INVITE DIALOGUE DESIRE TO FLOURISH

EFFECT ANNUAL REPORT (2015-2016) of the Faculty of Theology, VALUE Pontifical University, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth PROMOTE Contents

1. Desire to Flourish (2015-2020): Mission Statement and Strategic Goals

2. Report of the Dean

3. Report of the Director of Post-Graduate Studies

4. Programme Reports

5. Report of the the Irish Theological Quarterly

6. Highlights from the Centres

7. Visiting Lecturers and Scholars

8. Faculty Events

9. Honorary Awards

10.Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

11.In Memoriam

12.Student and Graduate Achievements

13.Scholarships and Prizes Desire to Flourish (2015-2020) Mission Statement and Strategic Goals

Mission: Drawing on its Catholic tradition, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth is committed to the highest level in teaching and learning, research, and publication. As an institution it promotes the intellectual, human, and professional development of its students within an environment that respects autonomy and diversity. The Faculty of Theology, further, strives to communicate, to conserve, and to innovate from within the Christian theological tradition and so contribute creatively to the wider church, society, and culture. Therefore we will:

5 Build Relationships with 6. Strengthen Governance and 1. Enrich our Identity 2. Enhance Student Experience 3. Increase Student Recruitment 4. Augment Staff Capacity Partners Infrastructure

Foster partnerships, nationally Celebrate and deepen a Provide a helpful and Enhance staff capacity in areas and internationally, with other distinctive identity that is rooted Review and propose sustainable challenging learning Increase recruitment, retention of research related to our higher education institutions, in our mission and Catholic means to strengthen environment in which our and progression of students of mission, pedagogical best statutory bodies, ecclesial and tradition, and practiced in an organisation, infrastructure and students become reflective, diverse backgrounds practice, administrative other relevant organisations and inclusive and supportive funding skilled and confident graduates effectiveness, and wellbeing individuals who share our community mission

Invite

2.1 into a personable learning 1.1 Into an inclusive community 4. 1 Qualified, skilled and 6.1 Supplementary skills and environment, especially in first 3.1 Potential new cohorts 5.1 Collaboration with HEIs rooted in a Catholic identity diverse staff experience into governance year

Dialogue

1.2 With other Christian and 2.2 Towards fuller participation 3.2 Towards identify 5.2 With organisations that 6.2 Towards a review of religious traditions, society and 4.2 Within academic disciplines of students collaborative opportunties share our mission corporate governance culture

Effect

1.3 Contributions to church, 2.3 Innovations that foster 3.3 New programmes and 6.3 New internal organisational 4.3 Professional development 5.3 Sustainable agreements society and culture graduate attributes flexible modes of delivery structures

Value

1.4 The liturgical and spiritual 2.4 Highest standards in 3.4 Progression, especially of 6.4 A resourced administration 4.4. Staff well-being 5.4 Our alumni life of the community teaching and learning postgraduates and infrastructure

Promote

3.5 Targeted initiatives and 5.5. Community and academic 1.5 Visibility 2.5 Student achievement 4.5 Research culture 6.5 Financial Stability marketing engagement Report of the Dean

The Academic Year began in September 2015 with just under 200 Overall there is a good atmosphere and a strong sense of collaboration in undergraduate students (including visiting and Erasmus students) the Faculty both between academic and administrative colleagues and registered on different undergraduate programmes (BD/BATh/BTh) and between lecturers and students. Our relatively small size facilitates a approximately 80 postgraduate students registered on Masters, Licentiate personal interaction with the student body. The recent period of adverse and Doctoral programmes in Theology. Our part-time Diploma media publicity regarding seminary formation was a difficult one. A special programmes (including in Theological Studies, Pastoral Theology, Liturgy meeting of Faculty took place in August to discuss the various issues and Education) also continue to attract students. involved and how the Faculty might respond. A small working group is in place to develop some of the suggestions made (e.g. a symposium on At its opening meeting of the year Faculty agreed to implement the priesthood, media ethics, etc.). Staff morale on the whole continues to be recently devised Strategic Plan – ‘Desire to Flourish’ – and to engage our good and remains clearly focused on both the challenges and various stakeholders. The six priorities are to: 1. Enrich Our Identity 2. opportunities for growth ahead. Enhance Student Experience 3. Increase Student Recruitment 4. Augment Staff Capacity 5. Build Relationships with our Partners and 6. Recently introduced initiatives include: a Prize giving ceremony for Strengthen Governance and Infrastructure. This is a work in progress. students prior to Conferring, new post-graduate scholarships in theology, and a new management team – the Council of Studies – all of which bode Faculty is conscious of the changing landscape for theology education, well for the future. after the closure of the Milltown Institute and All Hallows College. On the other hand, St. Patrick’s College is now the primary location for The Faculty welcomed new members Drs Andrew Meszaros and Luke seminarians to study theology and now welcomes students from religious McNamara OSB and occasional lecturers Drs Aoife McGrath and Tom orders and from the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary House Surlis. It bade farewell to Dr. Mary McCaughey, mourned the passing of of Formation. Rev. Martin McAlinden (RIP), and acknowledged their very significant contributions to the life of the Faculty and College. Faculty is aware that we are challenged (see Strategic Plan) to: recruit and retain high calibre students to our BATh and other programmes; to Prof. Declan Marmion, SM – Dean of the Faculty of Theology strengthen our links with MU; to revise all our current programmes (undergraduate and postgraduate) and to implement new ones. As Irish society develops in a more pluralistic direction, this has implications for the kinds of modules we offer – even in a confessional setting. For example, the Teachers Council of Ireland and other stakeholders are asking us not just to have an inner Catholic focus but to engage with the major world religions and secular belief systems and that this element be more explicit, especially in our undergraduate programmes. Report of the Director of Post-Graduate Studies

