Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., preached at the Gonzaga High School Ash
Wednesday assembly on "You Are Dust . . . Redeemed"; preached five
different sermons in a long weekend at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church,
Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania; and preached on "Lent: Palms or Passion?" to
the seminarians at Theological College in D.C. He addressed, with several hours
of discussion, an American history class at the University of Notre Dame on
"John Courtney Murray, the American Bishops, and Vatican II on Religious
Freedom," and lectured in the adult education series at St. John Neumann
Church, Reston, Virginia. Three books are scheduled for publication: a 14th
collection of homilies, Christ in Ten Thousand Places; a memoir, Long
Have I Loved You: A Theologian Reflects on His Church; and Hearing the
Just Word, a sequel to Preaching the Just Word.
Drew Christiansen, S.J., was a featured speaker in January on a panel
addressing questions of humanitarian intervention sponsored by the Washington
Theological Union at the National Press Club. He spoke on "Human Rights and
the Crisis of International Order: Intervention in Bosnia and Kosovo." On
January 23, he concelebrated in the closing Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II
in Mexico marking the end of the Synod for America and presenting the pope's
Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in America." In February, he
was a panelist on Just War and Catholic Pacifism at the Ethics and Public Policy
Center and spoke on "The Stringent Just War Teaching of Pope John Paul
II." Also in February, he was a featured speaker at the inaugural banquet
of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation. He authored "The
Vatican" for The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
(Congressional Quarterly Press) and co-authored with Gerard F. Powers, "The
Duty to Intervene: Ethics and the Varieties of Intervention" in Elliott
Abrams, ed., Close Calls: Intervention, Terrorism, Missile Defense and 'Just
War' Today (Ethics and Public Policy Center).
J. Leon Hooper, S.J.'s, biographical essay on "John Courtney
Murray" was published in Vol. 16 of the American National Biography
(New York, Oxford University Press, 1999). A paper entitled "A
'Little Way' Toward a Just Society" will appear on the Woodstock
web site in April. It is an analysis of Dorothy Day's study, extension, and
correction of the social dimensions of Therese of Lisieux's (the Little Flower's)
spirituality. The paper will be presented and discussed at the June convention
of the Catholic Theological Society of America. It is part of a larger study on
the Roman Catholic features of Day's and Murray's religious ethics.
Dolores R. Leckey was awarded a grant from the Louisville Institute in
Kentucky for the development of a new book tentatively titled While Shepherds
Kept Watch. The book will be a retrospective on the church in the United
States during the last quarter of the 20th century. She completed a
book entitled Blessings All Around Us, a collection of essays
(Resurrection Press) and another completed book, Seven Essentials for the
Spiritual Journey (Crossroad Publishers) will be in book stores in April
1999. She taught a six-week course at Virginia Theological Seminary based on
this book and gave the keynote address on "The Spiritual Journey" to
two diocesan-wide conferences: the Diocese of Wilmington (January) and the
Diocese of Galveston-Houston (March). An article on "The Silence of God the
Father" and a book review of New Ecclesial Ministry: Lay Professionals
in the Church by Zeni Fox will appear in CHURCH magazine. In
addition, two articles were written for the Faith Alive series of Catholic News
Service.
Richard M. Liddy participated in the Third International Symposium on
Catholic Social Thought and Management Education in Goa, India, January 10-13.
He presented a paper on "Lonergan on Work" which can be found on the
web site: www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/cst/mgmt.
He also published a paper, "Wisdom and the Transformation of the
Disciplines," in a publication from Seton Hall University entitled Knowledge
and Wisdom.
Gasper F. Lo Biondo, S.J., has hosted a number of international
visitors to the Woodstock Center since January, to learn about Woodstock, its
history, its mission, and its programs. The visitors were: Fr. Luiz Fernando
Klein, S.J., assistant to the president of the Jesuit Conference of Brazil; Fr.
Benoit Vermander, S.J., director of the Ricci Institute, Taipei, Taiwan; Fr.
Pablo Figueroa, S.J., doctoral student in philosophy, from Buenos Aires,
Argentina; Fr. Xabier Gorostiaga, S.J., former rector of the Jesuit University
of Managua, Nicaragua; and Mr. Anselmo Lee Seong-hoon, director, Pax Romana,
Geneva, Switzerland.
