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Saint John's University Non-Profit Organization Collegeville, Minnesota 56321 U.S. POSTAGE PA I D PERMIT NO.1 Collegeville, MN : - :a- I ci W I- 2 S T"" C\I CO) (0 LO December • January • February titles 2 ~ Every three months, Saint John's University Bookstore will feature several titles of special interest to graduates and friends of Saint John's at 20 percent off u.i -I list price. -I There will be no membership dues, no minimum orders, no obligations ... if you wish to :> receive any of the titles listed for December, January and February at a 20 percent discount, simply W send your request to: (!J W -I Saint John's University Bookstore Collegeville, MN 56321 Attn.: SJU Book Club -I Prepaid orders will be shipped postage free. o () Orders charged to MasterCharge and Visa, or invoiced by the store will be billed actual shipping charges. Jemmy/Jon Hassler Monastery /Pennington & Sapieha A New Look at the SacramentslWilliam J. $10.95/discount price $8.75 $19.95/discount price $15.95 Bausch $5.95/discount price $4.75 Hassler teaches and writes at Saint John's. Monastery, a beautiful gift, is a combina This book is a delightful story for young or tion of photographs, reproductions of tra This book is for the lay person who wants a adult readers about the difference an artist ditional art and narrative which contribute better understanding of the sacraments in makes in a young Indian girl's self image. to a glimpse of monastic life. today's church. Faith and Ferment: An Interdisciplinary Study of Christian Beliefs and Prac The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise tices/Chittister and Marty, Robert S. Modern Times: The World from the and Our Response/pastoral letter Bilheimer, editor Twenties to the Eighties/Paul Johnson $14.95/discount price $11.95 $1.50/discount price $1.20 $27.95/discount price $22.50 Bilheimer, executive director of the Insti The U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter on War tute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Modem Times presents an analysis of and Peace is currently being read, dis is the editor of this study of the attitudes of what has happened and what it may lead cussed and debated by American Minnesotans belonging to Catholic and to. Catholics. Protestant Churches. A foundation for greater understanding Saint John's Vol. 23, No. 2 BROTHER MARTIN With this issue, we join in observing the SOOth anniversary of the Winter, 1983 birth of Martin Luther. The partial listing below of Saint John's/Lutheran LUTHER REVISITED dialogue and partnership over the last several years suggests the many Editor: Lee A. Hanley '58 ways we have benefited from these enriching associations with our Lu Associate Editor: Thorn Woodward '70 Saint John'. is published quarterly (Winter, Spring, theran brothers and sisters in Christ. Summer and Fall) by the Office of Information Services, by the Rev. Colman J. Barry, O.S.B. With the inauguration of the Lutheran Brotherhood/Hill Monastic Saint John's University. Manuscript Library cooperation to microfilm Reformation and Counter ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Reformation documents worldwide, we open a new chapter of ELECTED Lutheran-Catholic partnership. As we join together to make these impor Fr. Bernie Kahlhamer '59 (Graduate School), President Jerry Schreiber '55, Vice President tant materials more accessible to everyone, may we find in our work Matt Williams '75, Secretary together further mutual understanding and enrichment. May our growing Mike Dady '71 Pat Evans '72 appreciation of our common roots and destiny continue to overshadow Stew Laird '59 and diminish those differences and misunderstandings which remain. Leo Miller '79 Bill Smoley '88 The enthusiastic regrettable, objectivity gave way petition had blocked such a wel Dave Thorman '69 AI Woocward '63 observances around the world this in the past to partisan passions far come reconciliation among sepa Vic Klimoski '70 (Grad School) year of the SOOth anniversary of too often in this voluminous li rated members of the Christian Pete Regnier '65 1. The first ecumenical colloquy in the United States was held at Paul Hamann '63 the birth of Br. Martin Luther, brary. Forgotten by both sides family. For some time ecumeni Saint John's University, and featured discussions between Thorn Farnham '72 "Father in the Faith," have been was the indispensable starting cally aware pioneers in the West seminarians of Luther-Northwestern Theological Seminary and CURRENT STUDENTS quite remarkable as such com point in reconciliation, namely ern Roman and Lutheran Saint John's School of Theology (1959-65). Mark Lambert '85 EX OFFICIO memorations go in deepening un that Br. Martin Luther's primary Churches have been helping to 2. Two of the Directors of the Saint John's Institute for Ecumenical Abbot Jerome Theisen, OSB '54, Chancellor derstanding of that famed 16th and ongoing concern was the re lower the bridge and drain the Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB '50, President and Cultural Research (Dr. C. J. Eichhorst and Dr. Maurice Wee) Br. Linus Ascheman, OSB '70, Prep School Headmaster Century founder of the Reforma form of the one Church of Jesus water in the moat. A watermark were Lutheran, and many Lutheran scholars and their families Bob Teigen '79, Twin Cities Chapter President tion Movement in Christendom. Christ. Nor can Luther's later vir has been reached in 1983, and it Fr. Don LeMay, OSB '49, Vice President lived as fellows at the Institute. for Institutional Advancement Luther has been studied anew as a ulent religious attacks on the Jews appears difficult to retreat from Dr. Robert Scully, Director of Development man for all seasons. His track rec be covered over or excused. this era of good feeling. Some 3. Saint John's University and Lutheran colleges, including Con Lee A. Hanley '58, Saint John'. magazine editor cordia (Moorhead), st. Olaf and Luther have participated in an Thorn Woocward '70, Director of Alumni Activities ord has been evaluated as a pro The ecumenical dimensions of more daring defenders of the real exchange of professors for nearly two decades. Saint John's SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR tean symbol in diverse areas. They contemporary and more objective Luther have recommended a Fr. Roger Botz, OSB '56 currently has a Lutheran pastor on its chaplain team to serve the include social and family life, insights into the authentic beliefs further jewel in his crown such as spiritual needs of its many Lutheran students. SAINT JOHN'S MAGAZINE ADVISORY BOARD theologian, scripture translator, and ideals of Luther can only be canonization. Others favorable to Fr. Roger Botz, OSB '56; Dr. David Bennetts; hymnologist, liturgist, homilist, welcomed as long overdue. Dur Luther's objectives would opt for a 4. There are currently six Lutheran ministers enrolled in the Saint Fr. Daniel Durken, OSB '52; Robert Spaeth '59 Fr. Martin Schirber, OSB '31; spiritual guide, and a both popu ing the majority periods in previ recognition of "Blessed Martin" as John's School of Theology pursuing graduate degrees in liturgy. Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB '50; Lee A. Hanley '58 lar and controversial star per ous centuries, defense positions, a hopeful sign that "the battle's 5. The successful Christian Humanism Program, funded by the former in religious polemics. intense polemics and "holy" com- o'er, the victory's won." National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), was a Br. Martin Luther, Au (To Page 3) cooperative effort including two Lutheran and two Catholic gustinian friar, was the first mass colleges (St. Olaf, Luther, Saint John's and St. Catherine's). The communicator, the most prolific NEH consultant for the innovative and productive project was serious writer in history. His Dr. Edward Lindell of Lutheran Brotherhood. career as a reformer was funda 6. Lutheran Brotherhood has given Saint John's generous grants mentally accelerated by the con for construction of a carrel for scholars in the Alcuin Library and INDEX: temporary development and per for renovation work at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Page fecting of a new technology, the Research. moveable type industry. One edi BROTHER MARTIN 7. Concordia College, Luther College and Gustavus Adolphus tion alone of Luther's work ex LUTHER REVISITED ........ 1 College share with Saint John's University in another ceeds 100 volumes; his German by the Rev. Colman Barry, OSB partnership as member-stations for Minnesota Public Radio, translation of the Scriptures is still founded as Minnesota Educational Radio at Saint John's in 1967. used today; more than 2,500 of his SAINT JOHN'S REACHES letters survive. 8. On April 14, 1975, Saint John's Abbey and University hosted HALF-WAY POINT IN The positive and negative $10 MILLION CAPITAL a celebration marking the sesquicentennial of Norwegian qualities of the first Reformer's immigration to America. On that occasion, Saint John's CAMPAIGN EFFORT ........ 7 background, personality, charac presented Bishop Per Lonning of the Lutheran Church of ter, temperament, life-style as Norway with its highest honor, the Pax Christi Award. SAINT JOHN'S NEWS REVIEW ............. 11 well as his real contributions and disruptive influence in the devel SAINT JOHN'S opment of Church and State have SPORTS REVIEW .......... 16 been exhaustively investigated. It is commonly accepted that more On the cover: This stained glass window which depicts the major events Fr. Colman Barry, 0 S B, Dr, Edward Lindell and Dr. Julian Plante review plans of the SAINT JOHN'S has been written about Martin Lutheran Brotherhood for launching a 20-year project to microfilm Reformation and in Martin Luther's life adorns the lobby of the Lutheran Brotherhood NEWS NOTES .............. 17 Luther than any other historical Counter-Reformation materials internationally. Fr. Colman is President of HMML; Dr, building in downtown Minneapolis.