Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., gave the annual
Hanley Memorial Lectures at St. Paul's College of the University of Manitoba,
Canada, on "Human Justice/Divine Justice," "Worship and
Justice Reunited," and "Biblical Justice & Contemporary
Issues." During the Mass of the Holy Spirit opening the 150th anniversary
of Loyola College of Baltimore, he preached on the Ezekiel text "Dry
bones, I will breathe spirit into you." His homily, "If You
Have Faith," at St. Ignatius Church celebrated the 55th anniversary
of the Radio Mass of Baltimore. He gave an address on "A Spirituality
for Social Justice" in a lecture series on the Beatitudes at Holy
Trinity Parish in Washington, D.C. With Father Raymond B. Kemp he co-directed
a five-day Preaching the Just Word retreat/workshop for priests and deacons
of the Diocese of Colorado Springs; a similar retreat/workshop organized
by the Passionists of the Eastern Province at the Bishop Molloy Retreat
House in Jamaica, New York; a weekend PJW retreat for permanent deacons
of the Diocese of Rochester and their wives; and a PJW retreat for priests
of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodeaux, Louisiana. At the annual awards weekend
of The Catholic University of America Alumni Association, he received
the Award for Pastoral Service, with special mention of Preaching the
Just Word. His article, "'Tis Grace Hath Brought Me Safe Thus Far:
Seven Decades a Jesuit," was published in the October 15th issue
of America; another article, "Mother of Jesus: Fresh Emphases,"
appeared in the October-December issue on Mary in The Living Pulpit,
an ecumenical journal. Drew Christiansen, S.J., spoke at the June meeting of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference on "Vatican and U.S.
Policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis." In July, he took part
in the Pontifical Biblical Institute's Jesuit Workshop on "Christianity
in the Holy Land," held in Jerusalem. He gave the keynote addresses
at the Archdiocese of Detroit's annual "Salt and Light" Convention
and at a retreat for graduate students in the Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service. Father Christiansen was also called upon to share
his insights on Catholic Just War teachings, the current situation in
the Holy Land, and the ramifications of the September 11 attack in several
talks and panel discussions, including ones given at the American Studies
Program, the U.S. Catholic Mission Association, the Faith and Reason Institute,
the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, and the National
Foreign Service Institute. He also presented a guest lecture on "Palestinian
Christians and the Al-Aqsa Intifada" to a class at Georgetown University,
and appeared as a guest on the "Talk to America" television
and radio program produced by Voice of America's Arab Language Service.
He spoke on "The Future of Jerusalem" at the annual conference
of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation in Washington, D.C.,
and was honored to receive the Foundation's annual award for his "life-long
commitment to the Christians in the Holy Land." His essay on "The
Common Good and Leadership Among Nations: A Roman Catholic Theological
Perspective on Equity and Global Climate Change" appears in the proceedings
of the Pew Center's 2001 Conference on Equity and Global Climate Change. Father Raymond Kemp directed an ecumenical workshop on the Advent Lectionary
at Belmont Abbey in North Carolina, and provided an orientation on biblical
justice to the National Association of Diocesan Directors of Gay and Lesbian
Ministry in Charlotte in September. In October, Ray spoke at Holy Trinity
Parish, Washington, D.C., to liturgical ministers and at Annunciation
Parish on restorative justice. He facilitated a joint all-day meeting
of three suburban parishes and three city parishes in Phila-delphia at
the Temple Newman Center, and coordinated a Preaching the Just Word Retreat
at Bishop Molloy Retreat House in Jamaica Estates, Queens, which centered
on a pilgrimage to the World Trade Center. He led deacons and wives of
the Diocese of Rochester, New York, on a weekend retreat in Skaneateles.
