Bridge Fall 2006

Volume 25, Fall 2006

JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY at BERKELEY P R E S I D E N T ’ S ME S S A G E

RE V . JOSE PH P. DA O US T, S . J. O LORD our God, all this wealth that we have brought together to build you a house in honor of your holy name comes from you and is entirely yours (I Chronicles 29: 16).

Prayer of David dedicating the temple in Jerusalem The entire Jesuit School of Theology community recently celebrated the blessing our new home. After two years of renovating our buildings down to the studs, we finally have an appropriate Academic Center for the School. The two worn-down fraternity and student residence buildings the School moved into three decades ago were a bit like sows’ ears, rough and unsuitable for academic use. Now we have united them into a single facility appropriately designed for academic use, a real “silk purse” in spite of the adage about porcine ears.

Included in the redesign is a chapel named after the chief Jesuit church in Rome, the Gesù Chapel. It is the first dedicated worship space for the School since we moved to Berkeley in 1969. It is a simple but beautiful space designed for our daily Masses and private prayer, as well as for teaching how to celebrate liturgies. Like the Israelite pilgrims to the Jerusalem temple 25 centuries ago, we feel “the sparrow has found its home at last, the swallow a nest for its young, your altars, O Lord of Hosts” (Psalm 84:3).

The thorough reconstruction also provided seismic retrofitting and handicap access, along with new “smart” classrooms and meeting rooms. Faculty offices are no longer shoe-horned into old dormitory bedrooms, and the whole exterior is newly landscaped with biblical plantings. As a whole, the “new” Academic Center is functioning very well to symbolize and support our important mission for the

“ T O D A Y S A L VA T I O N H A S C O M E T O T H I S HO U S E ! ” D E D I C A T I N G T H E G E S Ù CH A P E L A N D A C A D E M I C CE N T E R

On Friday, September 29, 2006, Most Reverend John Cummins, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Oakland, presided at the Dedication of the Gesù Chapel and the renovated Academic Center at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California.

Rev. Joseph P. Daoust, S.J., President of the School, welcomed trustees, donors, faculty, staff, and students to this celebration of the first on-campus chapel in the school’s history in Berkeley and the completion of $7 million in renovations.

Rev. Thomas Smolich, S.J., President of the Jesuit Conference-USA, preached the homily, proclaiming, “Today salvation has come to this house!” (Luke 19:9) Father Smolich reflected on how the Gospel story of Zaccheus echoes three important movements that should occur in any chapel, especially a Jesuit chapel: conversion, challenge and celebration. “The chapel is a place to experience God in word, sacrament and community … a place to truly find God in all things as St. Ignatius invited us to do.”

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The new Gesù Chapel (left) with the bell tower (right) and Academic Center (rear, center and right) in October 2006.

future of the Church: preparing leaders in ministries of faith and justice.

None of this would have been possible without the generous support of many friends. The $7 million cost of the project will be covered by donations to our current capital campaign, Partners for Tomorrow’s Church. That campaign is in its final phase as we are 96% of the way to reaching our goal of $20 million. Along with the renovations, the campaign will fund student scholarships, faculty chairs, and formation programs. We are most grateful to all who have partnered with us to make all of these wonderful developments possible.

If you are ever in the area, please come visit us in our new home.

C A L L E D TO BE AN INTERVIEW

THE THINKING H EART OF THE WITH A CADEMIC DEAN , KEVIN C A T H E R I N E M . K E L L Y ( M . DI V . 2 0 0 6 )

I was delighted to interview Kevin Burke, S.J., the new Academic Dean at the Jesuit School of Theology who has nine years experience teaching systematic theology.

What strikes you most about the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley?

Burke: I see many new things at the Jesuit School, including a renovated Academic Center and, above all, a new chapel. In a way the renewal of our building and the dedication of the new chapel symbolize the energy one feels at the school. We stand at a crossroads in our history as we come to the end of a capital campaign to move the school forward financially. One feels energy in the student body, the faculty and the administration.

People here are engaged in things they really care about, but with the added element of this new sense of energy.

What do you think are some growing edges for the Jesuit School?

Burke: One of our growing edges appears with the need to continue fine-tuning the Master of Divinity program so that it meets the needs of students and of the churches they are going to serve when they leave. I am interested in addressing the actual reality of what our students experience as they study.

