JESUIT2021 SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam The Jesuit Ideal of Serving Others For the Greater Glory of God

In its One Hundred Seventieth Year SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY Jesuit School of Theology Commencement

May Twenty-Second Two Thousand and Twenty-One

Jesuit School of Theology Founded 1934 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

EDUCATING CITIZENS AND LEADERS

WHO WILL BUILD A MORE HUMANE,

JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

3 THE SANTA CLARA HERITAGE

n January 12, 1777, six months formerly of the Oregon mission territory, In that same year, the School of after the signing of the Declaration to open a college at Mission Santa Clara. Engineering was founded, and courses Oof Independence, two Franciscan The property was transferred to the in the humanities and sciences were padres, Tomás de la Peña and José Jesuit order and classes began on March expanded. Responding to urban growth Antonio Murguia, founded the eighth of 19, 1851. Thus, Santa Clara became in the Santa Clara Valley, the University California’s original 21 missions along the first institution of higher learning in established a School of Business in the banks of the Rio Guadalupe. Mission the state of California. During its first 1926. Today, Santa Clara University Santa Clara de Asís, as they named it, complete academic year, 1851–52, consists of the College of Arts and served as a spiritual center and school Father Nobili and a few Jesuits and lay Sciences, the Jesuit School of Theology, for the Indians and early settlers. Besides teachers offered instruction in reading, the Leavey School of Business, and providing religious instruction for both writing, and foreign languages. Santa the Schools of Law, Engineering, and men and women, the Franciscans taught Clara College, opening its doors with Education and Counseling Psychology. the men stock raising, farming, and the 12 students, taught approximately building trades; the young girls, weaving 40 students during its first year. The Board of Trustees has voted to and sewing; the boys, reading, music, limit the size of the undergraduate and religious drama. In 1854, the Jesuit Province of population, an action intended to Turin, Italy, adopted California as its preserve the character and ensure Three times in the early years— permanent mission field, marking a the quality of the University for twice after floods and once after an turning point in Santa Clara’s history. generations to come. Today, Santa earthquake—the mission moved to As a consequence, the Jesuits of Turin Clara enrolls approximately 5,500 safer ground. The fourth mission, built provided the college with the faculty and undergraduate students and 3,500 in 1819, was remodeled and expanded support it needed to grow. The following graduate students. Since 1960, the in 1825. The present Adobe Lodge and year, Santa Clara College received a number of courses taught has more the Adobe Wall are all that remain of Charter of Incorporation from the state than doubled, and opportunities for the 1825 mission. The present Mission of California. individual study have proliferated. Church, an enlarged replica of the 1825 Santa Clara University continues church, was completed in 1928 after a Slow and steady growth followed, its mission of service by helping its fire destroyed the previous structure. and distinguished graduates became students become well-balanced prominent members of California life. human beings through an education In 1850, the new bishop of San In 1912, a year after the School of that emphasizes both humanistic Francisco, Joseph S. Alemany, asked Law was founded, Santa Clara College values and professional competence. Jesuits Michael Accolti and John Nobili, became Santa Clara University.

4 2021 PROGRAM

Master of Ceremonies Joseph Mueller, S.J., Dean, JST-SCU

Invocation Thomas Bambrick, S.J., M.Div. Class of 2021

Welcome Lisa Kloppenberg, Acting President, SCU

Alpha Sigma Nu Lisa Kloppenberg, Acting President, SCU

Conferring of Degrees in Course Lisa Kloppenberg, Acting President, SCU Uriah Kim, Ph.D., President, GTU

Acknowledgement of Graduates Thomas Cattoi, Ph.D., Program Director, M.T.S. and Th.M. Christopher M. Hadley, S.J., Program Director, M.Div. Uriah Kim, Ph.D., President, GTU Paul Janowiak, S.J., Th.D., Program Director, S.T.L. Eduardo C. Fernandez, S.J., S.T.D., Program Director, S.T.D.