In November he and Fr. Burghardt led a retreat for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodeaux,
Louisiana. Dolores R. Leckey provided an afternoon and evening of reflection
for the annual Summer Institute for diocesan social justice directors
and others involved in social ministry. The Institute is conducted by
the National Pastoral Life Center. In August she delivered the keynote
address at the Marriage and Family Life Symposium sponsored by the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The symposium commemorated the
20th anniversary of Familiaris Consortio, Pope John Paul II's Apostolic
Exhortation on the Family. In November she gave a presentation at the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catholic Life Congress: Seven Essentials
for the Spiritual Journey, based on her recent book. The Church Leadership
manuscript was finalized during the fall and has been delivered to Paulist
Press. Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders will be published
in 2002. Dolores also has an article on the developing role of women in
the Church, entitled Crossing the Bridge, which will appear in
the winter issue of Church. Finally, writing continues on her book
While Shepherds Kept Watch. Prayers for its completion would help. Gasper F. Lo Biondo, S.J., facilitated the first two
regional meetings of the Global Economy and Cultures (GEC) project. The
first, from September 2-5, held entirely in Spanish, was hosted by the
Jesuit-run Centro Cultural de Brasilia in Brazil. He was accompanied by
Woodstock associate fellow Juan Floriani and Woodstock research associate
Mark Allman, who are analyzing the documents written by the 13 participants
at the meeting. Participants represented nine Jesuit social centers in
as many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean region. At the second
regional meeting in Bangalore, India, in October, 14 Jesuits and three
lay people from eight Jesuit social centers followed the same Ignatian
method as those who met in Brazil. Father Lo Biondo, assisted by Father
James Redington, S.J., guided the work of the meeting as participants
shared their narrative data, chose common themes, and worked together
in small groups that produced written explanations of how globalization
occurs in their local cultures. The documents produced by these two regional
meetings become the basis for further analysis and reflection leading
to the next international GEC meeting. While traveling in India, Father
Lo Biondo gave a talk to 200 students and faculty at Loyola College, Chennai
(Madras), on Globalization and Cultures. He also spoke to a group of about
100 people of different religions at the Jesuit center for religious dialogue,
AIKIYA ALAYAM. James D. Redington, S.J., traveled to the Maryut Jesuit Retreat
House, near Alexandria, Egypt, to take part in the biennial meeting of
the Congress of Jesuit Ecumenists, in July. In September, he attended
the "Conference on Religion and Ecology" organized by the Brueggeman
Center for Interreligious Dialogue at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Next was a lecture on Interreligious Dialogue in Parishes and Retreat
Houses, given on September 12 to the Maryland Province meeting of pastors
and retreat house directors at Faulkner, Maryland. A lecture on "Hindu
Ethics and Development" followed, on September 14, to the Master
of Science in Foreign Service students' retreat at Georgetown University.
Finally, from September 25 to October 15, Father Redington assisted Father
Lo Biondo in conducting Woodstock's Global Economy and Cultures Project's
regional workshop in Bangalore, India, and in visiting famous places like
Dhanbad and Jamshedpur. Drew Christiansen, S.J., led a workshop for the
Ecumenical Office of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, March 15, on moral
responsibility in intractable situations (with special reference to sanctions
against Iraq). On April 3 he taped a television interview for Catholic
television with Adam Cardinal Maida on the situation of Christians in
the Holy Land. At the Society of International Law convention in
Washington, D.C., on April 5, he made a panel presentation on the Catholic
approach to the use of international law in the Middle East conflict.
Also in April Father Christiansen made a presentation at the Pew Center
on Global Climate Change convention on "The Common Good and Leadership
Among Nations: A Roman Catholic Theological Perspective on Equity and
Global Climate Change," which was published in Origins (May 3, 2001, Vol
30: No. 46), the documentary service of the NCCB/USCC. On
April 18 he spoke on "Significance of Jerusalem for Christians" to an
audience of high school teachers under the sponsorship of Georgetown University's
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. He was a panelist for the
April 25 Woodstock Forum on "Energy, the Economy, and the Environment:
Putting Them All in Context." From April 30 to May 4, Father Christiansen
was a consultant to the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee,
the official Catholic-Jewish dialogue, on the issue of protecting religious
rights and holy places.
J. Leon Hooper, S.J., has an article in the New
York Province insert in the spring 2001 Company magazine on John Courtney
Murray's notion of "civility," written in light of recent calls for political
civility, and an article, "The Grace that Saves," on Pope John Paul's
notion of union with God within our contemporary social world in the spring
issue of BC Magazine. He has finished a collection of essays on
Murray and Dorothy Day.
Reverend Raymond B. Kemp spoke on Biblical justice
and related concerns to St. John the Evangelist Parish, Forest Glen, Maryland;
the thirteenth National Black Catholic Congress, Orlando, Florida; the
Board of Directors of the International Catholic Stewardship Council in
Washington, D.C.; and the Mount Tabor House in Arlington, Virginia.
Father Kemp keynoted the meeting of the Diocesan Directors of Hispanic
Ministry on "Institutional Conversion" in Nashville, Tennessee.
He coordinated a Preaching the Just Word retreat for the Eastern Province
of the Holy Spirit Fathers at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.