Another growing edge concerns the need to sharpen the licentiate program to meet the concrete needs of students who come from all over the world:

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from Africa, Asia, Australia, Eastern and Western Europe, and Latin America.

What will help our students help their churches? This is especially interesting when we are talking about “new churches,” relatively new churches in Africa, for example, where so much of the Academic Dean, Kevin Burke, S.J. overall growth of the church has taken ministry and for place during the last century engagement with the world. or so. The students we Therefore, we must teach will be real leaders in continue to engage ethical these churches. So our questions and serious growing edge is to do even religious questions at the better what we are doing in level of pastoral formation, service of those churches the level of intellectual through these individuals formation (through our own with whom we are scholarship), and the level of privileged to teach and the formation of new work. churches through the leaders of those churches.

What are your hopes for the This school – the faculty and School in the upcoming years? the student body – together with similar theological Burke: I hope that the Jesuit centers, serves as the School of Theology “thinking heart of the continues to deepen its church” called to be Christ sense of mission. The school and to give light to the serves the church in a way world. As such, we are that is quite extraordinary called to do ministry that is and extremely important. theologically sensitive and Part of the challenge and theologically honest. This part of my hope for the enables the church to be future is that we continue to what it is called to be: the respond to our call, the thinking heart of a broken mission given us by the world. church and by the Society of Jesus to prepare people for

The Bridge is the tri-annual newsletter of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.

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.

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K A T H E R I N E C . HE N N E S S E Y ( M . A . I I ) This past June, I had the opportunity to accompany seven students and one teacher from St. Ignatius College Prep (SI) in San Francisco on an immersion trip to a city very close to my heart, New Orleans.

After college, I taught theology and worked in campus ministry at Archbishop Hannon High School in St. Bernard Parish, 15 miles outside of New Orleans. Katrina completely destroyed the school and the parish.

When I began planning the trip after Katrina, I had no idea what it would look like. I just knew that the trip had to happen. After SI approved the service trip, our Dean of Students, Jill Marshall (M.Div. 1985), connected me with a recent Jesuit School of Theology graduate, Jocelyn Sideco (MTS 2003), who is also an alumna of SI. These connections boded well for the trip from the beginning.

The city that had

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captured my heart so deeply had clearly touched Jocelyn as well. Several months after Katrina, Jocelyn left her position as a University Minister at Marquette University to become the Pastoral Associate for Relief Ministries for the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus.

In what could have been its darkest hour, the New Orleans Province forged critical connections among visiting and local relief organizations, creating links between them and the many U.S. Jesuit schools that have sent volunteers to New Orleans. To date, more than 6 Jesuit high schools (with an additional 8 commitments), 16 Jesuit colleges and universities, and 8 Jesuit parishes have sent close to 1,000 volunteers to New Orleans. They have done the dirty work of gutting homes and salvaging whatever personal effects can be saved to return to their rightful owners, most of whom were

St. Ignatius College Prep students at the Habitat for Humanity work site in New Orleans, Louisiana. Katherine Hennessey (center).

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left with only the clothes on their backs. Volunteers continue to come to gut some of the more than 200,000 homes lost to the floodwaters.

Rooted in prayer and knowing that everything is dependent on God's goodness and providence, Jocelyn believes that "the St. Ignatius students with their banner,“Men and women with and for others.” aftermath of Katrina inspires people to make and Stacey Jonas. better communities For me, one of the wherever they are." She has most beautiful gifts of the trip experienced this time and was witnessing the way again in the last year.

Jocelyn and others working in During our time in the ministry in New Orleans are city, we volunteered with propelled by the movement of Habitat for Humanity. But God in their lives and in the our days did not end when world. Through their example, the physical labor was done. we should not be afraid to ask: An important part of the "What does a faith that does Jesuit service experience justice mean for faculty, staff, was evening prayer and parents and donors? How can reflection, including Mass we support that?" That with other Jesuit groups at beautiful witness was Loyola University and intimately connected with Sunday Mass at St. another, the Jesuit network in Augustine, the first action. It is truly powerful to integrated Catholic church see what can be accomplished in the U.S. Through our through the efforts of men and work, we met and visited women educated in a faith with many locals and had that does justice. the privilege of hearing their We need everyone to assist stories. We also met with in the recovery and rebuilding some of my former students of this world and God’s and their families to offer kingdom. If New Orleans is them a ministry of calling you, please consider presence. participating in the Ignatian We were one of the first Family Teach-in, “Rebuilding groups to enjoy the our Communities: Challenging accommodations offered by Racism and Poverty,” from the new nonprofit ministry March 9-12, 2007 at Loyola Contemplatives In Action New Orleans. To find out (www.contemplativesinaction.org), how you or your organization an intentional community can participate in the that offers hospitality and conference or help in New relief to those affected by Orleans, contact Jocelyn at Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn jesuitkatrinarelief@norprov.org. started the group with two other hosts, Meg Griffiths

