Campion News, Trinity Term 2014 page 1 Campion News The Newsletter of Campion Hall, Oxford University Number 1, Trinity Term 2014
From the Master The West Wing (1956) he point of this regular column T is to enable the Master each term to draw the attention of the readers of the newsletter to some event or matter which he considers important. It could either look backwards or around, or forwards, but it should have sufficient words—and no more—to fill the column on the left hand of the first page, like this. Several questions need to be settled; e.g., what size font should be used—and, for that matter, what font would be best. Also, whether the article should be signed, which would take-up a couple of lines. Aenean vitae lorem dui. Morbi tem- pus lacinia nisi, vel scelerisque nibh facilisis id. Integer urna tortor, ul- lamcorper aliquet viverra non, mollis sed dolor. Phasellus sagittis tempus massa, a Contents tempor libero condimentum eu. Mor- 1 From the Master bi ut nisi ante. Duis purus eros, ali- quam eu cursus tincidunt, feugiat The West Wing (illustration) vitae magna. Etiam sodales conse- quat nibh, eget rhoncus metus 2 New publications A fresh look at the Bible James Hanvey SJ Making history 3 Who’s Who at the Hall 7 A fond farewell 8 The Origins of Campion Hall 9 Conferences 10 Gerry (God of Surprises) Hughes at 90 11 Campion Treasures 1: The Bellarmine Jug 12 Supporting Campion Hall
In pensive mood
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A fresh look at the Bible Making History Once, when God and the Devil were having one of Professor Jack Mahoney was approached a couple their endless arguments, God finally said in exas- of years ago by the publishers of the best-selling peration, “I shall write a book”. To which the Devil Harry Potter books, the Bloomsbury Group, with retorted ominously, “I shall write many books”. Of an intriguing proposal. They had recently taken over the titles of the Athlone Press and were plan- ning to republish some of them, including a book of his that had been published over twenty years previously, Teaching Business Ethics in the UK, Europe and the USA. A Comparative Study. When he objected that its statistics were now out of date, and offered to prepare a revised edition, no, they said, they wanted it as it is, for its historical signifi- cance. They viewed his book as one of fourteen key “seminal studies” which they planned to reprint from the Athlone archives as representing “the most interesting and classic titles from their list”. When it first appeared, this pioneering study on how to teach the erthical requirements of busi- ness behaviour aroused some interest, and received course, even of God’s one book many versions a full-page review in the Economist as unscrupu- have been produced over the centuries, aiming to lous businesses were catching the headlines. Look- meet the different needs of succeeding cultures and ing at it now, in the gleaming new edition which its generations. Now Nicholas King, Fellow of Campi- author has just he feels its moral message has on Hall, has produced a version of the Bible which weathered pretty well. His model of an ethical busi- the publishers, Kevin Mayhew, describe as “freshly ness still prevents the subject from being hijacked translated”. into ticking boxes on fashionable causes. It stresses And fresh it is. Not only is it a highly impres- the values of honesty, fairness and respect as apply- sive new translation of the Bible from the Greek, ing throughout every business company, in four including the Old Testament version known as the expanding circles of moral concern: beginning with Septuagint (Greek “seventy”) because traditionally its internal governance and employee relationships; that number of scholars was inspired to translate moving out to product quality, marketing and con- the original Hebrew version together. It also aims sumer interests; further out to intercorporate rela- to capture the spirit and effect of the original, and tions with competitors and suppliers; and finally manages to do so with a fresh lapel-grasping use of respecting the interests of surrounding communi- modern idiom too. For readers familiar with the ties, from the local to the global. Bible one of the constant pleasures here is to note Moreover, the behaviour of much business today how many verses which they know of old have had strengthens the conviction which Prof. Mahoney their faces washed and have been freshened up, to taught in London Business School twenty years present themselves now with a new appeal. ago, that in any The translation has been well received, firm the ethical warmly welcomed as it was at a launch held in Jan- buck, the ulti- uary at Heythrop College in Kensington by His mate moral re- Eminence Emeritus Cardinal Cormac Murphy- sponsibility for O’Connor and the former Dominican Master- policies and General, Fr Timothy Radcliffe. An added bonus practice, stops from his heroic labour is that, not the King James, not with its but now the King version, not only presents us managers or its with a lively, readable translation, but in addition board, but with provides a brief, but masterly, commentary on it. its owners, the shareholders.