James L. Nolan addressed the Greater Des Moines Business and Religious
Leaders Ethics Conference in January on business as an opportunity to
collaborate with God in creation. His paper, "To Engage in Civil Practice
as a Religious Lawyer," will be published in an upcoming edition of the Fordham
Urban Law Journal. In February, he spoke at Woodstock Business Conference
chapters in Louisville and at the University of Notre Dame.
J. Michael Stebbins was a panelist examining issues of business ethics
as part of the "Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights" series
sponsored by St. Ignatius parish in New York City in January. In March, he and
consultant Bridgette Theurer conducted a three-day intensive training program
for facilitators of Woodstock's Faith and Values at Work seminar. The
sixteen participants, who came from Canada, Chile, New York, New Jersey,
Minnesota, Washington, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, will offer
the seminar to groups of managers and executives in their particular regions.
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., gave three
Bible Study lectures on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 during the annual Church of the
Brethren national conference for older adults at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.
He preached at the Mass closing the announcement of the public phase of
Georgetown University's $750 million capital campaign and at a Mass celebrating
the Archdiocese of Washington's Jubilee Year 2000 at Solomons, Maryland; and
preached on "Save Our Children" within the Great Preachers Series in a
program sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund in Clinton, Tennessee. He
delivered the annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J., Memorial Lecture at Fairfield
University, Connecticut, on "Biblical Justice, Catholic Faith, and American
Culture," and addressed Redemptorist students on "Preaching the Just
Word" at Holy Redeemer College, Washington, D.C. With Father Raymond B.
Kemp, he conducted Preaching the Just Word
retreat/workshops for priests of the Archdiocese of New York, the Diocese of
Great Falls-Billings, Montana, the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, and the
Diocese of Orange, California. His article "Peace Is a Work of
Justice" appeared in the October-December issue of The Living Pulpit.
Drew Christiansen, S.J., delivered the
inaugural Frank Maria Memorial Lecture at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New
Hampshire, in September, speaking on the topic "Jerusalem: Sacred City,
Contested Ground." On October 16, he chaired a meeting of episcopal
conference representatives in Brussels to discuss support for the church in the
Holy Land and for the cause of a just peace there. At the request of the Latin
Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, he staffed a symposium for heads of
regional episcopal conferences on Jerusalem. Later in October, he also staffed
the visit of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick to Israel and Palestine and
accompanied Archbishop McCarrick on a visit to Lebanon. Archbishop McCarrick is
chairman of the United States Catholic Conference Committee on International
Policy. At brown bag lunches with Woodstock's Visiting International Fellows
and others, he hosted guest presentations by Jim Zogby, President of the Arab
American Institute; Andrew Natsios, visiting fellow at the U.S. Institute of
Peace; and Jerry Powers and Jack Cullinan, S.J., of the United States Catholic
Conference.
J. Leon Hooper, S.J., delivered a paper
entitled "Theological and Philosophical Grounds for Catholic Cooperation
with Non-Catholics" to the annual conference of Common Ground for Life and
Choice, and continues to participate in the discussions of a local chapter of
Common Ground. He also helped shape and facilitated discussion groups for a
Campaign for New Community-sponsored conference in November entitled
"Building Better Communities: A National Dialogue on Collaborating for
Successful Siting of Housing & Service Programs."
Richard M. Liddy organized a four-day
seminar for 20 faculty of Seton Hall University in May on the topic of
"Wisdom and Knowledge." Monsignor Liddy helped in planning and
organizing, as well as participating in, a conference on Ethical Dimensions of
International Debt held at Seton Hall University, October 22-23. He wrote a
paper, "Lonergan on Work," for the Third International Symposium on
Catholic Social Thought and Management Education to be held at the Goa Institute
of Management in India, January 10-12, 1999. He continues to work on a book
dealing with the personal appropriation of Bernard Lonergan's Insight: A
Study of Human Understanding.
Dolores R. Leckey completed the
manuscript for her book, Seven Essentials for the Spiritual Journey, to
be published in April 1999 by Crossroad Publishing Co. Four articles published
recently are: "Resting in God: A Different Kind of Jubilee
Celebration" for the fall issue of Church; "Psalms and the
Common Person" and "The True Spirit of Christmas," both
for the Catholic News Service; and an article on family spirituality for The
National Catholic Reporter. Dolores made two keynote presentations: one at a
convocation of priests of the St. Petersburg Diocese in Florida and the other
entitled "ABCs of Leadership: A Theological-Spiritual Perspective" for
the annual meeting of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education (NCEA). She
did a TV interview for the program, "Among Friends," to be aired on
the Odyssey channel. She received the 1998 Recognition Award from the National
Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers for "twenty years of work on
behalf of family, women, and youth."