Remarks Madeleine LaForge, M.Div. Class of 2021

Closing Words Joseph Mueller, S.J., Dean, JST-SCU

Benediction Calvin Nixon II, M.T.S. Class of 2021

5 2021 ALPHA SIGMA NU AWARD 2021 RECIPIENTS

John Guyol, S.J. Master of Divinity graduating student

Aris Martin, S.V.D. Doctorate in Sacred Theology graduating student

Rev. George Murphy, S.J. Honorary Membership

6 2021 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY GRADUATES 2020-2021

Honorary Doctor of Divinity Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) May 2020 October 2020 (Presented at May 2021 Commencement ) Mitzi Moore Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza M.T.S. Synthesis Project: Francis Schüssler Fiorenza Building a Community for the Future: Empowering First- Time Mothers in Pregnancy Director: Dr. Thomas Cattoi

Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) May 2021 Alan Berryhill Moises De Leon Maureen Pratt M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: Christology, Eschatology, and Lessons from the Encuentro Toward a New Normal: Catholic the Problem of Asian American Matrimonial Mundial for Family Caregiving After COVID-19 Identity Life Ministry Director: Dr. Jean-François Racine Director: Dr. Anh Tran, S.J. Director: Dr. Eduardo Fernández, S.J. Taylor Wilkerson Ami Cho, S.O.L.P.H. M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: M.T.S. Synthesis Project: Erika Gonzalez This is My Body: Trauma and Accompanying Korean-American M.T.S. Synthesis Project: Agency in Judges 19 Catholics Through Ruth: A Bible Build a Table, Not a Wall Director: Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza Study Guide for the Book of Ruth Director: Dr. Thomas Cattoi Director: Dr. James Nati Matthew Wooters, S.J. Calvin Nixon M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: Erin Conway M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: Along the Way: Praying Together As M.T.S. Synthesis Paper: Becoming Whole Through Collective Pilgrims In A Pandemic Bad Catholic Feminist: How I Memory: Accentuating the Divine Director: Dr. Kathryn Barush Developed Criteria for a Good Lyrically Through the Spirituals Theology and Sacred Song Director: Dr. Mary McGann, Director: Dr. Mary McGann, R.S.C.J. R.S.C.J.

7 2021 Master of Divinity (M.Div.) May 2021 Silvana Arévalo John Guyol, S.J. Hung Nguyen, S.J. Thomas Bambrick, S.J. Louis Hotop, S.J. Medene Presley Jeffrey Dorr, S.J. Robert Karle, S.J. Zachariah Presutti, S.J. Elizabeth Fahey Madeleine LaForge

Master of Theology (Th.M.) October 2020 Diego Salazar Galvis* Jean Zezika, S.J.*

Master of Theology (Th.M.) May 2021 Sijo Chirayath, C.M.I.* Tae Eun Kim Modestus Mgbaramuko* Yu-Ming Stanley Goh, S.J.* Th.M. Thesis: Pierre Celestin Musoni, S.J.* Ellen Jewett Reading the Book of Daniel as Wilson Ngema* a Storytelling Community's Th.M. Thesis: Response to Trauma Sara Postlethwaite, V.D.M.F.* The (Im)possibility of Forgiveness: Director: Dr. James Nati Lluís-Salvador Salinas Roca, S.J.* Just Peace and Reconciliation in Gabriel Kunonga, S.J.* a Culture of Sexual Violence Director: Dr. Julie Rubio Fabrice Kameni, S.J.*

*Student is also receiving an S.T.L., see S.T.L. degree for Thesis Title 8 2021 Master of Arts (M.A.) May 2021 Felicia Good Patrick McIlhone Ping-Chung Wong M.A. Thesis: M.A. Thesis: M.A. Thesis: Now is the Time for A Contested Legacy: John Brown in Augustine’s Development of Intercommunion: An Invitation for American Art the Virtues as a Response to Catholics Coordinator: Dr. Kathryn Barush Neoliberalism Coordinator: Dr. Mary McGann, Coordinator: Dr. Thomas Cattoi R.S.C.J. Margaret Warner With Honors M.A. Thesis: Beauty Ever Ancient and New: Inculturating the Roman Rite in the Twenty-first Century United States Coordinator: Dr. Paul Janowiak, S.J. Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) October 2020 Tuan Ngo, O.P. Jean Zezika, S.J. S.T.L. Thesis: S.T.L. Thesis: Living a Good Death or Dying For a Life Well Lived: Jesus as a Healer in the Gospel of Luke: A Paradigm for Theological Understanding and Pastoral Applications Malagasy Healing on Issues Regarding Death and Afterlife Issues Among Director: Dr. Jean-François Racine Vietnamese-American Catholics Magna Cum Laude Director: Dr. Hung Pham, S.J. Cum Laude Diego Salazar Galvis S.T.L. Thesis: Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics & Popular and Community Reading of the Bible: Some Inputs from Race and Ethnicity Criticism Within the Hellenistic and Jewish Culture of the First-Century Director: Dr. Jean-François Racine