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R O B E R T O B A R R I G A ( HI S P A N I C I N S T I T U T E I ) This past summer the Instituto Hispanico (Hispanic Institute) students had the opportunity to share their lives during intense studies of contextualized theology offered at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.

The Hispanic Institute is a two-week, three-year certificate program offering courses in several theological disciplines to lay and ordained ministers working with Hispanic communities in the U.S. The collaboration of Paulina Espinosa, Director of the Hispanic Institute, and the professors and students confirmed that during the Institute, God brought us together to be for him and in him, the Body of Christ, invited to serve the Church.

The students’ trusting interactive participation hinted at God’s presence and grace guiding the hearts and minds of the professors.

The flexibility, experience and dedication of the professors as well as arts and simplicity transmitted the pedagogy and methodology for teaching and learning contextualized theology. God is revealed in simple ways and we receive the gift of knowledge and of his presence in a simple way.

Students shared the following reflections on the experience of the Hispanic Institute 2006 for their lives and respective ministries.

Francisco Herrera (Calimesa, CA). “Now I

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Students from the 2006 Hispanic Institute who shared their reflections herein.

have a different idea of God, and my path to the Lord has been broadened. Before now, my concept of God was abstract, but now God is accessible. This new understanding of God will positively influence my preaching. I will speak to my brothers and sisters about a more human Christ. I am grateful that I have met this loving and uncomplicated Christ.”

Blanca Jimenez (Fremont, CA). “These courses are a tremendous gift. Personally, I have been strengthened in my desire and determination to allow God to mold me with all this new knowledge. I feel God is filling me in each thing I am learning. What I am learning about the Blessed Trinity is so deep that it expands me.”

Sr. Nalleli Pérez, SSS (Los Angeles, CA). “These courses are a medium through which we continue to deepen and grow in our faith, hope and charity to serve every person we

meet in our life’s journey.”

Araceli Nava (South San Francisco, CA). “For me, these two weeks have been a time for deepening my faith in the Church, its roots and values.…I have discovered a living God who lives and journeys with his pilgrim church of sinful human beings, and in which God manifests His grace to the world in full knowledge that what God gives us we are to share with the whole world.

Sr. Juana Gutierrez, Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry, St. Anthony Parish.

(Beaverton, OR). “The Hispanic Institute has made me a different person…. I needed help being the leader God was calling me to be [and] I found that help in the Hispanic Institute….My vision, openness, understanding, and more than anything else, my love for God has grown.”

Susana Alatorre (Oakland, CA). “This level

of experiencing God invites me to be open, to understand others, and to welcome them with a new attitude, beginning with my own person…. I have begun to discern the process of accompanying my community through Christ’s invitation.”

Arturo López (Los Angeles, CA). “I have grown in knowledge, which is helpful in my ministry. Spiritually, it has helped me find adeptness in my life that has led me to be more open in committing myself to serve others.”

One professor, Rev. Eduardo Fernández, S.J., states, “To teach in the Hispanic Institute gives me hope. It is obvious that the students sacrifice much to be here. The enthusiasm of the students and their love for the people of God are inspiring. I am moved by the depth of their spirituality. I am sure that they are going to share many tools that they learned in the Institute with the people in their ministries.”

Roberto Barriga (Hispanic Institute,I)

Our vocation of service calls us to “live theologically” within the life of God, which is our gift to share.

Paulina Espinosa, Director, Hispanic Institute, translated this article from Spanish into English.

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N E W J E S U I T CO M M U N I T Y I N WE S T O A K L A N D M E R E D I T H M A C D O N A L D ( M . DI V . I I ) “To live poverty as a grace in an egotistic world lacking a sense of responsibility for others will place us joyfully with the Son and with those among whom the Son wants to be, the poor and neglected of the earth.” General Congregation 34, D 9, nn. 291.

