ACADEMIC NEWS
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Dr . Mary Healy , professor of Sacred Scripture , spoke on the role of healing in evangelization at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students SLS Conference in Phoenix , Arizona ( January 2020 ). She gave two talks at the Evangelization 2033 Conference in Israel , ( January 2020 ); she gave a keynote at a virtual conference for the Archdiocese of Melbourne ( July 2020 ). Her article , “ The Gift of the Liturgical Reform ,” was published in Homiletic & Pastoral Review ( January 2020 ).
Rev . Charles Fox , director of graduate seminarians , presented “ Friendship with Jesus in the Eucharist ” at the January Theology On Tap hosted by the Diocese of Lansing ’ s Office for Young Adult Ministry . He published “ The Eucharist as the Source and Summit of Evangelization in the Recent Magisterium ” and “ The Call of the New Evangelization for Preachers ” in Homiletic and Pastoral Review . Published many articles in Catholic World Report including “ Why Can ’ t the Church Employ Ministers or Teachers In Samesex Unions ,” and weekly articles in Detroit Catholic including “ May this Time Without the Mass Increase Our Hunger and Love for God .”
Philip Blosser , professor of philosophy , published a review of Mary Hollingsworth , Miles Pattenden , and Arnold Witte , eds ., A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal in Brill ’ s Companions to the Christian Tradition , Vol . 91 ( Leiden and Boston : Brill , 2020 ), in CHOICE Current Review for Academic Libraries ( October 2020 ).
Ralph Martin , professor of theology , published Priest as Prophet : Priestly Participation in the Prophetic Ministry of Jesus ( Institute for Priestly Formation , Omaha , Nebraska , April , 2020 ), and Church in Crisis : Pathways Forward ( Emmaus Road Publications , Steubenville , Ohio , September , 2020 ). He presented talks on “ Holiness and Family Life ,” and “ Discerning the Signs of the Times ,” at the Apostolate for Family Consecration ( August 2020 ), and spoke at multiple virtual conferences in Australia , Scotland , Ireland , Costa Rica , Brazil , and the United States .
Donald Wallenfang , professor of theology and philosophy , published Phenomenology : A Basic Introduction in the Light of Jesus Christ ( Eugene , OR : Cascade Books , 2019 ), and Metaphysics : A Basic Introduction in a Christian Key ( Eugene , OR : Cascade Books , 2019 ). He and John C . Cavadini edited Global Perspectives on the New Evangelization , Vol . 2 : Evangelization as Interreligious Dialogue ( Eugene , OR : Pickwick Publications , 2019 ). He was interviewed on The Curious Catholic Podcast episode , “ Edith Stein ’ s ‘ On the Problem of Empathy ,’” in January , 2020 .
Dr . Daniel Keating , professor of theology , gave two lectures in the Masters Series at Ave Maria University , Ave Maria , FL , on “ The Alexandrian Theological Contribution ,” ( January , 2020 ); contributed an article , “ Growing in Sexual Integrity as a Consecrated Man ” in the volume , Sex and the Spiritual
Life : Reclaiming Integrity , Wholeness , and Intimacy , ed . Patricia Cooney Hathaway ( 2020 ). He gave the Sacred Heart Major Seminary Lenten Reflection on “ Christ ’ s Temptations in the Wilderness : A Model for our Lenten Pilgrimage ,” ( March 2020 ) and gave eight virtual conferences on “ Deification ” to the sisters of the Monastery of Santa Fe ( May , 2020 ).
Fr . John M . McDermott S . J ., professor of theology , published “ Do Charismatic Healings Promote the New Evangelization ? Part I ” in Antiphon , Vol . 22 ( The Catholic University of America Press , 2020 ), “ Fr . Martin , Compassion , and Immigration ,” in Homiletic and Pastoral Review ( Feb . 29 , 2020 ), and “ Some Unpolitical Reflections in a Time of Crisis ,” ibid . ( Sept . 7 , 2020 ).
Dr . Patricia Cooney Hathaway , professor of spirituality and systematic theology , published Sex and the Spiritual Life : Reclaiming Integrity , Wholeness and Intimacy , ( Ave Maria Press , Notre Dame , IN , 2020 ), which features a distinguished cohort of Catholic teachers , thinkers and leaders from every walk of life , who share their life experiences regarding the integration of sexuality and the spiritual life . She published , “ Why Stay ? The Role of the Church in the lives of Youth and Young Adults ,” Human Development magazine , Spring 2020 , Vol . 40 . shms . edu 23