9 2021 Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) May 2021 Hong-Rak Chae Fabrice Kameni, S.J. Wilson Ngema S.T.L. Thesis: S.T.L. Thesis: S.T.L. Thesis: Restlessly Seeking God: Towards an A Spirituality of Struggle for A Tale of Two Stories: Integration of Contemplation and Dismantling Cameroonian Tribal Defamiliarization of the Acts 6:1-7 Practice as Proposed by Henri Hostilities. Isa 54:11-17 as a Hellenist/Hebrew Squabble in Nouwen in the Area of Spirituality Grounding Text View of Reframing the Anglophone of Priesthood in a Contemporary Director: Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza Problem in Cameroon Korean Church Magna Cum Laude Director: Dr. Jean-François Racine Director: Dr. Christopher Hadley, Gabriel Kunonga, S.J. Magna Cum Laude S.J. S.T.L. Thesis: Sara Postlethwaite, V.D.M.F. Sijo Chirayath, C.M.I. Parable of the Talents (Matthew S.T.L. Thesis: S.T.L. Thesis: 25:14-30): Resistance and A Sacred Story to Tell: Missiological Jeremiah and the Conflicting Critique of Wealth Accumulation Insights for the Continued Interpretations of the Exile: Dr. Jean-François Racine Contemporary Discussion Religious Identity in the Context Magna Cum Laude on Inculturation Based on a of Religious Diversity Modestus Mgbaramuko Theological Investigation of Director: Dr. James Nati S.T.L. Thesis: Muirchú’s Vita Patricii Director: Dr. Eduardo Fernández, James Ferus, S.J. A Rereading of Σταύρωσον S.J. S.T.L. Thesis: αὐτὸν in John 19:1-16: An Summa Cum Laude Reframing Liturgical-Pastoral Exegetical Study on Power and Discourse: Exploring Parish Online Powerlessness in Jesus’ Death Lluís-Salvador Salinas Roca, S.J. Programs in a Time of Pandemic Sentence from a Nigerian Praxis S.T.L. Thesis: Director: Dr. Jerome Baggett Director: Dr. Jean-François Racine In Search of an Integral Ecology: Summa Cum Laude Pierre Celestin Musoni, S.J. Engaging Liberationist Concepts Yu-Ming Stanley Goh, S.J. S.T.L. Thesis: and Methodology as Tools for S.T.L. Thesis: Healing Violence and Violence of the Construction of a Pastoral Education, Religious Experience, Healing: Mark’s Hybrid Jesus in Response to the Global and Conversion: On Pedagogy Mark 5:1-20 Environmental Crisis Director: Dr. Eduardo Fernández, and the Possibility of Critical Director: Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza S.J. Communities of Religious Praxis Magna Cum Laude Director: Dr. Eduardo Fernandez, Magna Cum Laude S.J. Magna Cum Laude

10 2021 Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) May 2021 Ablam Atsikin, S.J. Aris Martin, S.V.D. S.T.D. Dissertation: S.T.D. Dissertation: Is Cyrus of Persia, My Shepherd ( ), When Worship Becomes “Mission”: A Living Witness to His Anointed ( ), an Anticonqueror of Judah? the Vulnerable Santo Niño and the Broken Nazareno in Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Cyrus Oracle in Filipino Catholic Devotions Isaiah 44:24-45:13 Director: Dr. Eduardo Fernández, S.J. Director: Dr. Gina Hens-Piazza Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude

11 2021 RECIPIENTS OF HONORARY DOCTORATES

1982 1989 1995 Dr. Claude Welch Most Rev. Rembert G. Weakland, Rev. Donald Senior, C.P. Doctor of Divinity O.S.B. Doctor of Divinity Rev. Richard A. McCormick, S.J. Doctor of Sacred Theology 1996 Doctor of Sacred Theology Rev. Jon Sobrino, S.J. Dr. Lisa Sowle Cahill Doctor of Divinity 1983 Doctor of Divinity Sr. Anne Carr, B.V.M. 1990 1997 Doctor of Divinity Mrs. Dolores R. Leckey Prof. George Lindbeck Doctor of Divinity Most Rev. John S. Cummins Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Sacred Theology Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J. Doctor of Divinity 1998 1984 Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Th.D. Rev. Virgilio Elizondo 1991 Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Dr. David O'Brien Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J. Doctor of Divinity 1999 Doctor of Divinity Dr. James M. Gustafson Rev. Robert J. Schreiter, C.PP.S. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity 1985 Most Rev. John R. Quinn 1992 2000 Doctor of Sacred Theology Mr. Robert Barr Rev. Thomas J. Reese, S.J. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity 1986 Rev. George E. Ganss, S.J. 1993 2001 Doctor of Divinity Dr. Walter Brueggemann Dr. Margaret A. Farley, R.S.M. Doctor of Divinity Rev. Msgr. George G. Higgins Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity 1994 2002 Rev. Peter J. Henriot, S.J. Rev. Michael J. Buckley, S.J. Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Rev. Harry T. Corcoran, S.J. 1987 2003 Doctor of Divinity Dr. Monika Hellwig Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity 1994 Rev. Richard A. Hill, S.J. 1988 2004 Doctor of Divinity Rev. Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Dr. William J. Bouwsma Doctor of Divinity 2005 2011 2016 Rev. Thomas H. Smolich, S.J. Anne Brotherton, S.F.C.C. Rev. Donald Cozzens Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Katarina Schuth, O.S.F. 2006 2017 Doctor of Divinity Most Rev. Gordon Bennett, S.J. Most Rev. Robert W. McElroy Doctor of Divinity 2012 Doctor of Divinity Agbonkhianmeghe Emmanuel 2007 Orobator, S.J. 2018 Dr. M. Shawn Copeland Dr. Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M. Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. 2008 Doctor of Divinity 2019 John E. Kerrigan Sr. Carol Keehan, D.C. Doctor of Divinity 2013 Doctor of Divinity Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. 2009 Doctor of Divinity 2020 / 2021 Rev. Johann Baptist Metz Dr. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Doctor of Divinity 2014 Doctor of Divinity Rev. Joseph Chinnici, O.F.M. Dr. Francis Schüssler Fiorenza 2010 Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity Kerry A. Robinson Doctor of Divinity 2015 Sr. Bernice Gotelli, P.B.V.M. Doctor of Divinity

13 2021 SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Lisa A. Kloppenberg Acting President

Kate Morris Ed Ryan John M. Ottoboni Acting Co-Provost Acting Co-Provost Chief Operating Officer

Eva Blanco Masias Michael Crowley James C. Lyons Vice President Vice President Vice President for Enrollment Management for Finance and Administration for University Relations

Renee Baumgartner Molly McDonald William J. Rewak, S.J. Director of Athletics Chief of Staff Chancellor Emeritus

JST BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thomas Blumenthal Nick Glisson Matthew Semansky Yolanda Brown Francis Harvey Eddie Siebert, S.J. Martin Connell, S.J.* James Hulburd Peter Siggins Joseph Daoust, S.J. Timothy Kesicki, S.J.* Martin Skrip Allan Deck, S.J. Renata Franzia Price Margaret Tempero Jacqueline Doud Denis Ring Agnieszka Winkler Rosemary Feerick Scott Santarosa, S.J.* Peter Gibbons David Schemel