The Faculty of Theology has a long and venerable tradition in Postgraduate As the quality and standard of research is also key to the future of postgraduate Studies, offering the STL and DD (STD) since its inception. In the more recent studies in Maynooth, the Faculty has fostered certain initiatives to permit the past, the postgraduate offering has diversified in response to an ever more Pontifical University better fulfil its role as a community of learning. In particular, rapidly changing academic environment. Consequently, as well as the STL and the introduction of a monthly Research Seminar where both staff and DD, we offer a PhD in Theology, Masters programmes in all theological postgraduates can present their current research, an annual Joint Research disciplines, and postgraduate Higher Diplomas in Theological Studies, Pastoral Seminar with the Universidad Pontifical de Salamanca—an institution very Theology, and Pastoral Liturgy. Furthermore, the Faculty has diversified the similar to Maynooth in ethos and context, and the support of active mode of delivery of these programmes, particularly at Masters level, so that participation of postgraduates and staff in national and international academic currently students can take a Masters full-time or part-time, or can undertake a associations (viz. ITA, IBA, and CBA, CTEiWC). Masters which is almost completely research-based, or one with a short dissertation and a very significant number of taught courses. The past year has also seen a more active valuing of the international character of the postgraduate student body, and of the enrichment that can occur when In the current academic year (2016–17) the Faculty of Theology is offering 22 this cultural diversity is cherished and engaged. It is among postgraduates that semester-length postgraduate courses, and six year-long reading courses to 63 cultural diversity of the College is most in evidence. A new Masters Induction postgraduate students at PhD, STL, and Masters level. This formal Week, as well as opportunities to meet, worship and celebrate together have postgraduate offering, which is comparable with that of continental Catholic provided occasions to appreciate how much we have to learn from our faculties, far outweighs the postgraduate offering of any theological institution in students who come from beyond our shores, and who now comprise the Ireland, or of any Catholic faculty in these islands. majority of the postgraduate cohort.

However, it is not only size that matters: the quality and vitality of the Significant challenges remain. Too frequently, research has remained postgraduate programmes in a faculty or university, mirroring relevant and solid unpublished—due in part to our historic ethos, with its particular emphasis on research, is a key indicator of the academic vigour, standards, standing, and teaching and service to the Church. Because our students live and work in the contribution of the institution and its personnel. The past academic year saw 7 world as it is, they are confronted with challenges which emerge from actual of its 36 registered PhD candidates complete and defend their dissertations. An life: tension between work and research, the cost of financing study, obligations important measure of the standard of their research is the rigour and in family or in a religious vocation. Recent changes to the granting of transparency demanded at the time of their defence, from both internal readers scholarships and funding have sought to encourage the academically gifted and external examiners (from leading faculties—the universities of Notre Dame, and support those under significant financial constraint, along with the launch Oxford, Saint Louis, Leeds, Liverpool Hope). of the significantly endowed Eriugena Scholarship promise to enhance Maynooth as a viable centre of postgraduate education in the proximate future.

Prof. Séamus O’Connell Director of Postgraduate Studies Programme Reports

Pastoral Studies Programmes Certificates in Catholic Religious Education and Theological Studies The illness and death of the Director of Pastoral Theology, Fr Martin McAlinden, cast a The two certificate programmes. run in conjunction and partnership with Maynooth shadow over the past academic year. During his term as Director his enthusiasm and University’s Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, have now energy was very evident and he had ambitious plans for the development and expansion been operating for a number of years. All issues of topping up what had been done of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He will be greatly missed. In the before they arrived at Maynooth have now been sorted. The programme, as had been past academic year seven students graduated from the Diploma in Pastoral Theology envisaged by its architects, is now running across all the years of the relevant four-year or Programme, five from the Higher Diploma in Pastoral Theology Programme and one two-year programme. There were 331 students studying for the Certificates this year; student completed the Master’s in Theology [ Pastoral Theology].This year three 253 Bachelor of Education students studying for the Undergraduate Certificate and 78 students began the Diploma/Higher Diploma Programme and five students entered the Professional Masters in Education Students studying for the Post-Graduate Certificate. Master’s in Theology [Pastoral Theology] Programme. The programmes received favourable reviews from the external examiner and in November the first Dominican Award for Religious Education was awarded. Dr Pádraig Corkery, Acting Director Pastoral Theology. Dr John Paul Sheridan

