John Haughey, S.J., S.T.D., Catholic University. Professor
of religious ethics at Loyola University Chicago. Appointed
by Vatican's Council on Christian Unity to serve as member of its
international dialogues with Pentacsotalism and World Evangelical
Alliance. Served as Associate and Corresponding Editor for
America magazine.
Has taught theology and religion at Georgetown University, Fordham
University, Seton Hall University, Weston School of Theology, John
Carol University, and Marquette University. His books include
Revisiting the Idea of Vocation (Editor, Catholic University
Press, 2004), Housing Heaven's Fire (Loyola Press, 2002),
Virtue and Affluence (Sheed and Ward,1997), Converting
Nine to Five: A Spirituality of Daily Work (Crossroad/Continuum,
1989), and The Holy Use of Money: Personal Finances in Light
of Christian Faith (Doubleday, 1986). Coordinates Woodstock's
Catholic Higher Education project. John F. Haught, Ph.D., Catholic University, 1970. Former Chair and Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University (1970-2005). Area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion. Author of many books, most recently Christianity and Science (Orbis Press, 2007) and Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Lectures internationally on many issues related to science and religion. In 2002, won the Owen Garrigan Award in Science and Relgion and in 2004 the Sophia Award for Theological Excellence. Testified for the plaintiffs in the recent "Intelligent Design trial" (Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover Board of Education). Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at Woodstock. J.
Leon Hooper, S.J., Ph.D., Boston College. Visiting fellowship
at the Jesuit Institute at Boston College (1995-96). Publications
include The Ethics of Discourse:
The Social Philosophy of John Courtney Murray; Religious Liberty: Catholic
Struggles with Pluralism (ed.); Bridging the Sacred and the
Secular (ed.). Areas of interest: Bernard Lonergan's influence
on Murray's ethics and systematic theology; the use of Roman Catholic
theological and common good languages in public argument. Current
projects: studying how the writings of Teresa of Avila, Ignatius
of Loyola, and Dorothy Day might deepen our notions of the common
social good. See: "Citizen Murray"
and "A 'Little Way' Toward a
Just Society."
Rev.
Raymond B. Kemp, S.T.L., St. Mary's Seminary and University
(1967). Former pastor, St. Augustine Parish (1974-1981) and Holy
Comforter-St. Cyprian Parish (1986-1992), both African-American
parishes in Washington, D.C. Secretary for parish life and worship,
Archdiocese of Washington (1981-1986). Adjunct faculty: Washington
Theological Union, Georgetown University. Publications include Journey
in Faith; articles in Worship, The Catechumenate, Church,
Liturgy 90, National Catholic Reporter. Areas of interest: pastoral
theology, liturgy, preaching, Christian initiation, community organizing,
urban development and urban politics. Coordinator of Preaching
the Just Word. See: Interview
with Ray Kemp.
Dolores
R. Leckey, M.A., The George Washington University.
Formerly executive director of the secretariat for Family, Laity,
Women and Youth of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1977-1997).
An official advisor to the American Catholic Bishops at two Roman
synods: in 1980, at the synod on the family, and in 1987, at the
synod on the laity. Awarded eleven honorary doctorates, including
doctor of laws from the University of Notre Dame and doctor of divinity
from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. In 1991 she
delivered the Madaleva lecture, Women and Creativity, at
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame Ind., published by Paulist Press.
Author of many articles, book chapters, and books. Publications
include a biography of Carmelite poet Jessica Powers, Winter
Music (Sheed & Ward, 1992). Currently preparing two
books for publication in 1999: Seven Essentials of Spiritual
Growth (Crossroad) and Blessings All Around Us (Resurrection
Press). Areas of interest: spirituality, in particular lay
spirituality; church leadership, including shared responsibility;
the changing role of women in church and society; the lay vocation
in society; ecumenical and interreligious development, especially
in the area of spirituality. Coordinator of the Church Leadership program.
For more biographical information, click here.
Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Former editor-in-chief of America magazine (1998-2005). Visiting scholar at
a visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC (1994-95) and at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California (2005-06). Former Woodstock senior fellow (1985-98), working on various research projects on topics ranging from episcopal conferences to the Catechism for the Universal Church. Author of a trilogy examining church organization and politics on the local, national, and international levels: Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church (Harper & Row, 1989), A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (Sheed & Ward , 1992), and Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church (Harvard University Press, 1997).
Rita
M. Rodriguez, M.B.A., Ph.D., brings to Woodstock long experience
working with U.S. and foreign government agencies in the international
area. She co-directs with Father Gap Lo Biondo, S.J., Woodstock's
Global Economy and Cultures project.