*ex officio

14 2021 UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

John M. Sobrato, Chair Larry W. Sonsini, Vice Chair

Kristi Markkula Bowers, Secretary John C. Lewis, Treasurer

Luis Arriaga Valenzuela, Kathleen Duncan Arthur F. Liebscher, S.J.* Stephen C. Schott S.J. Stephen A. Finn Robert Lloyd Robert H. Smith Erick Berrelleza, S.J. Robert J. Finocchio, Jr. Ronnie Lott Timothy Smith Margaret M. Bradshaw Peter C. Gotcher Joseph M. McShane, S.J. John A. Sobrato Matthew Carnes, S.J. Rebecca M. Guerra Jeffrey A. Miller Steven Sordello William S. Carter Salvador O. Gutierrez Peter Morin* Mary Stevens Louis M. Castruccio Tim Haley Kapil K. Nanda Gilbert Sunghera, S.J. Howard S. Charney Richard D. Haughey Edward A. Panelli Susan Valeriote Gerald T. Cobb, S.J. Molly Joseph Betsy Rafael Gregory Vaughan Elizabeth Connelly William P. Leahy, S.J. Willem P. Roelandts Paul H. Vu, S.J. William Duffy Heidi LeBaron Leupp Gisel Ruiz Agnieszka Winkler

*ex officio TRUSTEES EMERITI

Edward M. Alvarez Rupert Johnson John M. Ottoboni Ann S. Bowers Jennifer Konecny William Rewak, S.J. Mike Carey Lorry I. Lokey P.A. (Tony) Ridder Winston H. Chen, Ph.D. A.C. (Mike) Markkula Therese Seidler Paul Gentzkow Regis McKenna William E. Terry Ellen Hancock Richard Moley Charmaine A. Warmenhoven

15 2021 UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS

Peter B. Morin, Chair Risë Jones Pichon, Vice Chair

Penelope “Penny” S. Karl I. Glaser* Anne M. Milligan Charlene T. Raisch* Alexander Shelagh M. Glaser* Peter M. Moore Angela "Angie" Robbiano* Marie E. Barry Mark A. Grey James "Jim" J. Murphy Julie M. Robson Michelle Campisi Barsanti* Mary “Ginny” V. Haughey Larry T. Nally Stephen E. Schott Joseph R. Bronson F. Michael Heffernan Anne K. Naragon Lisa J. Stevens Rudolf L. Brutoco Latanya N. Hilton Bryan S. Neider John T. Torrey Alexandria “Alex” L. Cabral Catherine T. Horan-Walker Michelle U. Nguyen Carolyn R. Von Der Ahe Kathryn K. Chou Sean P. Huurman Michael B. Nicoletti Robert J. Williams Christi E. Coors Ficeli Therese A. Ivancovich Guiselle V. Nuñez Lewis N. Wolff Scott J. Cromie Melina R. Johnson* Christine A. O'Malley Susan Wright Michael B. Dachs David G. LeBaron Kyle T. Y. Ozawa Patrick J. Yam Thalia D. Doherty John “Casey” McGlynn Kirk R. Parrish S. Christine Zanello Gregory M. Goethals, S.J. R. Donald McNeil Claude D. Perasso Jr. Andrea Zurek

*ex officio

16 2021 THE JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY in Berkeley, California and founded in 1934, has been one of eight schools and centers that comprise the inter-religious and ecumenical Graduate Theological Union since 1966, and became a graduate school of Santa Clara University in 2009. Jesuits, women and men religious, diocesan priests, and lay women and men from across the United States and from 31 other countries comprise the diverse yet inclusive student body at JST. Oƒering local and global sharing, students, faculty, and staƒ create a deep sense of community. This sense of being companions on the spiritual journey extends to more than 3,000 alumni who serve as leaders in the Church, academia, and beyond through a myriad of ministries around the world. They embody the passion of St. Ignatius for finding God in all things and for promoting a faith that does justice in the context of cultural diversity. For more information, see scu.edu/jst.

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in the heart of Silicon Valley, oƒers its more than 9,000 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering; master’s degrees in business, education, counseling psychology, pastoral ministries, and theology; and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.'s; and doctoral degrees in theology. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master’s universities, California’s oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, visit scu.edu.

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