Dolores R. Leckey gave a keynote address to the
Conference of Pastoral Planning and Council Development which was held
in Philadelphia in April. The presentation "Historical Perspectives
on Catholic Leadership: 1975-2000)" is based on her current project, While
Shepherds Kept Watch. She is preparing the keynote for publication
as an article. In May she gave a lecture at St. Ann's parish in
Arlington, Virginia, entitled "Sister Mary Madeleva, CSC: Poet, Scholar
and Inspiration to Catholic Women." In early June, at the 25th anniversary
conference of the National Association for Lay Ministry, she gave a workshop
utilizing the ideas of the Woodstock project, Spiritual Exercises for
Church Leaders, and was also a panelist on the topic, "Honoring the Lessons
of Our Experience to Discover Our Future." Dolores prepared a book
review for the National Catholic Reporter while a major portion of her
time is devoted to the writing of While Shepherds Kept Watch.
Gasper Lo Biondo, S.J., was a panelist at Howard
University's (Washington, D.C.) international conference, "The Challenges
and Opportunities of Globalization at the Dawn of the Millennium," on
April 10-13. The panel discussed "Regional and International Perspectives
on Globalization." His paper was on "The Impact of Globali-zation
on Nations and Cultures Around the World." He prepared a short curriculum
entitled Linking Theology and Economics for the Woodstock fellows'
theological reflection seminar. Father Lo Biondo facilitated discussions
on narratives from Africa related to the Global Economy and Cultures project
at a May 25-28 meeting of 20 Jesuits from diverse countries of Africa
who are currently studying in the United States and Canada. The
meeting was sponsored by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus
and the Woodstock Theological Center, and hosted by Woodstock. During
June and July he supervised the Global Economy and Cultures project work
of two Jesuit summer interns, Jaime Badiola, S.J., from Loyola, Spain,
and Aaron Salzer, S.J., from New Orleans. On June 26, Dr. Joseph
Ramos, an economist from the University of Chile and the Universidad Jesuita
Alberto Hurtado, completed a semester-long reading course on Bernard Lonergan's
Method in Theology, under Father Lo Biondo's direction.
James D. Redington, S.J., gave a day of recollection
for the Visitation School parents on March 3 entitled "Eastern and Western
Spirituality at the Crossroads." He also participated in the Vaishnava
(Hindu)-Christian dialogue at the Rockwood Center in Potomac, Maryland,
on April 6-7. Also in April he taped two programs of the cable television
panel show, "Passion for Truth," on "The Destruction of the Buddhist Statues
in Afghanistan" and "Persecution of Christian and other Minorities in
India." On May 18-20, he took part in the annual meeting of the
(North American Jesuit) Assistancy Committee on Interreligious Dialogue
at the Loyola Jesuit Residence in Montreal.
James F. Salmon, S.J., continues his work as an
adjunct associate professor at Loyola College in Baltimore, where he will
teach a course on "Chemistry in the Cosmos" later this year. A book
on the same topic is under development. On April 25, Father Salmon
made a presentation at Woodstock Center along with collaborator and Woodstock
associate fellow Nicole Schmitz-Moormann. Father Salmon discussed
the history of Jesuit scientific research, and Ms. Schmitz-Moorman offered
an update on her important and much-awaited critical edition of the journals
of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
Drew Christiansen, S.J., presented a paper "What
Is a Peace Church?: A Roman Catholic Perspective" to the International
Mennonite-Catholic dialogue in Thomashof, Germany, November 24-30.
He was also named a standing consultant and member of the Catholic team
in that official bi-lateral dialogue. In addition, he lectured on
"The Intifada and Palestinian Christian Identity" at two seminars sponsored
by the bishops of England and Wales, January 23 and 24 in London.
On February 5 Father Christiansen offered the opening panel presentation,
"Catholic Peacemaking: From Pacem in terris to Centesimus annus" at a
workshop on Catholic peacemaking sponsored by the United States Institute
of Peace in Washington. His "Christians, Christmas and the Intifada,"
describing the effects of the Palestinian uprising on Holy Land Christians,
appeared in the February 12 issue of America, the national Catholic weekly.
On March 7 he delivered the homily, "The Gospel, the Law and the Poor,"
at the annual Red Mass for the members of the bar and political leaders
sponsored by the Florida Catholic Conference in Tallahassee.
Dolores R. Leckey presented an overview of her
new book While Shepherds Kept Watch: Stories, Memoirs and Meditations-American
Catholic Leaders, 1975-2000, in a program sponsored by The Tabor Community
of Fairfax Virginia in February. The book will be completed next
year. In March she gave a lecture at St. Charles' parish in Arlington
on "The Developing Role of Women in the Church." Later in March
Dolores gave a keynote address at a national consultation of women ecclesial
leaders. The consultation, held in Chicago, included 125 women executives
in a variety of church leadership roles and bishops who serve on the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Women in Society and the
Church. The keynote was based on a chapter in While Shepherds Kept
Watch about the historical development of women's leadership roles in
society and in the church. The draft leadership manual, Spiritual
Exercises for Church Leaders, is currently being field-tested at the Lonergan
Institute located at St. Anselm's Abbey in Washington, D.C. This
is the 11th field-test site, and is being led by Dolores together with
Paula Minaert (editor of the manual) and Brother Dunstan, OSB, associate
director of the Lonergan Institute. Details of this particular seminar
can be found on the Lonergan web site. We expect the final editing
of the manual (in preparation for publication) to occur in the summer
of 2001.
