June 2004 - December 2004
[Woodstock Report, December 2004, No. 80]
Terry Armstrong has been busy developing and coordinating
various Woodstock Business Programs. A three day retreat for business executives
and their spouses wasconducted by Woodstock and hosted by the Jesuit Center for
Spiritual Growth at Wernersville, Pennsylvania. John Haughey, S.J., and James
Connor, S.J., along with Terry and Woodstock Business Conference ("WBC")
chapter coordinators Tom Danks and George Limbach conducted the retreat. An
evening of conversation with Governor Richard Thornburgh, Bill Byron, S.J., Tom
Saporito, and Jim Nolan on the topic "A Crisis in Corporate Governance" was
presented along with the help and encouragement of Paul Belford of the
Washington, D.C., WBC chapter. Two new WBC chapters were created this fall: a
Medford, New Jersey, chapter with Deacon Barry Tarzy as the coordinator and a
Rochester, New York, chapter with Rolf Miller as coordinator. A number of other
activities are in the design phase.
John Farina appeared on a number of media outlets this
fall to discuss the role of religion in civil society, including Baltimore's
WYPR's "The Mark Steiner Show." He participated in the development of the
new Jesuit radio program, "Provoke," for WBAL radio. He delivered an address
to the International Religious Freedom Forum at the Columbus School of Law at
The Catholic University in Washington and presented an undergraduate course in
Georgetown University's Catholic Studies Program on "The Classics of Western
Spirituality." His review of Howard Ball's The Supreme Court in the Intimate Life of Americans appeared in the fall issue of INTAMS Review. He also served as chairman of the
Washington Theological Consortium arts and theology group.
John Haughey, S.J., spoke at seminar on "The Vocation of
the Catholic CEO: The Future of Corporate Leadership" hosted by Woodstock and
the Center for Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University, in July. In August, he
conducted an eight-day retreat for the Maryland Province Jesuits on the theme of
the Humanity of Jesus at Wernersville, Pennsylvania. He delivered a paper, "The
Primacy of Receivement" at a Seminar on Business as a Vocation at the
University of St. Thomas. He gave an address at Loyola University of Chicago's
First Annual Inspire Convocation of Diocesan Parishes in
September and while there also made a video on "The Calling of University
Faculty" to be produced in the spring of 2005. In October he spoke at the
Woodstock Business Conference workshop at the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth
at Wernersville, Pennsylvania, as well as at a Diocese of Arlington workshop at
George Mason University Catholic Center on the "Social Implications of
Eucharist." Father Haughey was a speaker at the Archdiocesan Convention of
Chicago Parish Leadership, November 6th, on "The Logic of Abundance and the
Logic of Scarcity" and chaired the third gathering of scholars for his
Catholic Higher Education project on December 10-12. His publications include
a chapter entitled "A Critical Reading of Pope John Paul on Culture" in Creed and Culture edited by Joseph Koterski, (St. Joseph's
Press, 2004); an article, "There's no Them There: Jesus' Discovery of the
Other," in Living Pulpit (Oct-Dec Vol 13, #4); and a chapter, "The
Wider Ecumenism in the Pneumatology of Bernard Lonergan" in The Holy Spirit, The Church and Christian Unity, eds. D. Donnelly, A. Denaux & J.
Fameree (Leuven University Press 2004).
Leon Hooper, S.J., followed up a talk on the 100-year-old
John Courtney Murray, S.J., that he gave at this year's Catholic Theological
Society of America dinner, with another presentation along with Walter Burghardt,
S.J., John Haughey, S.J., and Mark Williams (a nephew of Murray) at the
Woodstock Library, with many Murray family members in attendance. Leon also
presented a paper entitled "Murray on Loving One's Enemies" and led a
faculty discussion on the Murray legacy at Seattle University.
Reverend Raymond B. Kemp preached a parish mission at Saint Frances
Xavier Cabrini Parish in Littleton, Colorado, at the request of the priests
there who had made a Preaching the Just Word Retreat with the Archdiocese of
Denver. With Sister Nancy Sheridan, SASV, of the Center for Religious
Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he preached the retreat for the priests
and bishop of Monterey, California, at St. Francis of Assisi Retreat House in
San Juan Bautista, California. Preaching the Just Word was presented as a
three-day convocation to the bishop and priests of the Diocese of Norwich,
Connecticut, on Goat Island, Rhode Island. Father Kemp also gave a seminar at
the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge. The Center is an
international and ecumenical training center for those who want to serve as
spiritual directors and give the Spiritual Exercises and is sponsored by the New
England Province of the Society of Jesus. Father Kemp taught 43 undergraduates
at Georgetown University in his "Church and the Poor" course.