Phil Cooke, S.J., Matt Walsh, S.J., Mike Conley, S.J. and Rick Ralphson, S.J. share a meal together.

Seven Jesuits answered this call by establishing a new community residence in West Oakland. Casa Loyola is home to Matt Walsh, S.J., Phil Cooke, S.J., Tom Greene, S.J., Mike Conley, S.J., Rick Ralphson, S.J., Rev. Joseph P. Daoust, S.J., and Rev. Greg Chisholm, S.J. Last year, Rev. Greg

Carlson, S.J., the then rector for the Jesuit Community at the Jesuit School of Theology, suggested that considering the General Congregation’s renewal of the Jesuit call to live in solidarity with the poor, and due to the need for new housing, the Jesuits consider re-establishing a home in a materially poor neighborhood like West Oakland. Through the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, Jesuits at the Jesuit School had maintained a community house in this type of a location.

Matt Walsh, S.J., offers, “The impetus behind this movement is solidarity with the people who struggle in our urban neighborhoods, and the purpose is to live where we can be transformed by our contact with the poor by allowing the struggles of the people around us to have an impact.” For Matt, whose bike ride to campus takes him through many streets with people in need, the move provided an exciting

TH E O L O G Y O N TA P Theology on Tap is a series of presentations on current world issues by community members, lay and ordained, to young adults. The series shares the richness of Christian teachings in an easily accessible, modern context. This outreach program is often held in bars or in other locations

beyond a parish setting, inviting people may not feel completely welcome or comfortable in a church to attend.

Many Jesuit School professors and students participate in these workshops. Ralph Rivera, S.J. (M.Div. III) opened the Fall 2006 series with a

opportunity to gain perspective and closer contact with those in his ministry. Matt works with retreat direction for men in transitional housing in Oakland, and with the St. Patrick’s parish community, only a few blocks from Casa Loyola.

Phil Cooke, S.J., and Matt shared some of the challenges of their new living situation: getting accustomed to a new neighborhood that has considerable activity at all hours of the night, which is a very different environment from the quiet of Holy Hill, the longer commute, and getting to know their neighbors who may not have had previous experience with Catholic religious.

Phil comments on an unexpected benefit to their new home, “We have to depend on each other more because when you live in a place with violence you have to look out for each other. It has made us less individualistic as Jesuits.”

This renewed sense of fraternity will hopefully extend into developing a sense of community with their new neighbors. Future events include a possible block party and more

presentation on “Catholic Social Teaching and the Labor Movement: Reflections & Interpretations.” Lisa Fullam, Th.D., led a conversation called, “Whose Life is it Anyways? A Discussion on Assisted Suicide.” Rev. Tom Scirghi, S.J. will discuss “Of Cathedrals and Casinos: How Buildings Shape Us.” Fr. Scirghi commented that in the several years that he has

been involved with the East Bay Theology on Tap program, it has been a great experience of “bringing people back to the church with the Christian message.” He encourages students and faculty members who would like to get some honest, immediate feedback on their thoughts to consider attending and presenting material.

“The impetus behind this movement is solidarity with the people who struggle in our urban neighborhoods...”

Matt Walsh, S.J. outreach efforts through the St. Martin de Porres School, parish, and community organizing coalitions.

With the hope of the Jesuits becoming “a fixture and strong presence in the neighborhood,” Matt feels very much at home in Casa Loyola. The opportunity to learn about true solidarity and friendship energizes Phil, and he looks forward to the chance to “live out our faith in Jesus for the sake of justice.”

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“The communal worship was an opportunity to see firsthand the power of liturgy.”

Jessica Mueller

The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley excitedly introduces Annie Selak, Brent Anderson, and Jessica Mueller as three new students who received the Fund for Theological Education (FTE) Ministry Fellowships. The FTE program awards a onetime stipend of $5,000 to first-year Master of Divinity students to support them in a summer ministry project of their creation. Fellows also participate in a summer conference before their programs begin. Annie, Brent and Jessica traveled to Austin, Texas for five days of education and ecumenical fellowship with other FTE scholars. Jessica notes, “It was an incredible chance to learn communal worship and to experience other faith traditions. The communal worship was an opportunity to see firsthand the power of liturgy.” They attended many insightful seminars on topics such as consumerism and Christianity, non-violence and activism, and prayer and praxis.