Gasper F. Lo Biondo, S.J.'s, essay on
microenterprise ethics, informal economic education for adults, and solidarity
appeared in a recently published volume entitled, Ética y Economía:
Economía de Mercado, Neoliberalismo, y Ética de la Gratuidad (Bonum:
Buenos Aires, Argentina; June, 1998). In July, Father Lo Biondo presented a
paper, "Solidarity and Efficiency in Microenterprise Development," at
a conference on microenterprise development convened by CERIS, the research
center of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference in Rio de Janeiro. In mid-October,
he participated in a conference on the Ethical Dimensions of International Debt
at Seton Hall University. Later in October, he was a panelist and gave a paper,
"Basic Economic Development and the Church: Microenterprise
Development" at the conference, The Church and the World in a New Century:
Faith and Responsibility in a Global Future, at Princeton Theological Seminary.
In Prague, Czech Republic, in early November, Father Lo Biondo delivered a
keynote address on Woodstock's approach to business ethics at the Second
Annual John T. Garrity Conference sponsored by Woodstock Theological Center. In
November, he met with individuals at the Jesuit research center, Institut Für
Gesellschaftspolitik, in Munich, Germany, who are participating in Woodstock's
Global Economy and Cultures project.
James L. Nolan revised the Woodstock Business Conference Formation Book,
an informational handbook for WBC chapter members. In September, he spoke on
"Doing the Right Thing" before the Potomac Employers Roundtable in
Washington, D.C. On October 8-9, he led the trustees of Canisius High School,
Buffalo, New York, in a retreat on "Understanding and Responsibly
Transmitting the Ignatian World View." He presented his article entitled
"At the Intersection of Faith and Work" to the Seminar on Christian
Culture and Corporate Culture, sponsored by the Holy Name Province of the
Franciscan friars, on October 16-18, in Denver, Colorado. In early December he
participated in an ecumenical "Conference on Rediscovering the Role of
Religion in the Lives of Lawyers and Those They Represent" at Fordham
University.
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., delivered the
three annual Sprinkle Lectures at Barton College, Raleigh, North Carolina, on
"Persuasive Preaching: Experience, Imagination, Passion." He was guest
presider and homilist at a liturgy at Theological College of Catholic
University, preached on "The Holy Spirit: Fire" at Our Lady of Victory
Church in Washington, D.C., and continues to preach each month at Holy Trinity
Church in D.C. With Fr. Raymond B. Kemp, he co-directed five-day Preaching the Just Word retreat/workshops for the bishops and
archbishops of Region 12 (U.S. Northwest) at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon, and
for priests, permanent deacons, and pastoral associates of the Diocese of
Honolulu, as well as a four-day PJW convocation for priests of the Diocese of
Owensboro, KY.
Gasper F. Lo Biondo, S.J.'s, article,
"North-South Cultural Dialogue: Our Response to the Gift of
Internationality," appeared in France in La Colombe, a publication
of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. As part of his work on the global economy
and its impact on cultures, he traveled to the Czech Republic in early March
with Mike Miskovsky (Chairman of the Woodstock Board) to attend a conference
entitled "Czech Society Towards the End of the Millennium" at Charles
University in Prague. The conference was part of the John T. Garrity
Advanced Management Institute Program.
Thomas J. Reese, S.J., was busy
responding to media calls during Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba and during
the recent consistory. He appeared on ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, PBS's
"The Jim Lehrer News Hour," Voice of America's "Talk to
America," and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered"
and "Weekend Edition." He also spoke about the pope's visit to Cuba
at The Brookings Institution, about the church to the Jesuit Community at Holy
Cross College, about papal succession at The Catholic University of America's
School of Law, and about diocesan governance for a canon law class at CUA. Fr.
Reese's Inside the Vatican is
now available in paperback.
J. Michael Stebbins attended a working
conference in January on "Business and the Church" presented by the
Institute for the Study of Economic Culture at Boston University. He also
participated in a meeting at the United States Catholic Conference aimed at
initiating an ongoing dialogue between the bishops and the business community.
In February Dr. Stebbins presented a one-day workshop on "Faith and Values
at Work" to a group of benefactors of Bellarmine Preparatory School in
Tacoma, Washington. He presented a similar program to members of the President's
Circle of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
January 1998 - March 1999
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April -December 1998
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January - March 1998
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