. In January, he attended the annual symposium on Buddhist-Christian dialogue at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, CA.

Sr. Mary Ann Donovan, S.C., Professor Emerita of Historical Theology and Spirituality, I was with the Chan Zen Buddhist/Catholic Dialogue of Northern California on January 26–29. Twenty-two of us, including Bishop John Wester, assembled at the Monastery of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, CA. The theme of this year’s gathering was “Conversion/Conversation.”

I presented developments in the Catholic view of conversion. Rev. Thomas Matus, O.S.B., spoke on “A Vow of Conversation.”

Rev. Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry, has been involved in the transfer of Jesuit holdings to the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the planning of the 300th anniversary of the death of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645–1711) in Tucson. Kino was a Jesuit missionary, rancher, astronomer, explorer, cartographer, linguist, and protector of indigenous peoples in what is now parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern parts of the United States. Together with Dr. Ana María Pineda of Santa Clara University, he gave a workshop on “Pastoral de Conjunto” at Fordham University in October and one on Christology at the Diocesan Formation Conference in Santa Clara in November. He directed a retreat for the priests of the Diocese of Tucson, AZ in October and has been invited to serve on the board of the Loyola University Jesuit Institute in New Orleans.

Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza, Professor of Biblical Studies, published “The Books of Samuel” in the New Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity (Cambridge University Press, Fall 2010); and presented “What’s Just About Biblical Justice” at the Chapter Meeting for the Sisters

of St. Joseph of Peace in Bellevue, WA, October 2010; “Preaching the Prophets” at the Preaching Institute for Priests and Homilists in Palm Springs, CA, January 2011; “Contemplatives in Action” at the St. Ignatius’ Women’s Retreat in San Francisco, January 2011; and “Praying the Psalms” at the San Francisco Deaconate Program in San Francisco, January 2011.

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Dr. Jerome P. Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society, was recently elected as a Council Member for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR). He also participated on a panel presentation titled “This Academic Life” — discussing the work of a sociologist at a theology school — at the SSSR’s annual meeting in Baltimore. He completed two book reviews: a review of James M. O’Toole’s The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (Harvard) for Religious Studies Review and a review of Christian Smith’s What is a Person? Rethinking Humanity, Social Life, and the Moral Good from the Person Up (Chicago) for Sociology of Religion.

Rev. Francis X. McAloon, S.J.,

Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality, for the fall semester 2010, held the Loyola Chair at Fordham University, where he served as distinguished professor of Christian Spirituality for the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Studies. In addition to offering a course entitled, “Christian Contemplation and Action,” he also offered two public lectures in October 2010, entitled ,“Let him easter in us: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Consolations of Poetry,” presented at the Rose Hill Campus and the Lincoln Center Campus.

McAloon’s essay on Gerard Manley Hopkins was recently published in The English Parish Church, DVDROM (The University of York, Great Britain) focusing on the parish church, covering art, architecture, people, history, life, spirituality, teaching and worship. For further detail, see www.christianityandculture.org.uk/ resources/epc.

Dr. Mia M. Mochizuki, Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, edited, with Alejandro R. García-Rivera, Encounters of Faith: Art and Devotion in Latin America (Berkeley: Solstice Press, 2010), based on the JST exhibition and symposium of the same name and aided by the timely generosity of a Making Connections Initiative Grant (Lilly Foundation).

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Council of Learned Societies Fellow this year, she gave the following papers: “The Memory Palace of Brother X, S.J.,” Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology Conference, Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh, PA, November 12–13, 2010, where Rev. William O’Neill, S.J. ( JST), was kind enough to provide a most stimulating response; and “The Abject Object,” The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, London, UK, November 19, 2010, in conjunction with 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). She continued her research on “The Jesuits and the Earliest European Art in Japan, 1549–1639” with a research trip to Lisbon and Belém in October. Her extramural service to the academy was augmented by a lecture and participation in a panel — “Speaking in Tongues: Graduate Fellowship Writing and the Task of Scholarly SelfDescription,” University of Southern California, College of Letters, Art and Sciences, September 25, 2010.

She also served as a peer reviewer for the American Academy in Berlin, as a member of the Advisory Board for the project “Breaking Up and Reconciling With the Past: Religious Literature as Instrument of Change in the Dutch Republic,” the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschaplijk Onderzoek (NWO, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research), as a member of the Advisory Board for the project “The Transnational Production of Illustrated Religious Literature in Early Modern Europe,” Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie voor Wetenschappen (KNAW, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences), and on doctoral dissertation defense committees jesuit school of theology

in art history at the University of Maryland and the Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands.

Rev. George Murphy, S.J., Director of Formation, gave a talk on St. Ignatius and Ignatian Spirituality to the adult education group at St. Monica’s Parish in Orinda, CA in December. He and Sr. Jane Ferdon, O.P. led the retreat for New Directions sabbatical students at Los Altos, CA in January.

Rev. Bill O’Neill, S.J., Associate

Professor of Social Ethics, offered talks on Catholic social teaching and immigration policy in the Dioceses of San Jose, Oakland, and Charlotte.

In November, he responded to Prof.