Brent, Jessica and Annie all reached the Jesuit School through different paths. A visit to the School convinced Brent that this was the right place for him.

His previous experience includes working with a diocese service corps in Uganda in the field of public health, and an opportunity to make a 30-day Ignatian retreat. Annie and Jessica both applied to only one

seminary, the Jesuit School.

A desire to learn more about the “intense and intentional” way one studies theology drew Jessica to our school. She looks forward to learning “an integration of social analysis and theological reflection because holistic education leads to committed change.” As a Jesuit Volunteer, Annie participated in a FTE volunteer conference, which acquainted her with the funding available, which was a huge factor in her decision to come here.

Currently, both Annie and Jessica work as resident ministers at the University of San Francisco where they live in dorms with the students, plan retreats and connect students with resources for their spiritual needs.

All three students came to the Jesuit School to discover where their skills in

ministry may lie and to develop a summer project to refine their abilities even further. Annie is considering several options, which include travel, peace studies, and working with women. Brent might return to Uganda or some other form of international relief work.

Jessica is interested in South American studies and exploring Franciscan and Ignatian spirituality.

In addition, the FTE offers congregational fellowships and opportunities for funding for undergraduates and doctoral students. The fellowship seems to be an unknown resource for Catholic seminarians, as the majority of those applying for and receiving FTE grants are not Catholic. We hope that the examples of Brent, Annie and Jessica will encourage incoming students to apply for the fellowship.

Fund for Theological Education 2006 Ministry Fellows: Brent Anderson, Jessica Mueller, and Annie Selak.

Dedication continued The Dedication involved four rites: anointing the altar, anointing the chapel, burning incense, and lighting candles. The anointing of the altar reminded us that Christ is “The Anointed One.” Bishop Cummins poured consecrated oil onto the altar and gently rubbed the oil into the entire altar surface. The anointing of the four walls of the chapel signified that this space will be devoted to Christian worship. Rev. Daoust, S.J. anointed the 1934 handcarved wooden crucifix which originally hung in the chapel at Alma College and which now hangs on the north wall in Gesu Chapel, and the stained glass windows in the entrance doors on the south wall.

Rev. Smolich, S.J. anointed the stained glass windows on the west wall and the handmade wooden cross, composed of the woods used for the grid work and the bell tower, on the east wall.

The burning of incense signified that Christ’s sacrifice, along with the

prayers of the people, ascend to God. The lighting of the altar candles and candles in the chapel reminded us that Christ “is a light to enlighten the nations,” shining in the Church and the whole human family (The Rites of the Catholic Church).

Bishop Cummins remarked on the fruitful contributions that the Jesuit School has made to the Oakland Diocese, including the ongoing commitment to pastoral ministry to the parishes in the West Oakland Deanery and faculty-led educational opportunities at the diocesan level. Thanking the faculty for the aid they provide to the U.S. Bishops Conference, the bishop concluded by praising the school’s ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue efforts.

The Dedication concluded with a blessing of the Academic Center, and the triumphant ringing of a Second Vatican Council bell in the new bell tower on the plaza. Our bell is one of the bells created to

Rev. Joseph P. Daoust, S.J. anointing the front door to the Gesù Chapel.

commemorate the end of the Second Vatican Council.

A frieze of Pope Paul VI and several bishops of the Council circumscribe it.

The bell symbolizes the great period in the church that saw this school reborn in a new place, in Berkeley and as part of the Graduate Theological Union, and in a new form, admitting lay students alongside Jesuits for preparation in ministry.

The celebration continued with a catered Second Vatican Council bell in bell reception in the Academic tower on the newly renovated Academic Center.

Center plaza.

Paul Kircher (M.A. 1994) and cantor Janet Sullivan Whitaker (M.T.S.I) led the choir of faculty and students from around the world, providing uplifting, multi-lingual music for the occasion.

Most Reverend Cummins (center) with concelebrants Rev. Thomas Smolich, S.J. (left) and Rev. Joseph P. Daoust, S.J. (right).

N E W F A C E S O N CA M P U S M E R E D I T H M A C D O N A L D ( M . DI V . I I )

Thomas Cattoi, Ph.D. This fall, the Jesuit School welcomed Thomas Cattoi, Ph.D. as an Assistant Professor of Christology and Interreligious Dialogue.