Gasper Lo Biondo, S.J., presented a paper on "The
Ethical Responsibilities of Development Actors," at an international meeting
on ethics and development at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington,
D.C. He also gave a paper on "The Global Economy and Cultures" and
participated in a panel discussion on Globalization and Religion at the
International Studies Association Conference in Chicago.
James D. Redington, S.J., was the keynote speaker
on "Freedom of Religion: A Precious Human Right," at the conference of
the same name sponsored by the Netherlands' Justitia et Pax Commission
in The Hague on December 5. On January 24, he was one of two presenters
at the Washington Theological Consortium's discussion, "The Singularity
of Jesus Christ: Responses to the Vatican Document Dominus Iesus," at
Virginia Theological Seminary. At St. Matthew's Cathedral on February
4, Father Redington and Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff and Professor Sulayman
Nyang lectured and dialogued about being "Children of Abraham."
And on February 23, he and Woodstock Visiting Fellow Dr. Perianayagam
Devanesan were interviewed and filmed for the Paulist Productions'
eight-hour documentary, "The Jesus Experience," on specifics of Jesus'
influence in India.
Reverend Raymond B. Kemp coordinated with Father
Walter Burghardt the Preaching the Just Word retreat/workshop for the
Passionists of the Western Province in Houston and a weekend for permanent
deacons and their wives of the Diocese of Little Rock. He did a
day of recollection for the faculty and staff of Gonzaga High School at
Loyola Retreat House, and is teaching "Struggle and Transcendence"
with forty undergraduate students as an adjunct professor in the Theology
Department of Georgetown University. Ray moderated and spoke at
a panel for the Diocese of Arlington on Restorative Justice and the U.
S. Bishops' statement: "Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration:
A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice." He preached
the Lenten parish mission for the Church of the Presentation, Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey, and addressed the National Federation of Priests' Councils
Colloquium on priestly spiritual renewal at Saint Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.
July - December 2001
[Woodstock Report, December 2001, No. 68]
April - June 2001
[Woodstock Report, June 2001, No. 66]
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J.'s, activities have been
somewhat curtailed by surgery on March 28 for a total knee replacement and
continuing rehabilitation. Just three weeks after the surgery, he
delivered the keynote sermon, "Biblical Justice and America's Sixth Child,"
at the Annual National Conference of the Children's Defense Fund on April
19 held in Washington, D.C. (Please see the Preaching the Just Word
web page for a link to the sermon.) Father Burghardt addressed the
University of Notre Dame's Pastoral Liturgy Conference on "Liturgy and Justice"
on June 20-22. His article "Jubilee for the Captive?" was published
in the April - June issue of The Living Pulpit. With Father Raymond
Kemp he co-directed a Preaching the Just Word retreat/workshopa in June
for the Eastern Province of the Holy Spirit Fathers at Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He continues his comprehensive book on justice
with five sections: Justice Analyzed, Justice Applied, Justice Sacramentalized,
Justice Inculturated, and Justice Communicated; target date 2002, Orbis
Books.
January - March 2001
[Woodstock Report, March 2001, No. 65]
Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., celebrated 70 years in
the Society of Jesus with a Mass of Thanksgiving and a jovial dinner with
the Woodstock scholars and staff, and several days later with the Gonzaga
community, preaching in both instances on a line from Amazing Grace, "'Tis
grace hath brought me safe thus far." With Father Raymond Kemp he directed
a five-day Preaching the Just Word retreat/workshop for the Passionists
of the Western Province in Houston, Texas, and a weekend PJW retreat for
permanent deacons and their wives (132 in all) in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He gave a lecture at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Virginia on "Hear the
Just Word and Live It"; directed a two-day retreat in Faulkner, Virginia,
for principals of Catholic high schools in the District of Columbia; and
presided and preached at a liturgy for the seminarians at Theological College
in Washington, D.C. He delivered the annual John Marten Lecture, on
"Preaching the Just Word," to the Master of Divinity students at the University
of Notre Dame. His article, "To Age Is To Grow," appeared in the January-March
issue of The Living Pulpit. His current preoccupation is a comprehensive
book on justice, with five sections: Justice Analyzed, Justice Applied,
Justice Sacramentalized, Justice Inculturated, and Justice Communicated;
target date 2002, Orbis Books.
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