Dolores Leckey was a keynote speaker at the clergy
congress of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in early October. All of the
priests of the diocese were present, along with several bishops and the parish
directors (mostly women religious) who manage the day to day pastoral life of
parishes which do not have resident pastors. Dolores' topic was "Spiritual
Foundations of Church Leadership." She has been engaged in the organizing and
editing of a book based on last year's symposium: "Catholic Traditions of
Peace and War." This is a joint venture of the Woodstock Center and the U.S.
Jesuit Conference, and we hope to have a completed manuscript by January.
Dolores (along with Fr. Ted Arroyo, S.J.) planned the October forum, "Who
Pays? Taxation and the Common Good." In late October she spoke to the 4th year
students at Theological College (CUA) on "The Changing Role of Women in
the Church." She also did a presentation to the RCIA at Our Lady Queen of
Peace parish in Arlington, Virginia, on "The Spirituality of the Nicene Creed,"
and she wrote an article for the Catholic News Service, "What is Holiness,
Anyway?" In mid-November she was a speaker at a colloquium on "Renewing the
Church" held at the College of the Holy Cross. Her topic was "The Laity: In
the World, In the Church and In Ministry." In early December, she addressed
the Washington area Jesuit alumni club, Alpha Sigma Nu, on the topic of Church
Leadership, and held a book signing there for Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders. Finally, Dolores and Gasper LoBiondo, S.J.,
led a retreat for the staff of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in
December.
April 2004 - June 2004
[Woodstock Report, June 2004, No. 78]
John Farina was a judge for the Religion Newswriters
Association's 2004 Supple Award for Religion News Writer of the Year. He
presented a course to Georgetown University undergraduates entitled "Religion
and Public Policy" which deals with the subject matter of the Catholicism and
Civic Renewal project. He began work editing a volume of resources for Catholic
studies, which will be produced by the Georgetown Catholic Studies program
during the next year. He continued his ecumenical outreach work with the
Washington Theological Consortium and attended a conference in Washington, D.C.,
with representatives of the Trinity Institute for Christianity and Culture, at
Holy Trinity Parish (Anglican), Sloane St., London.
Rev. Raymond B. Kemp met with 25 Preaching the Just Word alums at the
National Federation of Priests Councils Convention in Atlanta in April. The
alums encouraged Woodstock to continue the project and made several suggestions
for the next phase of the operation. He addressed the deacon formation program
in Springfield, Massachusetts, and coordinated a PJW Convocation for ninety
priests of both Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. Ray preached at the
Baccalaureate Mass for Washington, D.C.'s, Trinity College at their 101st
Commencement and celebrated Mass for seniors at Georgetown during Senior Week.
He continues to write for Preach magazine and has been promoting Father
Walter Burghardt's latest book now available: Justice: A Global Adventure,
Orbis Books, 2004.
Dolores Leckey was a Mandeleva Scholar in residence at Saint Mary's
College, Notre Dame, Indiana, for the month of April. While there she was
engaged in research for a book in the Paulist Press series, "Rediscovering
Vatican II." She also participated in two college events: an Interfaith Women's
Conference on Human Rights and the New Voices Seminar, an
intergenerational-intercultural group of 20 women to discuss the theme, "Women
Shaping Theology." She delivered the commencement address at Washington
Theological Union on May 7, "The ABCs of Leadership: Some
Spiritual-Theological Perspectives." In early June she participated in a
Trinity College, Washington, DC, panel discussion on "Crisis in the Church:
Hope for the Future." On June 21st she and Gap Lo Biondo, S.J., led an
afternoon of reflection for the national staff of the Catholic Campaign for
Human Development, and on June 22 she led a reflection day for social justice
parish ministers in the Arlington Diocese. Dolores received the Cardinal
Bernardin Common Ground award on June 25, 2004, at the annual Common Ground
lecture at The Catholic University of America.
Rita Rodriguez has been in communication with the
participants of the Global Economy and Cultures (GEC) Project, many of whom will
be attending the Fourth International GEC Consultation in September. She
has been coordinating their contributions to the GEC explanatory texts that will
be the focus of that meeting.
Dr. Zhang Xianqing, International Visiting Fellow
from China, has been awarded the 1st Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the Centre
for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society at Chung Chi College, Chinese
University of Hong Kong. His thesis, entitled "Local Government, Lineages and
Christianity: The Development of Rural Church in the Late Ming and Early Qing
Fu'an, Eastern Fujian," will be published by the Centre and he will be an
honorary research associate there during the coming year.