Higher Diploma in Theological Studies Affiliated Programmes

The Higher Diploma in Theological Studies is now in its 16th year. Last year 20 students A successful year for off-campus programmes accredited by the Pontifical University was successfully completed the programme, and will graduate on November 12th, 2016. reflected in the numbers who joined the graduation ceremony for the Academic Year Although people undertake the Higher Diploma for a variety of reasons, the majority of 2015-2016. Along with well established relationships, we are excited to be working with our students use this qualification for the purposes of teaching. This award fulfils all the new partners including the Archdiocese of Armagh, the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality in requirements set out by the Teaching Council of Ireland for Religious Education at post- Manresa, Clontarf, Dublin, the Drumalis Retreat Centre in Larne, Co. Antrim. Current primary level”. partnerships continue to blossom; new offerings were added to the current suite of awards by the Carmelite Institute of Britain and Ireland, as well as Shekinah. The work of Dr Suzanne Mulligan our partners in continuing education and special purpose awards are an important expression of the commitment of the Faculty of Theology to its mission to the Church Educational Programmes and wider Society. Diploma in Catholic Education. There were seven students who undertook the Diploma this year from both the Primary Dr Michael Shortall and Post Primary Sectors. As well as the class attendance and participation, the students met on a monthly basis to celebrate the Eucharist and have a meal together. These pillars of Community and Spirituality enhanced the work that was being done at the Academic level. Coupled with this, the class took part in a number of ACE (Alliance for Catholic Education – University of Notre Dame) Ireland initiatives including their monthly gatherings at O’Connell House, and the Retreat before Holy Week at Kylemore Abbey. The course finished with a two-week Summer School at the new Notre Dame Centre at Kylemore Abbey which was enormously successful. Sadly, John O’Malley, who was the initial instigator of the DCE in conjunction with Maynooth College, returned to full time teaching and his presence and invaluable interest and dedication are sorely missed.

6 Report of the Irish Theological Quarterly

The Irish Theological Quarterly is published in Association We are fortunate to receive many excellent theological articles from with Pontifical University, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, around the globe including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Ireland and SAGE publishing (UK). UK and Ireland. The journal receives support – financial and otherwise – from St. Patrick’s College. The Editor would also like to thank his Editor: Declan Marmion colleagues, Profs. Salvador Ryan and Liam Tracey for their invaluable Review Editors: Salvador Ryan, Liam Tracey work in the production of each journal issue.

The Irish Theological Quarterly is a refereed journal of systematic, moral, 2015/6 highlights and historical theology, and of sacred scripture, founded in the Pontifical Online usage University at St Patrick`s College, Maynooth. ITQ is committed to the • Articles were downloaded a total of 22,382 times in 2015. 89% of advancement of constructive and critical scholarship in these areas and downloads can be linked to a paid subscription. welcomes to its pages theologians from the international forum. • The most downloaded article between May 2015 and April 2016 was ‘Atonement, Liturgy and Metaphor: Finding Meaning in Duality’ by Whereas its primary emphasis is on classical and contemporary Cyprian Love which was downloaded 303 times. theological issues, it also invites contributions from ancillary disciplines • There are now 1,991 people signed up to electronic alerts for the (such as philosophy, classical studies, and the social sciences) inasmuch journal. as they have a direct bearing on theological reflection. Rooted in the Catholic tradition, the ITQ aims to be a place of discussion that is Circulation informed by this tradition, but it encourages equally an ecumenical and • The renewal rate for traditional institutional subscriptions in 2015 was interfaith exchange in its presentations. 91%. • In 2015, 2,851 institutions had access to the journal through sales to The ITQ carries articles by leading theologians who are international library consortia. experts in their respective fields and is also a forum for young theologians to publish their research findings. It furnishes competent book reviews to Marketing and PR keep readers informed about the current state of scholarship in theology, • There was a marked increase in usage for ITQ during the month of the biblical studies, church history and cognate disciplines. It aims to provide SAGE global trial in April 2016 and during the Theology trial in commentary on intellectual developments that are of theological interest. November 2015. • SAGE promotes ITQ via the SAGE Religion twitter site and through regular theology e-newsletters. • SAGE has partnered with a third party service, Kudos, which provides authors with the tools and support to enable them to maximize the visibility and impact of their research. Highlights from the Centres

Irish Centre for Faith and Culture

Founded in 1997 the Irish Centre for Faith and Culture seeks to explore and understand the multiple interactions between Christian Faith and contemporary culture. It hosts symposia that foster creative dialogue between Faith, theology, and a range of disciplines on the horizons of dialogue. Recent topics have included migration, the Arts, religious practice in a post-secular world, and disability.

The Irish Centre for Faith and Culture, along with the School of Humanities and the Irish Bishops’ Conference sponsored a two- day symposium entitled “The Divided Self: Addiction and Recovery in a Secular Age” on 4th and 5th February 2016. Hosted by Waterford IT, speakers included: Dr Shane Butler (Associate Professor in the School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin), Dr Paul Clogher (Theology and Religious Studies, Waterford Institute of Technology), Professor Michael A. Conway (Professor of Faith and Culture at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth), Professor Christopher C.H. Cook (Professor in the Department of Theology & Religion at Durham University), Ms Kate McCarthy (Drama and English in the School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology), Dr Niamh Maguire (Criminal Law and Criminology, Waterford Institute of Technology), Dr John O’Brien (Sociology, Waterford Institute of Technology) and Dr Jennifer Yeager (Social, Abnormal and Forensic Psychology, Waterford Institute of Technology). Annual Lectures and Conferences