For over sixteen years, she was a full-time member of the Board
of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, a presidential appointment. At the Bank, Dr. Rodriguez
oversaw policy development and was responsible for the formulation
of policy objectives and negotiating strategy with regard to international
organizations. Earlier she was professor of finance at the University
of Illinois at Chicago and assistant and associate professor
of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She
is the author of numerous books and articles on international finance
and is a member of the board of directors of several corporations.
She holds degrees from the University of Puerto Rico (B.B.A), and
from the New York University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.
and Ph.D.). Philip Rosato, S.J.,
Ph. D. in Theology, Eberhart-Karls University. Taught for over twenty years as professor of dogmatic theology at Pontifical Gregorian University
in Rome, where he also served on the University Senate . Most recently he
taught theology at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Author of several books, including The Spirit as Lord: The Pneumatology of Karl Barth (T. & T. Clark, 1981), Introduzione alla teologia dei sacramenti (Introduction to the Theology of the Sacraments, Edizioni Piemme, 1992), which has been translated into three languages, and Cena del Signore e amore sociale (The Lord’s Supper and Social Love, Edizioni Centro Eucaristico, 1994), and many articles, both scholarly and popular, in English, Italian, and Spanish. William Bole, M.A., theology,
Catholic University of America, B.A., philosophy, Fordham University.
Formerly Washington correspondent and associate editor of Religion
News Service, associate editor of The American News Service, and
lecturer in mass media and social communications at Catholic University.
Currently a senior correspondent of Our Sunday Visitor. Articles
published in the Washington Post, New York Times Syndicate,
Commonweal, America, Christian Century, and other
outlets. Co-author of Forgiveness and International Politics:
A New Road to Peace (Georgetown University/U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops, forthcoming) and, with the late Msgr. George Higgins,
Organized Labor and the Church: Reflections of a "Labor Priest"
(Paulist Press, 1993). Primary areas of interest: economic and international
justice, and social communications. Based in Andover, Massachusetts. John
Borelli, Ph.D., Fordham University. Former associate
director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (1987-?); consultor to
the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
Directed religious studies at the College of Mount St. Vincent in
New York (1976-1986). Served the Ecumenical Commission of
the Archdiocese of New York (1982-1987) and was the Secretary-General
for the U.S. Conference of Religions for Peace, a multireligious
non-governmental organization affiliated with the UN (1986-1987).
His publications have appeared in
The New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vatican II, the Continuing Agenda,
Marian Studies, New Theology Review, Jubilee 2000, Mid Stream, Ecumenical
Trends, Origins, Faith Alive, the Living Light, Buddhist-Christian-Studies,
and America. John
Farina, M.Div., Ph.D., J.D., directs Woodstock's
Catholicism and Civic Renewal
project, an interdisciplinary examination of the role of religion
in American public life. He also coordinates activities relating
to Theological Reflection on the
Arts. The former editor-in-chief of the Paulist Press Classics
of Western Spirituality and Sources
of American Spirituality series, he is currently editing
the new Crossroad Catholic Heart series. His own writing
includes works on the history of religion in the United States,
such as, An American Experience of God (Paulist Press, 1981),
Hecker
Studies (Paulist Press, 1983), and Romantic Religion
in Ante-bellum America: The Diary of Isaac Hecker (Paulist Press,
1988). He is the editor of Beauty for Ashes: Spiritual Reflections
on the Attack on America (Crossroad,
2001), winner of the 2001 Catholic Press Association's Award for
Best Book in Spirituality (paperback, 2nd place). His
most recent book, Great
Spiritual Masters: Their Answers to Six of Life's Questions,
was published in July 2002 by Paulist Press. An attorney, Dr. Farina
has practiced corporate and church-state law and published articles
on current topics on law and religion. He has taught at Indiana
University, the George Mason University, Iliff School of Theology,
and the John Paul II Institute. He holds degrees from Vassar College
(B.A.), Yale University (M.Div.), Columbia University (Ph.D.), and
New York University School of Law (J.D.).
Hon. Robert T. Hennemeyer, project director, "Forgiveness in Conflict Resolution:
Reality and Utility." Career foreign service
officer at the U.S. Department of State from 1952-1986.
Served as consul general, Dusseldorf, Germany; principal deputy
assistant secretary, bureau of security and consular affairs, Department
of State; consul general, Munich; and U.S. ambassador, The Gambia.
Former director of office of international justice and peace at
the U.S. Catholic Conference. Co-editor of Peacemaking:
Moral and Policy Challenges for a New World (1994).
James.
L. Nolan, J.D., UCLA School of Law; M.A. in Theology, Washington
Theological Union.
Coordinator of Woodstock Business Conference from 1993 to 2000.
