Barbara Sutton quoted in a Saint Cloud Times article
Now, the next chapter for The Saint John's Bible
by
Frank Lee, Saint Cloud Times
Published: September 18, 2011
"COLLEGEVILLE — It’s been more than a decade in the making, but with the completion of the final pages of The Saint John’s Bible this spring, thoughts turn toward its future." Read more.....
Fr. Anthony Ruff quoted in a Saint Cloud Times article
SJU professor disagrees on Missal change
by
Frank Lee, Saint Cloud Times
Published: June 22, 2011
"COLLEGEVILLE — Change is never easy, and come November, it’s going to get harder for some Catholics to celebrate Mass." Read more.....
School of Theology - Seminary Graduate Deacon Ordination Video by Tony Ringsmuth
YouTube, June 11, 2011
Saint Mary's Cathedral in Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Part 1 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbmIO8rxpU
Part 2 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4LR79IGS-o&feature=related
Part 3 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD0JmkPlHk&feature=related
Part 4 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5PyT_kJFUw&feature=related
Part 5 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8qPHJJkLM&feature=related
Part 6 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThixwNwDCQ&feature=related
School of Theology - Seminary Spring 2011 Graduates
Front Row: Laura Bourke, MA Scripture; Frank Ringsmuth, MA Pastoral Ministry;
Betsy Cunneen, Master of Theology; and Kelly Prosen, Master of
Theology.
Middle Row: Taylor Morgan, MA Scripture; Kasey Devine, MA
Scripture; Nathan Langer, MA Pastoral Ministry; John Wocken, MA Pastoral
Ministry; Cari White, MA Systemati...cs; and Marge Knowlton, MA Pastoral
Ministry.
Back Row: Adam Fitzpatrick, MA Systematics; Ken Rosha, Master
of Divinity; Deborah Forstner, MA Pastoral Ministry; Audrey Quanrud, MA Pastoral
Ministry; Todd Oswald, MA Liturgical Studies; and Lance Radziej, MA
Scripture.
Front Row (Left to Right)
Amanda Castonguay, Dorice Law, and Linda
Zirbes
Back Row (Left to Right)
Mark Stenger, Anthony
Romaine, Ken Rosha, Craig Korver, and Jeff Reed
Milestones - Alumni News
John Mark Feilmeyer (MA Liturgical Music, 2008) was a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Benin, West Africa, and then determined to stay in Benin longer to assist with the opening of the International Center for Arts and Music in Ouidah, Benin. John Mark is working as the Artistic Director of the Center. See more at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIBl-onyBYY&feature=player_embedded.
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Jess Andrew Kemberling (BA 1979 and MDiv 1981) co-authored a book with Mila Goldava, Making Stewardship A Way of Life: A Complete Guide for Catholic Parishes (Our Sunday Visitor, 2009). Father Kemberling is pastor of St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial, Colorado. Under his leadership St. Thomas More has received numerous awards, including the Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Memorial Award in 2007 from the International Catholic Stewardship Council for outstanding work in promoting stewardship as a way of life. Father Andrew and Mila Glodava have been instrumental in promoting stewardship as a way of life in the Philippine Church.
Donna Madej (MA Theology, 1980) These last ten years I have found contemplative Benedictine influences coming to me in a new way that combines my monastic background, my musicianship, my background in counseling and my skills as a hospital chaplain. I am working at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Spokane as a music-thanatologist. This means I use harp and voice at the bedside to respond to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the dying through prescriptive music. Music-Thanatology is a new field that has its roots in the medieval monasteries such as the one at Cluny, where monks would use music and prayer to tend to the dying, helping them move toward a peaceful death. Rites around the deathbed were centered around forgiveness, increasing a sense of belonging, and addressing fears with prayer and music. I have indeed learned the meaning of Benedict’s
admonition to “Keep death daily before one’s eyes” in this practice of contemplative musicianship.
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Jim Neppl (MA PMin, 2007) continues his work as a spiritual director, finding new ways to guide people in their spiritual journeys. “Recently, I was invited to be the spiritual director for a small band of men venturing into the wilderness and was honored to have this opportunity to expand my own awareness of God’s economy in and through other explorers. I provided a copy of Benedictine Values on a small, laminated card, the bookmark for our journals and travels. We reflected how this adventure transformed our understanding of what it means to be a contemporary male, spiritual, Christian and disciple.”