The Annual Monsignor Patrick J. Corish Lecture International Conference Entitled Barbarous Latin, Snake Saints & Croaking Crows: Medieval A three day International Conference commemorated the anniversary of Miracle Accounts as Stories, the Annual Corish Lecture in Ecclesiastical the Reformation, entitled Remembering the Reformation: What have we History, was delivered by Prof. Robert Bartlett of the School of History at learned? What have we yet to learn? It was held on 15-17 May 2015. the University of St Andrews, Scotland (30th November 2015). The international line-up of speakers included: • Prof. Heinz Schilling (Humboldt University) The Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture • Prof. Christine Helmer (Northwestern University) 2015 Prof Gerard Mannion, the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in • Prof. Risto Saarinen (University of Helsinki) Catholic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington USA delivered • Prof. Phillip Cary (Eastern University) the 2015 ITQ Lecture on the theme of Pope Francis and the Art of • Prof. Peter Marshall (University of Warwick) Magisterium on 8th October 2015. • Prof. Peter de Mey (KU Leuven) • Dr Charlotte Methuen (University of Glasgow) 2016. Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten, at Hebrew University, Jerusalem • Prof. James Corkery (Milltown Institute) presented Like Adam and Eve, Like Abraham and Sarah: Biblical Models • Dr Gesa Thiessen (Trinity College Dublin) and Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Christian Europe on 1st July 2016. • Prof. Pieter de Witte (KU Leuven) • Prof. Theodor Dieter (Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg) Trócaire / St Patrick’s College, Maynooth Lecture The annual lecture co-sponsored by St Patrick’s College Maynooth and Maynooth Inter-Institutional Conference Trócaire was delivered by Mr Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special In June 2015, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Trócaire and Maynooth Representative of the Secretary General for Migration and Development University co-hosted a major two-day conference titled: Meeting the and President of the International Catholic Migration Commission) The Challenge of Climate Justice: From Evidence to Action. Its aim was to event was also attended by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Archbishop of address the impending climate emergency and to chart a path towards a Manila and President of Caritas Internationalis) on the 19th May 2016. more sustainable future, culminating in the UN Summit (COP21) in Paris in December. The Michael Devlin Lecture Entitled Inter-religious Learning in the Papacy of Francis, the Annual Speakers included climate justice luminaries and activists such as Mary Michael Devlin lecture was delivered byFrancis X. Clooney, S.J., Professor Robinson and Bill McKibben of 350.org, as well as Professor Jean-Pascal of Comparative Theology and Director of the Center for the Study of van Ypersele, the vice-president of the Intergovernmental Panel on World Religions at Harvard Divinity School (6th May 2016). Climate Change (IPCC). Other leading voices at the conference were John Sweeney Emeritus Professor of Geography at Maynooth University, Fr Sean McDonagh, a Columban missionary and ecological activist, and Bishop Theotonius Gomes, Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Visiting Lecturers

During the year, the Faculty were honoured to host the following guest lecturers

• Prof. Marcel Sarot, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands. • Prof Sarot delivered a module entitled Philosophical and Theological Approaches to Evil

• Dr Tobias Winright, Associate Professor of Theological Ethics, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA • Dr Winright delivered a module entitled Ethics of War and Peace Faculty Events

FUCE - Catholic Universities in Europe The Irish Conference of Medievalists Congratulations go to The President of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth The 30th Irish Conference of Medievalists took place in Maynooth on Monsignor Hugh Connolly who was re-elected for a further three year 30th June – 2nd July 2016. This event was jointly organised between term to the Board of FUCE the umbrella body of Catholic Universities in Maynooth University in association with St Patrick’s College Maynooth. Europe. Maynooth hosted the last year’s annual meeting of this body. This year’s gathering was held in Salamanca where Msgr. Connolly was The Association of Teachers of Moral Theology re-elected together with colleagues from France, Spain, Italy, Poland, On the weekend of 7th and 8th of May 2015, the Association of Lebanon and Slovakia. In 2018 the College will host the triennial global Teachers of Moral Theology (ATMT) based in the UK held a bi-annual meeting of Catholic Universities one of the most prestigious events in colloquium in St Patrick’s College Maynooth. The occasion helped Catholic Higher Education. facilitate the mutual support of colleagues in Ireland, the UK and, indeed, across Europe.

RE:Vision Day The annual RE:Vision Day for Leaving Certificate students was held in October 2015. There were over 90 participants comprised of students and their teachers from many parts of the country. Always an enjoyable day, the day is designed to introduce students to the academic discipline of theology and the experience of a university lecture hall while helping them with the Leaving Certificate curriculum. Honorary Awards

In Commemoration of St Columbanus

On November 20th 2015, in commemoration of the 1400th anniversary of the death of Saint Columbanus and to honour the rich heritage and legacy which unites our work and mission, the Award of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, was bestowed upon: • E. Mons Gianni Ambrosio, Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio • Mauro Steffenini • Reverend Kevin O’Neill, SSC, Superior General of the Missionary Society of St. Columban

Each of the honourees were recognised for the extraordinary contribution that they each have made in separate ways to continue the great work and mission of St Columban. In the case of Fr. O’Neill the honour was also intended as recognition of the outstanding work done by the entire Missionary Society of St. Columban – formerly the Maynooth Mission to China - from its foundation until the present day.

Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

Prof. Declan Marmion Lectures given as Professor of Faith and Culture Published Articles • ‘The Cathedral: An Open Space in the City,’ Lecture given in Galway • “The Influence of Karl Rahner at Vatican II,” in Dermot Lane, ed., Cathedral to celebrate its fiftieth year, 8 October 2015. Vatican II in Ireland, Fifty Years On. Essays in Honour of Pádraic • ‘Church in Changing Culture,’ Lecture given to the Clergy of Achonry Conway, Studies in Theology, Society and Culture 12 (Oxford: Peter Diocese, Westport, 21 October 2015. Lang, 2015), 261-83. • ‘Desire and Excess: Belief in a Secular Age,’ Paper delivered at The • “Transcendental Thomisms,” in the Oxford Handbook of Catholic Divided Self: Addiction and Recovery in a Secular Age, Waterford Theology, ed. Lewis Ayres and Medi Ann Volpe (Oxford: Oxford Institute of Technology, 4th and 5th February 2016 University Press, 2016). Published online May 2015. • (Also organised this conference) • “Karl Rahner, Vatican II and the Shape of the Church,” Forthcoming in • ‘Old Wine Skins: Church and Contemporary Culture,’ Address given to Theological Studies (2017). the Irish Episcopal Conference, Knock Shrine, Co. Mayo, 1 February 2016. Forthcoming • ‘Shepherds and Sheep: The Changing Dynamics of Authority and • Remembering the Reformation: Martin Luther and Catholic Theology, Leadership,’ Address given to the Irish Episcopal Conference, Knock ed. with Salvador Ryan and Gesa Thiessen (Minneapolis: Fortress Shrine, Co. Mayo, 1 February 2016. Press, 2017). Forthcoming February 2017. • ‘Mercy and the Underdeveloped Heart,’ Lecture given in Árus De Brún, Galway as part of a series of Lenten Lectures, 18 February 2016. Prof. Michael Conway • ‘The Underdeveloped Heart,’ Paper delivered at the conference, Published Articles ‘Opening the Door of Mercy,’ organised by the Council for Pastoral • ‘The Underdeveloped Heart,’ The Furrow 67 (2016): 259-265. Renewal and Adult Faith Development of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, • ‘Preface,’ to Foraging for the Spirit in the North Wall Community, ed. 5 March 2016. Martin Byrne (Dublin: Scribbles from the Margins Press, 2016), 7-11. • ‘The Dynamics of Mercy,’ Lecture given in Árus de Brún, Galway as • ‘Theology going Somewhere and Nowhere,’ The Furrow 67 (2015): part of the celebration of the Year of Mercy, 21 April 2016. 375-386. • ‘An Open Space in the City: Galway Cathedral at Fifty Years,’ The Book Review Furrow 66(2015): 563-581. • Review of At the Limits of the Secular: Reflection on Faith and Public • ‘The Tensions of Ministry,’ The Furrow 66 (2015): 196-209. Life. Ed. William A. Barbieri J. Foreword by Charles Taylor. Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans, 2014, Irish Theological Quarterly 81(2016): 312-314. Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

Prof Séamus O’Connell Published Articles Published Articles • ‘Meeting Divine Mercy’, Spirituality, July/August 2016 • “Eat this Book! Approaching the Sacramentality of the Word Today” in • ‘The Joy of Love and Spirituality’, Spirituality, September/October 2016 Thomas R. Whelan and Liam M. Tracey (eds), It is Good for Us to Be • ‘The Priest as Man of Mercy’, Doctrine and Life, 66(September 2016) Here: Gathered on a Weekday When Eucharist is Not Celebrated (Dublin: Veritas, 2015), 25–28 Dr Jeremy Corley • “The Family of Jesus in the Gospels.” The Bible Today 53 (2015): 19–25. Conference Papers • Cambridge Ben Sira conference, September 2016: “Ben Sira’s Hebrew Conference Papers Poetry in Comparison with the Psalter.” • “Psalm 110 in Mark 12:36”—A Response to Larry Hurtado, “The • Catholic Biblical Association of America Annual Meeting, Santa Clara Creative Use of the Psalms in the New Testament.” at the Ruffini University, August 2016, simultaneous session: “Ben Sira Studies Since Symposium on “Los salmos ‘mesiánicos’ y los comienzos de la teología 2000: A Selective Survey.” cristiana” (The ‘Messianic’ Psalms and the Beginnings of Christian • Pontifical University of Salamanca Symposium on the Messianic Psalms, Theology). Universidad Pontifical de Salamanca (UPSA), May 12, 2016. May 2016: “Psalm 110(109) and Israelite Royal Ritual: Text, Versions, • “Herod’s Supper: The Composition of Mark’s Account of the Death of and Exegesis.” John (6:[14]17–29)” at Continuing Seminar on the Synoptic Gospels of the International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Published Articles University of Santa Clara, August 7, 2016. • “Divine Creation and Human Mortality from Genesis to Ben Sira,” Irish Theological Quarterly 81 (2016) 343-61. Research Projects • “Friendship in the Hebrew Wisdom Literature,” in Proceedings of the • The Kiss of Christ: Towards a Theological and Pastoral Introduction to Irish Biblical Association 38 (2015) 27-51. Lectio Divina. • “Tripartite Creation in Sirach 16:26–17:4,” Studia Biblica Slovaca 7 • “The Neglected Factor”—a Narrative-critical Investigation of the (2015) 155-84. Characterization of God in the Synoptic Gospels and Beyond. • “Judith,” in T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint, ed. James K. Aitken. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015. Pp. 222-36. Dr Kevin O’Gorman, SMA. • “Elements of Jewish Identity in Ben Sira,” Biblische Notizen 164 (2015) Publication 3-19. • Remembering God’s Mercy – Luke’s Virtue of Compassion, St Paul’s Publishing, Ireland • Playing & Praying, St Paul’s Publishing, Ireland Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