Originally from a small town in northern Italy, Thomas has also lived in Lithuania and London, but this is his first time living in California.

He recently earned a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Boston College, and studied at Oxford University for his undergraduate degree.

Thomas holds two masters degrees: a M.S.C. from the London School of Economics and an M.Phil. from University College London. His interests lie in

the interface between contemporary philosophy and tradition, interreligious dialogue, “keeping theology relevant,” and countering the trend of hazy terms in theology.

Thomas enjoys teaching those who will go on to become ordained and lay ministers in the church. He comments, “By teaching, I can make a small contribution to the church, and the classroom has an impact on the outside world.” He is excited about the diversity of our student body and staff, the variety of the resources available through the Graduate

Theological Union, and the strong Catholic identity of the school.

The faculty has been “amazingly supportive” to him, and he looks forward to exploring the Berkeley area New Jesuit School Assistant Professor, Thomas Cattoi, Ph.D. and getting to know the students.

Rev. Tony Sholander, S.J. We welcome to the Jesuit Community a new rector, Tony Sholander, S.J. He brings with him experience as a formation director for the California Province of the Society of Jesus and as an assistant dean of students for Santa Clara University. Tony’s training is in the field of social work, including experience at prisons and mental health centers.

“Listening is a major function of my job,” Tony comments. As rector, he meets with Jesuits, helping them to “adapt their current mission to their needs, sort out where God is inviting them, and help formalize and integrate that invitation to the rest of their lives.”

Tony feels that it is “quite a New Jesuit Community rector, Tony Sholander, S.J.

privilege” to be here and have this opportunity to form a community, the Jesuit School of Theology Jesuit Community. He is learning much about the different cultural backgrounds of the members of the community.

He hopes that he is helping Jesuits “to honor their previous lives and bring the experiences to this learning and growing” period at the Jesuit School. The international students bring with them “an inherited culture of the Society of Jesus, and find it’s a universal culture here.” He likely will be here for six years, and we look forward to getting to know him better.

“ KINDLE A NEW ” REUNION

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Past ISW staff members Jake Empereur, Clare Ronzani, Sandra Schneiders and Cornie Hubbach.

Over 30 alumni of the Institute for Spirituality and Worship (ISW) and New Directions (ND) gathered in Berkeley, June 8-11, 2006, for our “Kindle Anew” reunion. “Senior” status goes to Kevin Bates (ISW 1973-74) from Australia, while “junior” status goes to Brian Shea (ND 2003) from Canada. Alumni came from Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Past ISW staff members Clare Ronzani,

Cornie Hubbuch, Jake Empereur, Sandra Schneiders, and Don Arel blessed us with their presence.

The reunion offered a balance of presentations, prayer, social activities, and meals. On Friday morning, Sandra Schneiders presented “Mission to the World in the Twenty-First Century,” focusing on the implications of Jesus’ resurrection for mission

Jake Emperuer leads Friday liturgy in the new Gesù Chapel.

today. In the afternoon, Jake Empereur spoke on “Liturgy and Globalization,” addressing several aspects of globalization and their implications for liturgy.

Question and answer sessions followed both presentations. Jake celebrated Mass for the group and John Lee, CP (ISW 1993) hosted the social that evening.

On Saturday morning, Cornie Hubbuch gave a presentation on “Wellness and Passionate Commitment to Mission,” covering several aspects of self-care to strengthen our commitment to mission.

Later, Bruce Lescher spoke on recent developments at the Jesuit School and answered questions. Then Julie Benbow led a tour of the stunning art exhibition entitled, “Encounters of Faith: Art and Devotion in Vice-Regal Latin America,” featuring works by indigenous artists in ViceRegal Latin America. The pieces show the cross-

The entire group in front of the Jesuit School.

fertilization of European and indigenous cultures.

The Development Department sponsored a cook-out to conclude the day.

On Sunday morning, Clare Ronzani and Bruce Lescher led the group in a reflection/evaluation of their experience of the reunion. The final liturgy followed at which Godric Timney, OSB (ISW 1995) presided. Liturgical dancers, led by Carolyn Krantz (ISW 1979), enriched our celebration of Pentecost Sunday.

Several alumni remarked on how well the participants shared the experience of the reunion even though they were in Berkeley at different times; the bond of transformative renewal was something everyone held in common. The Spirit is very much alive and kindled anew after this weekend!

