SEMINARY JOURNAL VOLUME 19 NUMBER TWO FALL 2013 Note: Due to leadership changes in the Seminary Department, this volume was actually published in September 2014. The Seminary Journal is a journal of opinion, research and praxis in the field of seminary education and formation for priesthood within the Roman Catholic tradition. Articles are selected, edited and published by the Executive Director of the Seminary Department of the National Catholic Educational Association. Msgr. Jeremiah McCarthy, Executive Editor Katherine Schmitt, M.Div., Associate Editor Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Associate Editor Melissa Von Rohr, Copy Editor Heidi Golicz-Miranda, Graphic Designer i Seminary Journal Distribution Policy Seminary Journal is published 3 times a year: spring, fall and winter. NCEA Seminary Department members are entitled to 6 copies of the Seminary Journal. They are mailed to the president/rector, the academic dean, three directors of formation and the librarian. 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ISSN 1546-444X Published by the National Catholic Educational Association 1005 North Glebe Road, Suite 525 Arlington, VA 22201 ii SEMINARY JOURNAL VOLUME 19 NUMBER TWO FALL 2013 Note: Due to leadership changes in the Seminary Department, this volume was actually published in September 2014. CONTENTS Sebastian Mahfood, O.P., Ph.D. 1 From the Desk of the Associate Editor Theme: Human Formation in Light of the John Jay Study Rev. Denis Robinson, O.S.B. 4 Column: The Rector’s Conference Fernando Ortiz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. 10 Seminary Human Formation Lessons from the Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse Study Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D. 21 Organizational Dynamics and Seminary Formation Rev. Robert M. Vallee, Ph.D. 28 Recognizing and Affirming a Priestly Character for the Sake of Formation Patricia Cooney Hathaway, Ph.D. 32 Sexuality and the Spiritual Life Deacon James Keating, Ph.D. 38 Human Formation and Communion with Christ Emily Cash, Psy.D. 44 Candidate Assessments: Navigating Psychological Reports Successfully Daniel Kidd 47 A Process to Improve Treatment for Spanish-Speaking Clergy and Religious Ralph Martin, S.T.D. 52 Forming Priests for the New Evangelization: One Seminary’s Response Rev. Robert H. Albers, Ph.D., and 55 A Case for the Curriculum: NACOA’s Workshop Sebastian Mahfood, O.P., Ph.D. on Addiction and the Family Rev. Peter Eberle, O.S.B., S.T.D. 62 Pastores Dederunt Nobis: Three Novelists, Three Priests, and a Few Thoughts On Priestly Formation John P. Joy, S.T.L. 71 St. Thomas Aquinas’s Theology of Sacrifice Reviewed by 85 BOOK REVIEW Paul C. Vitz, Ph.D. Seminary Theology III: Seminary Formation and Psychology. By Deacon James Keating, Ph.D. (Ed.). iii National Catholic Educational Association Seminary Department Seminary Journal Call for Articles Seminary Journal is pleased to announce a call for articles for 2015. Please send submissions c/o Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, to [email protected]. Please include a short biography and photo with each submission, and use endnotes not footnotes. Special attention is requested for articles pertaining to communications and to Saints John XXIII and John Paul II. From the Desk of the Associate Editor t. Irenaeus of Lyons wrote in Against Heresies, especially in today’s cultural context of permissiveness” “The glory of God is man fully alive, and the (PPF, §77). The essays in this issue of the journal life of man is the vision of God” (IV 20.7). As endeavor to provide just that – continuing education Swe examine our relationships with ourselves and with for our seminary formators concerning the foundational one another, we do so most authentically through an dimension of human formation. understanding of the primordial relationship that we as Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB, rector of Saint Meinrad human persons have with God. It is in this light that I Seminary, St. Meinrad, Indiana, calls us to learn to write this introduction for an issue themed specifically speak evangelically, a way of speaking “grounded in on the John Jay Study, entitled “The Causes and the Truth, which we proclaim in Jesus Christ,” for “we Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests speak Good News to one another when we challenge in the United States, 1950–2010,” and more generally one another to higher living, to better living. on human formation. realizing full well that preaching with our lives is the While all four pillars, or dimensions, of priestly most effective evangelical speech there is.” formation are integrative, “human formation is the Dr. Fernando Ortiz, the Counseling Center foundation for the other three pillars” [spiritual, intellectual Director at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and pastoral] (PPF, §73), and “[t]he foundation and center and consultant at the Guest House, speaks to the very of all human formation is Jesus Christ, the Word made useful information for formators that the John Jay Study flesh. In his fully developed humanity, he was truly free has provided in terms of risk factors and protective and with complete freedom gave himself totally for the factors in human formation for the purpose of our salvation of the world” (PPF, §74). taking preventative steps against abuse. In general, “The basic principle of human Dr. Len Sperry, a professor at Florida Atlantic formation is to be found in Pastores dabo vobis, no. 43: University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, the human personality of the priest is to be a bridge examines the organizational culture of our institutions and not an obstacle for others in their meeting with and the divide within them between stated and Jesus Christ the Redeemer of the human race. As the actual core values that invariably bring out a hidden humanity of the Word made flesh was the instrumentum curriculum if left unexamined. salutis, so the humanity of the priest is instrumental Rev. Robert M. Vallee, Associate Professor of in mediating the redemptive gifts of Christ to people Philosophy at St. John Vianney College Seminary in today. As Pastores dabo vobis also emphasizes, human Miami, Florida, calls us to look at what we as formators formation is the ‘necessary foundation’ of priestly are advancing in terms of priestly character. formation” (PPF, §75). Dr. Patricia Cooney Hathaway, Professor of More specifically, for the purposes of this issue, Spirituality and Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart “Human formation comes together in a particular way Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan, brings back in the domain of human sexuality, and this is especially the spiritual dimension, which informs the human true for those who are preparing for a life of celibacy. dimension, in her discussion on the relationship between The various dimensions of being a human person— sexuality and spirituality. the physical, the psychological, and the spiritual— Dcn. James Keating, director of theological converge in affective maturity, which includes human formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation sexuality. Education is necessary for understanding at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, and a sexuality and living chastely. Those preparing to live permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Omaha, focuses out a celibate commitment face particular challenges, on the value of mentorship through the interpenetration 1 Seminary Journal of human formation with spiritual formation in bringing Finally, Dr. Paul Vitz, senior scholar/professor the seminarian into an understanding of the truth about at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in himself for the purpose of his developing into a man of Arlington, Virginia and professor emeritus of New York communion, into “a man who draws his priestly identity University, has provided a compelling review of a book and sustains it in communion with the Trinity.” entitled Seminary Theology III: Seminary Formation and Dr. Emily Cash, director of Saint Luke Institute’s Psychology edited by Dcn. James Keating. This collection Candidate Assessment Program and director of Saint provides a meaningful contribution to the field of Luke Center, a ministry of Saint Luke Institute in human formation in its affirmation of the importance Louisville, Kentucky, affirms the use of psychological of priests’ having the capacity for positive interpersonal evaluation as “a tool for positively impacting the relationships. formation experience of men coming forward for service We hope you find this issue of the journal both in the church.” insightful and thought-provoking in the assistance that Mr.