Prof Liam Tracey Dr Padraig Corkery Invited Lecture Published Article • Shapiro Spring Lecture: ‘Worshipping in a Religiously Pluralistic Age: • ‘The Proclamation of 1916.’, Reality, May 2016 Catholic and Jewish Reflections,’ Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, 15 April 2015. Invited Lecture • ‘Mercy and Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities.’ Address to the Academic Congress Irish Catholic Doctors Learning Network, May 2016. • Consultation on ‘The Impact of Nostra Aetate on Catholic Worship’, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA. 14-15 April 2015. Dr. John-Paul Sheridan • Societas Liturgica Congress, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. Conference Papers 10-15 August 2015. • “Using Narrative in Religious Identity Research” at A Field in the Making – The Second Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference (March 2015) Edited Books • Serving Liturgical Renewal: Pastoral and Theological Questions. Book Chapters Essays in Honour of Patrick Jones, Thomas R. Whelan and Liam M. • Mc Guckin, Conor; Christopher Alan Lewis; John-Paul Sheridan and Tracey, eds. (Dublin: Veritas, 2015). Sharon Mary Cruise, “The Religious Socialisation of Young People in • It is Good for Us to Be Here. Gathered on a Weekday when Eucharist Ireland” in J. O'Higgins Norman (ed.) At The Heart of Education, is not Celebrated, Liam M. Tracey, ed. (Dublin: Veritas, 2015). School Chaplaincy, Guidance and Pastoral Care. (Dublin: Veritas, 2015) Articles • ‘The Centrality of Sunday’, in It is Good for Us to Be Here. Gathered Invited Lectures and Talks on a Weekday when Eucharist is not Celebrated, (Dublin: Veritas, • “Catholic Schools and the Year of Mercy” A Talk at the Diocese of 2015) 19-23. Kilmore Pastoral Centre, Cavan (26th January 2016) • ‘The Strange Case of 1 January,’ in Serving Liturgical Renewal: • “You Have No Need of Our Praise” A Talk to Teachers in the Parishes Pastoral and Theological Questions. Essays in Honour of Patrick of Lucan (14th October 2015) Jones, Thomas R. Whelan and Liam M. Tracey, eds. (Dublin: Veritas, 2015) 99-116. Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

Dr Jessie Rogers Reviews Published Articles • 2016. Review of: Thomas J. F. Stanford, Luke’s People. The Men and • 2016. “Where is Wisdom to be found and how do we apprehend her?” Women who met Jesus and the Apostles (Eugene, OR: 2014): Irish Septuagint, Sages and Scripture: Studies in Honour of Johann Cook, Theological Quarterly 81/1, 111-112. Randall X. Gauthier, Gideon R. Kotzé and Gert J. Steyn (Eds) (Vetus • 2016. Review of R. Bauckham, Gospel of Glory. Major Themes in Testamentum Supplement Series 172. Leiden: Brill), 84-107. Johannine Theology (Grand Rapids, Michigan 2015): Irish Theological • 2016. “God-talk in Dark Times”, Spirituality 126 (Volume 22 May/June Quarterly 81/3, 321-323. 2016), 138-142. • 2016. Review of The New Testament and the Church. Essays in • 2016. “The Ascension of the Lord,” Scripture in Church 182 (1 April to Honour of John Muddiman. (Ed. John Barton and Peter Groves) (LNTS 30 June 2016), 25-29. 532: London 2016): The Furrow 67/6 (June 2016), 379-381. • 2016. “Sixth Sunday of Easter,” Scripture in Church 182 (1 April to 30 June 2016), 21-25. Invited Lecture • 2016. “Fifth Sunday of Easter,” Scripture in Church 182 (1 April to 30 • ‘Mercy in Action: the Parable of the Good Samaritan.’ Address to the June 2016), 16-21. Irish Catholic Doctors Learning Network. May 2016. A modified version • 2016. “Scripture and the Art of Remembering Well,” The Furrow 67/3 of the address has been published in the Catholic Medical Quarterly (Mar 2016), 149-153 66/4 November 2016. • 2015. Review of: Mitri Raheb, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2014) in: Irish Dr Aoife McGrath Theological Quarterly 80/4, 356-358. • McGrath, Aoife. Review of Catholic Women Speak: Bringing Our Gifts to the Table, edited by the Catholic Women Speak Network. Dr Luke Macnamara The Furrow 67, no. 6 (June 2016): 375-377. Publications - Monograph • “‘My Chosen Instrument’: The Characterisation of Paul in Acts Academic Events 7:58-15:41”, Analecta Biblica, Gregorian Biblical Press, Rome 2016. • Member of Closing Panel Discussion & Chair of Parallel Session, The Role of the Church in a Pluralist Society: Good Riddance or Good Articles Influence? International Interdisciplinary Conference, Loyola Institute, • 2015. “Unexpected Guests at the Birth of Jesus”, Doctrine and Life, Trinity College Dublin (22-24 June 2016). December, 2-14. • Attendee, Wrestling with Angels? Practical Theology as Spiritual • 2016. “Stones and Ladders: Saint Benedict and Jacob on Humility and Practice 2016 Annual Conference, British and Irish Association for Prayer”, Doctrine and Life, May. Practical Theology, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick (12-14 July 2016) Publications, International Conference Papers and Presentations