January 2004 - March 2004
[Woodstock Report, March 2004, No. 77]
Terry
Armstrong recently spoke on "Shareholder vs.
Stakeholder Value: Competing or Complementary Interest" and led a discussion
on faith related concerns in business at St. Peter's Church in Charlotte
sponsored by the diocesan Office of Justice and Peace. He also led a
group of Catholic executives and clergy in a reflection on "How Do We Decide
On Incentives?" sponsored by the Charlotte,
North Carolina, Woodstock Business Conference.
Edward
"Ted" Arroyo, S.J., was invited to the new
Jesuit University in Santiago, Chile, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, in early
January to present a "seminar," as they called it, for about 200 Chilean
political leaders, including the Vice President of the government, many
government, political party, and commercial officials on the topic of Woodstock's
recent book, The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power,
and the Common Good. The book was the result of a four year process of
consultation, a project of Woodstock's program on Ethics in Public Policy. Ted has made similar
presentations in Mexico, in collaboration with the Centro Lindavista. He has also published an
article on this topic in PROJET, a publication of the Jesuits' French
CERAS.
William
Bole has two chapters in the newly released
book, American Catholics & Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice, edited by
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels (Rowman & Littlefield). The book is the first of
two volumes resulting from the project, American Catholics in the Public Square, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
John
Farina produced the musical concert at Gaston
Hall December 5, "Iberian Mystics: The Music of Three Faiths," which Cecilia
Porter of The Washington Post described as an evening of "stunning
artistry and mellifluous passion." He organized and moderated an
academic conference the same day at Georgetown, entitled "Music and Mysticism in Renaissance Spain," which featured
papers by scholars from Georgetown and three other area universities. Mr. Farina's article,
"E'Eglise Aus Etats-Unis" ("The Church in the United States"), appeared in the March-April edition of the French publication, Questions
Actuelles. He serves on the steering committee of the Georgetown
University Catholic Studies Program. On February 3, he moderated the
Woodstock Forum, "International Faith-Based Initiatives: Will They Work." He
convened a meeting of faculty of the Washington Theological Consortium on
Theological Reflection and the Arts, held at the Center on February 26. And on
February 27 he appeared on MSNBC's Morning Update show to discuss the movie, "The
Passion of the Christ" and the John Jay Report.
Reverend
Raymond B. Kemp spoke about biblical
justice with religious educators from the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, in Ocean City,
Maryland, with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development pastors in New Orleans, at St Anthony's Parish in Falls Church,
Virginia, and at a day of recollection for Annunciation Parish in Washington,
D.C. He gave the parish mission at St. John's Parish in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, pastored by Monsignor Dan Hoye, former General Secretary of the U. S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops. He did a workshop on preaching and liturgy
for the annual Social Development meeting of the USCCB with Mr. Robert Gorman of
the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. Father Kemp is teaching a theology course that blends the
African-American struggle with the theological methodology of the Jesuit Bernard
Lonergan to forty undergraduates at Georgetown University. Father Kemp is planning a bilingual Spanish-English Preaching the
Just Word retreat/workshop.
Dolores
Leckey wrote two articles for Faith Alive!, a
project of Catholic News Service. One article was about rituals and the other
about "disappointments and challenges." She also completed a chapter
for a book to be published by Sheed & Ward (Zeni Fox ed.), The
Spirituality of Lay Leadership. Dolores' chapter is "The Spirituality of
Administration." Work has begun on the educational resource based on the
November forum, "Catholic Traditions on Peace and War." The forum was a
joint project with the Jesuit Conference. A finished product is expected by
autumn. Finally, Dolores has accepted an appointment as a lay member of the
board of The Center for the Study of Religious Life, based in Chicago. The Center conducts interdisciplinary and intercultural reflection on
the life of Catholic religious sisters, brothers, and priests in the United States.
Gasper
Lo Biondo, S.J., gave a panel presentation
at the Inter-American Development Bank's Ethics and Development Day on January
16, 2004. He is a member of the
advisory committee of the Bank's Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital,
Ethics and Development. On February 20, 2004 he addressed a gathering of 80 Catholic Campaign for Human Development
diocesan directors on social justice spirituality and Catholic Social Teaching.
The title of his talk was "Mission, Tradition, and Hope: Reaffirming our Work in a Time of Challenge."
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