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The SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY NEWSLETTER Brook VOLUME 26, NO. 3 SUMMER 2003 RECTOR’S CORNER The summer months offer a time for also due to those who participated in reflection on the events and accom- the inaugural Saint Charles Seminary plishments of the past academic year Classic this Spring, which raised TABLE OF and preparations for the challenges and nearly $120,000 for the Seminary’s CONTENTS opportunities that come with the start scholarship fund. Such enthusiastic of a new fall semester. The proceedings support for the Seminary’s mission is A Symposium to of the past year give reason for the entire a clear display of love for the Honor Our Holy Seminary community to be most Priesthood, for which I am most Father . 2 proud. Recently, nineteen of our men appreciative. Special Edition- were ordained to the Priesthood. I am I am pleased to convey that the The Class confident that their time at St. Charles Seminary continues to move forward of 2003 . 3-5 Seminary has prepared them for the with projects designed to enhance the Faculty Updates. 7 demanding challenges associated with programs of Intellectual and Human their vocation and I am confident that, Formation. The Ryan Memorial Degrees Awarded. 7 with God’s grace, they will be good and Library Renovation Project, which I holy priests. The program of formation announced in the previous issue of Upcoming Events . 8 which fostered their growth at the The Brook, is in the final design stages MOST REVEREND MICHAEL F. Seminary is sustained by our many with renovations scheduled to begin in BURBIDGE, RECTOR, PRESENTS AN friends and benefactors, who continue the fall of 2003. The renovated APPRECIATION AWARD TO MR. AND MRS. to demonstrate their support. I convey Library will provide the Seminary and ELMER F. HANSEN, JR., HONORARY CO- deep gratitude to our priest alumni, the surrounding community with a CHAIRS OF THE INAUGURAL SAINT CHARLES SEMINARY CLASSIC. who once again surpassed the goal for modern, technologically enhanced their Annual Appeal, raising more research facility. As part of the Human excitement. A total of 47 new men will than $80,000 in support of the Formation Program, seminarians par- be studying at the Seminary. Five ticipate in activities that promote phys- Human Formation Program, and to Archdioceses and Dioceses, including all of the faithful who supported this ical fitness and well-being. However, Boston, Fall River, Hartford, year’s Seminary Appeal. Thanks are the condition of the exercise, aerobic, and weight rooms at the Lexington, Memphis and Ogdensburg Seminary, was not con- will be sending candidates to St. ducive to this ideal. The Charles for the first time. St. Charles is Fitness Rooms Reno- now home to 149 men studying for vation Project was initiat- pastoral service in the Roman Catholic ed this spring in response Priesthood from eighteen different to these needs. While the Archdioceses, Dioceses and Religious Seminary has received Communities across the country. financial contributions As I reflect on the achievements of the and gifts-in-kind to sup- port these undertakings, Seminary community over the last year your support is crucial to and think of the exciting challenges that their success. You may call lie ahead, I am grateful to Almighty the Office for Develop- God for the countless blessings He has ment at 610-785-6231 bestowed upon us. I respectfully ask SEMINARIANS ASSISTED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AT for specific details on how that you continue to pray for our semi- THE INAUGURAL SAINT CHARLES SEMINARY CLASSIC. you can contribute to narians and for an increase in vocations GAILFORCE COMMUNICATIONS WAS THE MAJOR both of these projects. CORPORATE SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT, WHICH RAISED to the Priesthood. I pray that our Lord NEARLY $120,000 FOR THE SEMINARY'S The upcoming academic will bless you and all of your endeavors SCHOLARSHIP FUND. year is also cause for great abundantly. FIRST YEAR FACULTY REFLECTIONS CARMINA MAGNUSEN CHAPP, Ph.D. classes in the Religious Studies Division. The sisters commented on ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN OF THE RELIGIOUS how very much at home they felt, although they had never been to STUDIES DIVISION the Seminary before. My first year as a faculty member at St. Charles Seminary has been I am particularly appreciative of the library staff for their assistance a wonderful experience. It has been a true blessing to work with in my research and classroom teaching. Always eager to help, they Reverend Anthony Costa, Dean of the Religious Studies Division. provide an indispensable service to all. It is gratifying to be part of His supportive and encouraging nature has been of much assistance a Seminary community so focused and dedicated to the formation to me over the past academic year. of good and holy priests. Through their diligence and intelligence, the students of the WILLIAM F. MURPHY, JR., S.T.D. Religious Studies Division have given me much hope for the future ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MORAL THEOLOGY of the Church. I had the opportunity to teach my first graduate level course, Religious Studies 631—Theology of the Church, and I found my first year at St. Charles Seminary to be both a blessing found the level of discussion and interest on the part of the students and a great privilege, with the opportunity to teach highly moti- to be excellent. I look forward to the coming of a new academic vated and faith-filled students in all three divisions. My courses year and the challenges it will bring. ranged from an introduction to Catholic theology for the first- semester collegians, to an elective on the moral teaching of John Paul II for both religious studies lay students and theologians, to a REVEREND JAY HARRINGTON, O.P., Ph.D., S.T.D. team-taught integrative seminar for the last-semester theologians ASSIATANT PROFESSOR OF SACRED SCRIPTURE approaching ordination to the Priesthood. It was particularly One of the first things that struck me about St. Charles Seminary rewarding to see students not only receive academic degrees, but is that it is a place of hospitality. Everyone, including the Rector, the also to be ordained as deacons and priests in the service of God’s administration, faculty, staff, and students, has made me feel wel- people. After a summer of relaxation, research, and writing, I look come from the day of my arrival. My experience was echoed recent- forward to the return of the students and my second year of teach- ly by two Dominican sisters from Nashville attending summer ing at the Seminary. A SYMPOSIUM TO HONOR OUR HOLY FATHER In celebration of our Holy Father’s twenty-fifth anniversary as Pope, • Professor John Crosby of the Franciscan University of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will host a symposium on Catholic Steubenville will discuss “The Anthropological Foundations Moral Teaching in the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II. The daylong of the Moral Magisterium of John Paul II.” conference, sponsored by Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary and the • Professor Robert George of Princeton University will explore John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology, will take place at the “The Geopolitical Implications of Catholic Social Teaching.” Seminary on Saturday, October 4, 2003. • Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Apostolic Nuncio to the The following scholars have accepted Cardinal Bevilacqua’s invita- Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, will highlight the tion to give presentations at this conference: importance of “Catholic Moral Teaching in the New • Archbishop George Pell of Sydney, Australia, will give the Evangelization.” keynote address on “The Dignity of the Human Person, Registration must be completed by Friday, September 26, 2003, and Human Rights and Moral Responsibility.” will be open to all interested persons. Please call the Office of the • Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology for additional informa- the Doctrine of the Faith, will examine “The Moral tion at 610-785-6500. Implications of Living in Christ.” RELIGIOUS STUDIES DIVISION COMMENCEMENT In testimony to, and recognition of, her years of service rooted in Seminary’s website at www.scs.edu. Twenty-three students graduat- faith, hope, and love as a religious sister, especially in bringing ed from the Master of Arts in Religious Studies Program. The grad- Christ’s healing to countless runaway and homeless youth, Sister uates included eighteen lay persons, one priest, and four religious Mary Rose McGeady, D.C., President and CEO of Covenant sisters. Certificates earned included forty-eight graduate Roman House, received an Honorary Degree at the Religiuos Studies Catechetical Diplomas, five undergraduate Roman Catechetical Division Commencement on Sunday, June 22, 2003. Sister Diplomas, six certificates in Pastoral Ministry to African-American McGeady also delivered the keynote address to this year’s graduat- Catholics, and one certificate in Youth Ministry. ing class. The full text of this address can be found on the (Photograph on page 7) BrookThe Special Edition The Class of 2003 We Congratulate Our Newly Ordained Alumni Ordained for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Ordained for the Diocese of Allentown Ordained for the Diocese of Arlington Ordained for the Diocese of Charlotte May 17, 2003 June 7, 2003 June 7, 2003 June 7, 2003 Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral of Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Thomas More Cathedral Saint Patrick Cathedral Reverend Reverend Reverend Reverend Ángel L. Reverend Reverend Reverend Thomas J. Cavanaugh John C. Crowley Anthony J. DiGuglielmo, Jr. García-Almodóvar Christopher M. Zelonis Mark Mullaney Julio C. Domínguez Ordained for the Diocese of Camden Ordained for the Order of Our Lady of Mercy May 24, 2003 May 17, 2003 Saint Agnes Church, Blackwood, New Jersey St. Albert the Great Church Huntingdon Valley, PA Reverend Reverend Reverend Reverend Reverend Philip M.