Prof Salvador Ryan Magazine / Newspaper Articles: Edited Works: • ‘Commemorating Five Hundred Years of the Reformation’, Reality (October, 2016) • The materiality of devotion in late medieval northern Europe: images, objects and • ‘Martin Luther: 500th Anniversary: Medicine for the Church?’, Intercom (October, 2016) practices (co-editor with Henning Laugerud and Laura Katrine Skinnebach). Dublin: Four • ‘From Martyrs to Women: the Changing Face of Sainthood’, Irish Independent (10 Courts Press, 2016. September 2016) • Making the Book of Fenagh: Context and Text (co-editor with Raymond Gillespie and • ‘A medieval insight into the Camino’, Irish Catholic (27 July 2016) Brendan Scott). Killeshandra: Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne, 2016. • ‘Musings’ (a monthly resource for Parish Newsletters), Intercom (contributions from • Religion and Politics in Urban Ireland, c.1500-c.1750: Essays in honour of Colm Lennon (co- September 2015 to March 2016) editor with Clodagh Tait). Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2016. • ‘Crisis of faith … the Church has been here before’, Irish Independent (29 November 2015) • Death and the Irish: a Miscellany. Dublin: Wordwell Books, October 2016. • ‘Remembering the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215′, Reality (November, 2015) • ‘Pope Francis’ Jubilee of Mercy: a historical perspective on the Holy Year’, Reality (October, Articles and Book Chapter 2015) • ‘Thomas MacDonagh: “Making me darkly grope to my sure end”‘, in David Bracken (ed.), The End of All Things Earthly: Faith Profiles of the 1916 leaders (Dublin: Veritas, 2016) Conference Papers / Guest Lectures • ‘Death and the Irish: reflections from a Moneygall childhood’, in Salvador Ryan (ed.), Death • Christian materiality: practices, perception and mediation. Exploring the Middle Ages and the Irish: a Miscellany (Dublin: Wordwell Books, 2016) conference, University of Bergen, Norway, 25-27 November 2015 (invited speaker) • ”Scarce anyone survives a heart wound”: the wounded Christ in Irish bardic religious poetry’, • ‘Críost Liom: Treasures of the Irish Christian Tradition’, Australian Catholic University, Sydney in Larissa Tracy and Kelly de Vries (eds), ‘His Brest Tobrosten': Wounds and Wound Repair Campus, 13 April 2016 (invited speaker). in Medieval Culture. Leiden: Brill, 2015. • Postgraduate Seminar on ‘The Five Minute Sermons of Fr Algernon Brown CSP (1848-78)’, • ‘“A gentle doe from the best of the herd”: the Virgin Mary as Intercessor in the late medieval Australian Catholic University, Banyo Campus, Brisbane. 12 April 2016 (invited speaker). and early modern Irish tradition’, in Jonas Carlquist and Virginia Langum (eds), Words and • ‘“There now follow some examples worth remembering”: Preachers’ tales and what they tell Matter: the Virgin Mary in Late Medieval Parish Life. Stockholm: Runica et Mediaevalia, us about late medieval popular religion’, Australian Catholic University. Brisbane Campus, 11 2015. April 2016 (invited speaker). • ‘Christ the wounded lover and affective piety in late medieval Ireland and beyond’, in • ‘Tales from the Liber Exemplorum, c.1275-9: a window on preaching and popular religion in Henning Laugerud, Salvador Ryan and Laura Katrine Skinnebach (eds), The materiality of medieval Ireland’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland conference, St Patrick’s College, devotion in late medieval northern Europe: images, objects and practices. Dublin: Four DCU, 10 September 2016 (invited speaker). Courts Press, 2016. Other Talks / Presentations Reviews • In-service presentation on ‘The Historical Jesus’ to primary school teachers and • Joseph Lynch and Phillip C. Adamo, The Medieval Church: a Brief History (London and New representatives of the Catholic Education Office, St Michael’s Primary School, Daceyville, York: Routledge, 2014), Peritia 26 (2015), 272-3. Sydney. 7 April 2016 (invited speaker). • Cynthia Robinson, Imagining the Passion in a Multi-confessional Castile: the Virgin, Christ, • ‘Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin’, Keynote Address, Limerick Diocesan Culture Night, 29 Devotions and Images in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (University Park, PA: January 2016, Devon Inn Hotel, Templeglantine (invited speaker) Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), Irish Theological Quarterly 80:4 (2015). • ‘Some treasures of the Kerry church’, Killarney Library, 23 February 2016 (invited speaker). • James Martin, SJ, Jesus: a Pilgrimage (New York: HarperOne, 2014), Intercom (October, 2015). Media Interviews • Riches of the Rylands: The Special Collections of the University of Manchester Library • ‘Sunday Nights’ Interview, ABC Radio, Sydney. Broadcast 22 May 2016. (Manchester: Manchester University Press), Brethren Historical Review vol. 11 (2015). • Interview on Newstalk’s Talking History on Treasures of Irish Christianity: To the Ends of the • Juliet Mullins, Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh and Richard Hawtree (eds), Envisioning Christ on the Earth (concerning the Irish abroad / mission history, etc.). 8 November 2015. Cross: Ireland and the Early Medieval West (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013), Studia Hibernica 40 (2015). In Memoriam