The Board of Directors of Columbia Gorge Community College (The Dalles, Oregon) named the library for Rosemary Ross (MA, 1968) who established the facility after the 1994 relocation of the campus. Dr. Susan Wolff, chief academic officer for the college, said Ross took on a daunting challenge to build up the library. She began her career as a rare book cataloguer for the University of Iowa and worked on several other college campuses, including as librarian for Northwest Community College in Nome, Alaska. When Ross began her job in The Dalles, she was the only full-time staffer in the library with a part-time assistant. She worked from a tiny desk in the college’s mailroom and helped outfit the library, which was in the process of being remodeled and did not even have light fixtures. She personally chose each item of the library’s collection, including more than 10,000 books, 100 periodical titles, computer systems and software programs.
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Charles Sullivan (MA, 1969) and his wife Pauline founded and serve as co-directors of Citizens United For Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE). It began as a grassroots organization in Texas in 1972 and expanded its grassroots work as a national organization in 1985. CURE, under the leadership of the Sullivans, has been tireless in advancing its mission to insure that when imprisonment is necessary, those incarcerated have the resources needed to turn their lives around. Members of CURE, many of whom are former prisoners or family and friends of prisoners, work for the improvement of the criminal justice system.
Fr. Anthony Ruff quoted in a New York Times article
For New Mass, Closer to Latin, Critics Voice a Plain Objection
by Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Published: April 11, 2011
"Throughout much of the English-speaking world, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing its priests and parishes for the most significant changes to the Mass in the more than 40 years since the church permitted English in place of the Latin." Read More....
Alum Elected New Prioress of Sacred Heart Monastery
April 5, 2011
Sister Penny Bingham OSB was elected the 13th prioress of Sacred Heart Monastery on Saturday, April 2. The Benedictine Sisters spent three days in prayer, discussion and discernment culminating in the election of S. Penny. S. Joella Kidwell OSB, President of the Federation of St. Gertrude, presided at the election. S. Mary Catherine Wenstrup OSB, Villa Hills, KY and S. Kathy McNany OSB, Baltimore, MD were facilitators for the discernment process. Read More....
Illuminating the word of God
Faith & Leadership - An Offering of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, March 2011
"Although employing production techniques from the 18th and 19th centuries, The Saint John’s Bible was created for reading in the 21st century." Read More....
The Perennial Invitation of Lent
by Bill Cahoy
Saint John's School of Theology - Seminary Newsletter, March 2011
"I write this on Ash Wednesday as the Christian world turns in a
dramatic way towards the Paschal Mystery-the mystery of our deadly rejection of
God's love and God's refusal to stop loving us to life." Read More....
The Call of Mission, Our Response
by Genevieve L. Mougey, M.Div.
CATECHIST magazine and online edition, March 2011
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In March 2010, I spent ten days in Guatemala with the Q’Eqchi people of the Petang Region. My trip was a short-term mission intended to be a relationship-building mission. (It was the first time I had spent anytime outside of the United States on a mission trip.)" Read More....
Emerging Communities
Julian Collette
Saint John's School of Theology - Seminary Newsletter, March 2011
"Julian Collette, a School of Theology student, is undertaking a research project on emerging
intentional communities. He is undertaking the project in early summer when he
will leave the Collegeville and travel to numerous communities over the next year on his
bicycle." Read More....
A Place of Paradox
by Julia Smucker
Our Daily Tread, February
15, 2011
"I believe in God because I believe in Saint John’s Abbey. If this sounds a bit sacrilegious, consider the incredible theological diversity among the many people who have affirmed with deep conviction that this academic and monastic outpost in central Minnesota, bearing the unassuming name of Collegeville, is a place where the Spirit moves." Read More......
National Youth Ministry Award
Jeff Kaster
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, December
10, 2010
Jeff Kaster has been recognized by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry with its National Youth Ministry Award for "Regional Youth Ministry".
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to youth ministry that serve as a model to others involved in ministering to young people, impacting youth ministry throughout a region and collaborating with neighboring dioceses. The award was presented on December 10, 2010 in New Orleans, LA.
