The Woodstock Report

In Other News...

Relatives of Teilhard and Panelists
at Woodstock Forum

On April 11, 2005, Woodstock held a Forum "Teilhard de Chardin and his Relevance for Today" in conjunction with a day-long conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Teilhard. Events were co-sponsored by Woodstock, Cosmos and Creation, Georgetown College, and the Georgetown University Jesuit Community. Excerpts of the Forum will be published in the next Woodstock Report.

In conjunction with the Forum and conference, the Woodstock Theological Center Library featured a display of Teilhard holdings. It included a continuously running 30 minute film of Teilhard and George Barbour traveling in China.

Lauinger Memorial Library at Georgetown University is currently featuring an exhibit entitled "The Phenomenon of Teilhard" which will be on view in the Gunlocke Reading Room until July 2005.

Teilhard Exhibit at Woodstock Theological Center Library

John Haughey, SJ, delivered a talk entitled "The New Humanism and Social Responsibility" at a conference entitled The Call to Justice: The Legacy of Gaudium et Spes 40 Years Later, which was held in Vatican City from March 16-18, 2005.

Other recent appearances by John include the Joseph M. Carr Lecture at Mount Union College on "Revisiting the Mission through the Parables." He will be delivering an evening address, "Self-sacrificing Love: A Receivement Not an Achievement" at the Lonergan Workshop at Boston College in June.

John Haughey also recently edited the book, Revisiting the Idea of Vocation: Theological Explorations, a collection of essays by theologians on vocations in the university context. A book review of this title by Joe Riordan, SJ, appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education.

In February 2005, the Woodstock Jesuit Community was honored to host six bishops from the Andean region: Archbishop Pedro Barreto and Bishop Lino Panizza of Peru, Archbishop Jose Mario Ruiz Navas and Bishop Wilson Moncayo Jalil of Ecuador, Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya of Colombia, and Bishop Luis Morgan Casey of Bolivia. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provided two opportunities for these bishops to share their views about the United States-Andean Free Trade Agreement, which is currently being negotiated. The text of their statement is available online.

J. Leon Hooper, S.J.

Leon Hooper, SJ, was in Mainz, Germany, in late February to give a paper entitled "Murray on Loving One's Enemies," one of eight presentations, for a conference entitled "Faith after Modernity: German American Intellectual Discourse." The conference moved from Karl Rahner, Bernard Lonergan, and John Courtney Murray at their 100th birthdays to the new shape of theological discourse. He then went to Berlin for a single address on Murray and religious freedom.

John Farina, director of the Catholicism and Civic Renewal project, delivered a paper to the Catholic Studies Program Faculty Symposium at Georgetown University on "Catholicism and Current Civil Society Debate." John teaches a course on American Catholic Spirituality in the Catholic Studies Department.

John also began work on the Arts and Spirituality Program, in cooperation with the Washington Theological Consortium, planning events with the Washington Shakespeare Theatre, the National Gallery of Art, and the Post-Classical Ensemble for next season. The program will offer to Washington arts patrons enrichment programs on spirituality and the arts, drawing on the faculty resources of Consortium institutions, representing Protestant, Catholic, and Muslim traditions.

Donna Orsuto

Woodstock Fellows and Staff gathered for several Brown Bag Lunch presentations this spring. Recent gatherings featured Betsy Linehan, RSM, on restorative justice; International Visiting Fellow Donna Orsuto on brokenheartedness; International Visiting Fellow Bishop Francisco Claver, SJ, on his experiences of local church; and Jesuit Visiting Fellow Tom Schubeck, SJ, on just war; and Phil Rosato, SJ, on Spirit-Christology.

Bishop Claver, SJ

On April 13, 2005, Gap Lo Biondo, SJ, attended and offered the benediction at the Faith & Politics Institute's 8th Annual St. Joseph's Day Breakfast, a Celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph, Patron Saint of the Worker. The breakfast also honored a group of Georgetown students who staged a successful hunger strike for a living wage for Georgetown contract employees.

Woodstock has continued to co-sponsor "Pacem in Terris" lectures, along with the Georgetown University Office of the President, Department of Catholic Studies, Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service, and the Office of Mission and Ministry.

Recent speakers include David Blood, co-founder of Generation Investment Management; Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, M.Afr., President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture; and Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank.

For information on upcoming Pacem in Terris lectures, visit the Office of the President website.