Fr Martin McAlinden (d. 13.6.2016) departed this life after an extraordinarily courageous and inspiring struggle with terminal illness. Despite being a member of the Maynooth faculty for a comparatively short time he made an enormous contribution to the Pontifical University and National Seminary as Director of Pastoral Training. Our thoughts and prayers are with his grieving family, brother priests in the Diocese of Dromore, and all his colleagues and students here in Maynooth. May almighty God grant eternal life to Fr. Martin and may he grant comfort and consolation to all the bereaved.

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We also remember two renowned former professors of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth:

Rev Monsignor Joseph Spelman (d. 24.6.2016) was a Priest of the Diocese of Achrony and the first Professor of Mathematical Physics. He was Pastor Emeritus, Parish of Kilvarna and Collooney.

Priest, Professor, Poet and Pastor Emeritus Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (d. 15.7.2016) was appointed Professor of Early Irish at Maynooth in 1960, followed by Modern Irish in 1982 until his retirement in 1992. He was Pastor Emeritus in An Daingean.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh siad Student and Graduate Achievements

Congratulations to recent graduates Drs Katie Dunne and Jonathan Burroughs. Dr Dunne is Assistant Professor in the Loyola Institute in Trinity College, Dublin. Dr Jonathan Burroughs appointed to a permanent lecturership in Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College.

Congratulations also go to the following Doctoral Graduates: Emmanuel Abuh Title of Dissertation: “The Church as family of God in Ecclesia in Africa and Africae Munus: Historical-Cultural context, Theological Dialectics and the Hermeneutics of the Elochukwu E Uzukwu and Nathaniel I Ndiokwere” Ruan Kelly Title of Dissertation: “On Behalf of the Psychological Analogy: A Roman Catholic Appraisal of Catherine M. LaCugna’s Trinitarian Theology” Jameson Kunjukunju Title of Dissertation: “The Eucharistic Liturgy: A Liturgical Foundation for Mission in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church” Brendan Lyons Title of Dissertation: “The Jewish Christian Background to the Letters of St Anthony the Great” Robert Manik Title of Dissertation: “Anamnesis and Eucharist: A Critical Examination of the Work of Brevard S. Childs and its contribution to a contemporary Eucharistic Theology” Aishling Mulherin Title of Dissertation: “The Theological Debate Surrounding the Administration of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration to Persistent Vegetative State Persons: prior to John Paul II’s Allocution and the Implications Thereafter” Douglas Zaggi Title of Dissertation: “An Exploration of Virtue Ethics and Its Relational Value: A Comparative Study of Romanus Cessario, James. F. Keenan, and Joseph J. Kotva” Scholarships and Prizes

Scholastic Trust and College Postgraduate Scholarships Scotus Eriugena Research Scholarship Nicole O’Riordan College Scholarship Albert Egan Daniel and Mary Mulvihill Scholarship Angela Costley Michael Devlin Scholarship (funded by the Scholastic Trust) Joy Viceroy

Scholastic Trust and College Postgraduate Awards Maynooth Union Postgraduate Scholarship Christopher Donnelly Matthew O’Donnell Scholarship for Theology Alison Furey Loughlin J Sweeney Scholarship Anne Lanigan and Thomas Scally College Scholarship for Lay BD Students Stephen Giblin

Special Prizes 2015-2016 The BA in Divinity – Third Year Prize Christopher Mc Dermott The BA in Divinity – Second Year Prize Liam O’Donovan The BA in Divinity - First Year Prize Kevin Mc Elroy The Ferns Furlong Prize – BA in Theology Imelda Kiely The BA in Theology & Arts – Third Year Tiernan Cormier The BA in Theology & Arts – Second Year Patrick Wilson The BA in Theology & Arts – First Year Brian Hanrahan The Dominican Sisters Award for Religious EducationLauren Dardis & Ethan Bracken

The Archbishop McNamara Memorial Prize – Higher Diploma in Pastoral Theology Kevin Malcolmson The Higher Diploma in Theological Studies Prize Catherine Neary The Pontifical Mission Societies Prize Yanbo Chen The Fitzpatrick Prize in Canon Law – Third Divinity Christopher Mc Dermott The Cunningham Prize in Canon Law – Second Divinity Charles Lafferty The Kenney Prize in Ecclesiastical History Damien Quigley The Marsh Prize (Third Year BATh Systematic Theology) Amy Connolly The Huxley Biblical Greek Prize Pauline Byrne The Huxley Patristics Prize Kevin Mc Elroy The Thomas Kelly Prize in Philosophy Joseph Keegan The Daughters of Charity Prize (Diploma in Philosophy & Arts) Pawel Byckowski and Francesco Campiello