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F AC U LT Y N E W S Ted Arroyo, S.J. traveled to South America in September and Asia in October to nurture the Jesuit School of Theology’s international connections. In Asunción, Paraguay, 60 representatives of Jesuit ministries gathered to create educational programs to advance democratic citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean. He presented his book, The Ethics of Lobbying, as an example of an inductive approach to developing ethical principles in the formation of public policy.

In Beijing, China, he participated in the China Study Week, which the Jesuit Conference – USA and the China Province of the Society of Jesus organized, to learn more about how the Jesuit School can make connections with China. He also conferred with Jesuit leaders in Manila to develop further theological links between the School and the Philippines.

Thomas Buckley, S.J., Professor of American Religious History, presented two lectures in October on "Church and State in a Revolutionary Era" at the invitation of the history department of Peking University in Beijing. They dealt with the impact of the American Revolution and the French Revolution on religious freedom and subsequent church-state relations in each country.

Greg Chisholm, S.J. is presenting the Bishop Carl Fisher Awards Lecture on

Black Catholics in Los Angeles on November 18 and is offering the Theology in the City lecture, “Pastoring at the Margins,” in San Jose on November 28.

Joseph Daoust, S.J. celebrated the Red Mass for Judges and Lawyers in the Archdiocese of Detroit at SS Peter and Paul Church. He preached about the call to spread justice for the marginalized of society.

Mary Ann Donovan, S.C. was elected commissioner, Association of Theological Schools, class of 2012. For the Northern California Chan/Zen BuddhistCatholic Dialogue, she continues as a member and as part of the planning committee for new quadrennium. Her recent publications include “Fruitful Apostolicity,” in William Madges and Michael J. Daley, eds. The Many Marks of the Church, (New London, CT: Twenty-Third, 2006), 53-57; and a review of Albrecht Koschorke, The Holy Family and Its Legacy in Theological Studies, (June 2006), 461.

John C. Endres, S.J. delivered the Presidential Address at the 69th International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, held at Loyola University Chicago. The topic was “The Spiritual Vision of Chronicles: Whole-hearted, Joy-filled Worship of God.” He presided and preached at the Sunday Eucharist, substituting for Cardinal Francis George, who was

unable to attend. In commenting on his colleagues at the Jesuit School, a friend wrote, “Along with Gina [HensPiazza]'s very interesting paper for our task force, and Sandra [Schneiders]'s wonderful presentation on John, it says a lot about the vitality of life at your seminary.”

Donald Gelpi, S.J. recently published his autobiography Closer Walk: Confessions of a U.S. Jesuit Yat, and he has projected a short book entitled, The Importance of the Charisms. He will participate in the “Teaching the Spirit” conference honoring the work of Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, on November 11. Finally, he continues to sponsor hikes to beautiful Bay Area locations on Saturdays.

Gina Hens-Piazza, Ph.D. presented “Many Voices, One Text – Reading the Bible as an Act of Justice” at an Oakland Diocese conference on Social Justice. For the Catholic Biblical Association, she presented a paper “Supporting Cast or Supporting Caste – Reading Minor Characters in the Bible.” Her meeting schedule included the Executive Board Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association and the editorial board meeting for the Catholic Biblical Quarterly.

Her publications include two articles for the New Cambridge Dictionary of the Bible, two articles for the New Abingdon Dictionary of the Bible, and wrote,

reviewed and corrected proofs for seven essays forthcoming in the St. Mary’s Study Bible for College Students.

Paul Kircher presented “Culture and Spirituality: Addressing the Spiritual Needs of International Students,” at the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA) Region XII Conference in Las Vegas in November.

Advisors from California, Nevada, and Hawaii attended this conference.

Bruce H. Lescher, Ph.D. co-edited Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, published this year by Paulist Press. Additionally, Clare Ronzani and he facilitated a retreat for the pastoral staff of St. Perpetua Parish in Lafayette, CA in August.

George Murphy, S.J. will lead a day of prayer for the Bellarmine, San Jose Jesuit community.

Jean-Francois Racine, Ph.D. recently published “La construction du personnage de Jésus dans l’évangile selon Luc: une création collective,” in Et vous, qui dites-vous que je suis? La gestion des personnages dans les récits bibliques. Eds. Pierre Létourneau and Michel Talbo, (Montréal: Médiaspaul, 2006), 127-141.

Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M. has several speaking engagements this fall: “Religious Life as MysticalProphetic Lifeform:

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A L U M N I U P DAT E S Faculty Updates continued Evangelical Poverty” and “Religious Life as MysticalProphetic Lifeform: Prophetic Obedience” at the Sisters of Saint Joseph Congregational Enrichment Day, Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, MA; “Religious Poverty: A Prophetic Challenge to First World Economics,” keynote address for the National Association for Treasurers of Religious Institutions Conference in Anaheim, CA; “The Bible As the Word of God,” in the Hanley Memorial Lecture Series at St. Paul’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba; “Religion vs. Spirituality: A Contemporary Conundrum,” as a Shannon Lecture at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY; “Christian Mission to the World: What are We Called to and Why?” as a public lecture at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. Finally, she will respond to several panel presentations at “Teaching the Spirit: Approaches to Teaching and Learning in the Discipline of Christian Spirituality, a Conference Honoring the Contributions of Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM,” Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.

head spinning. Of them, my favorite is one I'm constructing for the first time, Liberation Philosophy. My students are many and beautiful. I do spiritual direction for a handful of seminarians and days of ‘recollection’ for students in the Erik Anderson (M.Div. 2006) proudly various religious displays his M.Div. license plate. congregations. I've been able to explore a good portion of the environs Erik Anderson (M.Div. already, including 2006) is the Campus [classmate] Ryan Brewer's Minister at Palma High former home, Zanzibar School in Salinas, CA. Archipelago. Helping Rosie Chinea (M.Div. construct an African 2006): “Things here in immersion experience, I Albuquerque are going recently hosted delightful great. I love my representatives from St. work/ministry. I am director Joseph's University in of campus ministry at the Philadelphia.”

University of New Mexico and am getting adjusted to “But by trusting God and living in desert climate. I've the 'mysterious ways' got to admit I miss the beautiful California coast. that God moves in my life But by trusting God and the I am always showered 'mysterious ways' that God moves in my life I am always with bountiful graces!” showered with bountiful graces! I am training to Rosie Chinea walk the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Julia Claire Landry marathon in January. This (M.Div. 2006) plans retreats weekend I will walk 10 for the campus ministry miles!” team and serves as a Rev. Chuck Frederico, resident minister at Santa S.J. (M.Div. 2006) serves as Clara University. a resident minister at Loyola Natalie Murphy (ISW College in Baltimore. In his 1988) “Last year I [set] off ministry of presence, Chuck for a time of sabbatical, and is learning from the students what a rich and blessed time what they need from their it was for me. I spent a recently ordained priest. week in Turkey – in Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, Istanbul, Gallipoli…and S.J. (M.Div. 2006): “I am Ephesus, five days on the teaching philosophy in a island of Iona off the west college-seminary program in coast of Scotland, a week at Morogora, Tanzania. Five Mercy International Centre preps each week keep my

in Dublin, and then time with friends from ISW….I went to Sangre de Cristo…New Mexico for a 3 ½ month sabbatical programme.”

Claire Noonan (M.Div. 2000) “My husband, Anthony Schmitz, and I welcomed Mary Siena Schmitz to the world on Oct. 4, 2006.”

Cindy Preston-Pile (M.Div. 1990) co-authored with Irene Woodward Traveling with the Turtle: A Small Group Process in Women’s Spirituality and Peacemaking published by Pace e Bene Press, www.paceebene.org Rev. George R. Sullivan, S.J. (M.Div. 1973) was appointed Assistant to the President of Creighton Prep in September. Father Sullivan served as President of Creighton Prep from 1982-1988.

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Area host committees promote the lectures in Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara/San Jose. Spring lectures in Honolulu, New York, Phoenix and San Diego will be announced soon. If you would like to attend a Theology in the City lecture or would like more information, please contact Myra Belfiore at (510) 549-5047 or mbelfiore@jstb.edu.

November 16, 2006 Chicago, IL. Stem Cell: Hope & Hesitation Lisa Fullam, Ph.D. November 28, 2006 Santa Clara, CA Pastoring at the Margins Greg Chisolm, S.J. February 2007 Sacramento, CA Ethics in Lobbying Edward Arroyo, S.J. Spring 2007 San Francisco, CA Filling the Holes: the Bible & the Reader’s Response Jean-Francois Racine, Ph.D.

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