Former Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Washington Theological
Union. Practiced law with the firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene
& MacRae in its Washington, DC, office (1990-1998), the Washington
office of Jenner & Block (1986-1989), and the Los Angeles and Washington
offices of Adams Duque & Hazeltine (1968-1986) as a trial and appellate
attorney representing corporations and individuals in business, commercial,
and insurance disputes. Author of Doing the Right Thing at Work:
A Catholic's Guide to Faith, Business and Ethics (December 2005,
St. Anthony Messenger Press), a book on moral values and business ethics
as reflected in the lives and challenges of business and professional
leaders who participated in the Woodstock Business Conference monthly
conversations.
James F. Salmon, S.J.,
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania in physical chemistry. Originally trained
and worked as an engineer at International Nickel Company, and was founding
member of Board of Directors of Science, Technology & Society.
Taught in chemistry departments of Loyola College in Maryland, Wheeling
Jesuit University, and Johns Hopkins University. Also taught in the theology
departments of Loyola, Wheeling, and Georgetown University. Currently,
a Professor in Chemistry and Theology departments at Loyola College in
Maryland. Since 1987 has served as Consultant to Committee on Science
and Human Values of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Served
as Vice President and Treasurer of the Maryland Province of the Society
of Jesus from 1987 to 1997. Has authored or coauthored four books, and
thirty refereed publications in chemistry, philosophy and theology. In
1982 founded, and continues to direct, the annual Cosmos and Creation
Conference for scientists in Baltimore. Nicole M. Schmitz-Moormann,
B.S., Collège Sophie Germain, Paris; Lic. Physical Therapy, Klinikum der
Universität Essen. Co-editor of eleven volumes of the scientific
publications of Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., published by Walter Verlag,
Olten (1965-71). Former research scholar at the Center of Theological
Inquiry, Princeton University (1996-7). Ms. Schmitz-Moormann is
currently engaged in transcribing into electronic format the private journals
of paleontologist, cosmologist, and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,
S.J. The journals were written between 1915 and 1955, and comprise
about 2,000 pages. (There is a gap in the collection from 1925-44;
Teilhard wrote those journals while in China, and left them behind when
departing the country.) Until now, the journals of 1915-19 existed
only in the original French version, and those up to 1922 in a German
translation.
P. Michael Timpane, M.A., History, Catholic University;
Masters in Public Administration, Harvard. Senior advisor for education
policy, the Rand Corporation; former Vice President of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. Former Vice President and Senior
Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Professor of Education and former president of Teacher's College, Columbia
University. Has helped direct the Aspen Institute's Program for
Education in a Changing Society. Member of the Pew Forum on Education
Reform.
Yvonne Kavuo Kambale, D.R. Congo Paul Brooks, Director of Advancement J.
Leon Hooper, S.J., Ph.D., Boston College, Woodstock Library head
Director
Gasper
F. Lo Biondo, S.J., Ph.D., The American University. Formerly
worked in Chile, teaching in the Jesuit High School of Osorno (1963-1965),
associate pastor in an inner city barrio parish of Santiago (1969-1971),
and consultant to grassroots organizations (1971-1973). Director of
National Jesuit Social Ministries Office in Washington, D.C. (1979-1984)
and social-pastoral ministries assistant to the Maryland Jesuit Provincial
(1984-1991). Areas of interest: development in the Third World; dialogue
on matters of mutual interest among North and Latin Americans. See:
Interview with Gap Lo Biondo.
See also Microenterprise Development in
El Salvador: Village Banking, Changing Values, and Informal Education,
Where Do We Stand?, and North-South
Cultural Dialogue: Our Response to the Gift of Internationality.
Coordinator (with Dr. Rita Rodriguez) of
Woodstock's program on Global Economy
and Cultures. Senior Research
Fellows
Non-Resident
Research Fellows
International Visiting
Fellows, 2007-2008
David Kaulem, Zimbabwe
Daniel Madigan, S.J., Australia
Tom Michel, S.J., IndonesiaStaff
Maria Ferrara, Administrative Assistant
Matthew Gladden, Director of Operations
Matthew Hummer, Project ManagerWOODSTOCK THEOLOGICAL
CENTER LIBRARY
The Woodstock
Library is a collection of over 190,000 volumes in the field of theology
and related disciplines. It is especially strong in the areas of biblical
studies, spirituality, church history, liturgy, and canon law. Among the
library's holdings are rare books and manuscripts. The library serves the
fellows of the Woodstock Theological Center, the Georgetown University community
of faculty and students as well as visiting scholars. It is located on the
ground floor of Georgetown's Joseph Mark Lauinger Library.
Library Staff
Paul S. Osmanski, M.Div., M.S.L.S., The Catholic University
of America, assistant librarian
Sharon Russell, B.S.L.S., Texas Woman's University, library
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Susan Karp, library assistant