Mia Mochizuki’s brilliant research project, “The Netherlandish Image Abroad: 1543–1639” at the Luce Fellows in Theology annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sr. Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M.,

Professor Emerita of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality, received a Luce Fellowship for 2011–12. Her focus is “Risen Jesus, Cosmic Christ: Biblical Spirituality in the Gospel of John.” She had the following speaking engagements: October 19, lecture at University of Toledo Corpus Christi Lecture Series: “Discipleship in the 21st Century”; November 3–4, two lectures

to the Leadership Assembly of the Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph: “Claiming Our Reality as Ministerial Religious,” and “Obedience in the Current Ecclesial Climate”; November 6, multipurpose videotaping on the subject “Consecrated Celibacy” for Wordnet; November 13, gave annual Speaking from the Heart: Witness to Integrity Lecture in honor of Sister Anita Caspary: “Speaking Out as Religious”; November 15, gave the St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco Lecture: “Role of and Issues Facing Women Religious in the U.S. Today”; January 17–21, Seminar “God So Loved the World…: Religious Life in the 21st Century” at Mariandale Center in White Plains, NY. She also has the following publications appearing from January 2010: “Religious Orders, Roman Catholic: Forms of Religious Life.” The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, 1067–1068. Edited by Daniel Patte.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010; “The Lamb of God and the Forgiveness of Sin(s) in the Fourth Gospel.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73/1 ( January 2011): 1–29; “Spirituality and the God Question.”

Spiritus 10, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 243–250; “When good (bad) things happen.” National Catholic Reporter.

Sept. 17, 2010. www.ncronline.org/ news/women-religious/when-goodbad-things-happen. Date accessed Sept. 24, 2010; “Biblical Interpretation — the Soul of Theology.” Australian Biblical Review 53 (2010): 72–82; “Discerning Ministerial Religious Life Today, The Post-Vatican II Record of Religious Sisters” Vagdevi, Journal of Religious Reflection 4, No. 1( January 2010): 22–41; “Défi prophétique à la première économique mondiale, Partie A,” En Son Nom 68, No. 1 ( JanvierFévrier 2010): 49–59; “Défi prophétique à la première économique mondiale, Partie B,” En Son Nom 68, No. 2 (Mars–Avril 2010): 110–123; “The Sisters of Mercy are not McDonald’s” U.S. Catholic 75, No.1 ( January 2010): 18–19.

1980s Rev. John E. Surette, S.J. (I.S.W.

1981) has authored The Divine Dynamic: Exploring the Relationships between Humans, Earth, and the Creative Power of the Universe. The book contains reflections emerging from 20 years of giving retreats and workshops on cosmological themes.

Br. Bill Connell, F.M.S. (I.S.W.

1988) It is quite amazing to realize that it is now something like 20 years since we all went our own merry way, full of enthusiasm and energy to ‘spread the gospel’ in whatever way we felt we could. During January 2011, I led a small group of university students — about a dozen twentysomething-year-old Aussies on an immersion visit to India. Most of our time was spent with the Marist Brothers educational projects in the southern state of Tamil Nadu where we have a number of primary and secondary schools as well as an AIDS Clinic for the poorest people.

1990s Deirdre Cornell (M.A. 1995) I just published my second book with Orbis Books. Titled American Madonna: Crossing Borders with the Virgin Mary, it is about the Virgin Mary in Mexico.

Damian Barry Smith

(S.S. 1994) recently published “Palm 95: The TODAY Clause.”

The Downside Review.

October, 2010: p. 284; and “Fitting Service.”

Commonweal. January, 2011. p. 31.Having retired from the practice of law I have more time to spend with my first love!

PHOTO BY Charles Barry, SCU

Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.

(M.Div. 1985), executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education and professor of law at Santa Clara University, has been named the 25th president of The University of Scranton.

Father Quinn will assume his duties as president on July 1, 2011.

Rev. Dorian Llywelyn, S.J. (S.T.L. 1995) published a new book, Toward a Catholic Theology of Nationality (Lexington Books, 2010). He is currently an assistant professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University.

2000s Rev. Showri Raju Palnati, S.J. (N.D. 2005) The times have gone by. I have a nostalgic feeling and look at each one of you in the picture and say ‘lovely’ people. Stay that way folks and be blessed by the Babe of Bethlehem through the coming year.

I am working with underprivileged 10- to 12-year-old children at Andhra Loyola College Alumni Association English Medium School in my state, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. They are very talented children, eager and quick to learn. I am enjoying my work. I remembered you, each one of you, during my midnight Mass.

send His Spirit of Peace to Africa.

Please keep us in your prayers.

Sr. Caroline Mbonu, H.H.C.J. (S.T.L. 2009) very warm greetings from Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is good to return to community life and enjoy the presence of the sisters again after many years away on a study apostolate. I am happy to announce to you that my book, Handmaid: The Power of Names in Theology and Society, is out. You can obtain a copy from Amazon.com or from Wipf and Stock Publishers at a discount. I am grateful to God and to all of you at JST and the GTU who encouraged me. Thank you.

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Sr. Mar Albajar Vinas, O.S.B. (M.A. 2009) I am busy although now I am beginning to enjoy the work I do, being in charge of the administration of the monastery (Monestir de Sant Benet de Montserrat). I also keep teaching Focusing seminars and I am still amazed by the effects of focusing.

Gina Carnazzo (M.T.S. 2010) is

currently teaching Comparative Religions to juniors at Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii. In September, she will travel to Rome to prepare for a lay volunteer teaching mission in Africa with the Canossian Sisters of Charity. She will most likely go to Kouvé, Togo, Africa, where she will volunteer for two years.

Paul Boyle (N.D. 2006) In Nairobi we have been enjoying really hot weather. In 2011 I will be working in 10 countries in Africa facilitating a process of trauma healing especially in countries that have come through war — Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Northern Uganda and Somalia. May God BRIDGE spring 2011

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sabbatical program for men and women who are looking for relaxation, pastoral renewal and theological exploration.

KEY COMPONENTS

• Opening Retreat • Spiritual Direction • Vibrant Worship Community • Faith Sharing Groups • Classes and Advising Located in sunny Berkeley, California

1735 LeRoy Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 • (800) 824-0122 • (510) 549-5013 • Fax (510) 841-8536

• E-mail: admissions@jstb.edu

• Visit us at: www.scu.edu/jst