Campion News Trinity 2014 Campion News, Trinity Term 2014 page 3 . Who’s Who at the Hall
The Master: The Rev Dr James Hanvey SJ The College Secretary, and Personal Assistant to the Master: Mrs Sarah Twinn The Bursar: Mr Peter Selwood The Senior Common Room Rev. James Hanvey, SJ, Master, Fellow in Theology and Senior Tutor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, James gained his Oxford doctorate on con- structing a contemporary metaphysics of the doctrine of the Trinity. After a period as Headmaster of the Jesuit St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow, he taught systematic theology at Heythrop College, University on London, where he was also Head of the Department of Christian Doctrine and Director of the Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life. After serving as Vis- iting Professsor at the University of San Francisco, he was appointed Master in 2013. He has also been consultant on social issues to the Bishops of Eng- land and Wales and his writings include…..(see page 1)
Rev. Joseph A. Munitiz. SJ, Emeritus Fellow; Librarian and Archivist. Born in Cardiff of Spanish-Basque parents, he completed his doctorate at the Sorbonne, and from 1976-1983 published three volumes of critical editions of Byzantine texts in the Corpus Christianorum, Greek Series, at Leuven Univer- sity. He was Master of Campion Hall from 1989-1998, and then spent some years as a Research Fellow at Birmingham University. His side-line has been the publication of Jesuit-connected texts, including Personal Writings of St Ignatius (Penguin Classics). Retired since 2010, he continues to work on Byzantine texts, and also translates articles for The WAY . His afternoon schedule of a siesta and walk is occasionally replaced by a matinée visit to the cinema.
Rev Gerard J. Hughes SJ, Fellow in Philosophy. Gerry J , not to be con- fused with his namesake Gerry W ( see p. 10), was born in Glasgow and at- tended St Aloysius College. His Jesuit training included Greats at Campion Hall and he gained his Doctorate in Philosophy on Aristotle, Ethics and the Law at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1970. A founding member of the Department of Philosophy in Heythrop College, University of London, he taught there from 1970 until 1998, and was Head of Department from 1974- 98, when he was appointed Master of the Hall from 1998 to 2006. His writings include The Nature of God (1995) and Fidelity Without Fundamentalism (2012) and he lectures widely and teaches regularly in Living Theology. His recreational interests are listening to music, country walking and cryptic cross- words, plus a little gardening. Rev Nicholas King SJ, Fellow in Theology. Originally from Bath, Nick has been at Campion Hall since 2002, lecturing and tutoring in the Faculty of Theolo- gy, and writing several books. His magnum opus to date is his translation of the Greek Bible (see p. 2), and he has also recently completed The Helplessness of God, which is shortly to be published, on biblical models of authority and its re- cent exercise in the Church. In preparation is a study of the biblical roots of Chris- tian unity in the face of the scandal of Christian disunion. For much of the time Nick has found relaxation in playing cricket and squash for his old college, St John’s.
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Rev Jack Mahoney, SJ, Honorary Fellow. Born in the West of Scotland, and a Glasgow graduate, he, gained his doctorate from the Gregorian University, Rome, and taught Christian ethics for over thirty years in London University, including Heythrop College, where he also served as Principal from 1976-81. He is Emeritus Professor of Moral and Social Theology in the University of London and of Business Ethics in Gresham College in the City. His books include The Making of Moral Theology. A Study of the Roman Catholic Tradition (1987), which developed from the Martin D’Arcy Memorial Lectures for 1981, and most recently Christianity in Evolution. An Exploration (2011), which has raised some disquiet. His favourite pastimes are ex- ploring canals, piano-playing and composing newsletters. See page 2.
Rev Dr Jennifer Cooper is a Research Fellow. Born in Canada, she gained her DPhil in St John’s College on the theological anthropology of Edward Schillebeeckx, moving then to Keble as the Liddon Fellow in Theology. After priestly ordination, she combined parish ministry with continuing as Lecturer in Theology at St Benet’s Hall. Invited in 2007 to join the staff at Mirfield College of the Resurrection she teaches systematic theology and helps form ordinands there, while also teaching at Sheffield University. In 2013 she became Research Fellow at Campion Hall, where her current research includes the sacramental theology of Schillebeeckx in the con- text of his earlier work and in relationship to contemporary Catholic theology and the French ressourcement theologians. For recreation she enjoys the company of her black Labrador, Georgia.
Rev Dr Philip Kennedy OP, is Tutor of Graduates, a Dominican priest from Aus- tralia, and a Senior Research Fellow at Mansfield College. His research interests are the history of modern Christian thought, Christology and the Quests for the Historical Jesus and Liberation Theologies. His publications include A Modern Introduction to Theology: New Questions for Old Beliefs (2006). His general interests are fine music, philosophy, social inequalities and ecclesiastical reform.
Rev Gerard W. Hughes SJ, Writer in Residence (see page 10)
At the Catholic Chaplaincy to the University
Rev Dustan Croos SJ, Senior Catholic Chaplain Rev Keith Macmillan SJ, Assistant Catholic Chaplain Rev James Campbell SJ. Asssistant Catholic Chaplain
The Old Palace, Oxford
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Campion News, Trinity Term 2014 page 5 Visiting Scholars Dr John Campion Dr Marcus A. Maloof is Hirsh is Professor of Professor in the Depart- English at Georgetown ment of Computer Sci- University, Washington, ence, Georgetown Univer- D.C. He is currently sity, Washington, D.C. He working on manuscripts is working on Bayesian of mainly 14th and 15th statistics, Bayesian ma- century English lyr- chine learning, and their ics .He appreciates any- application to methods of thing over 200 years machine learning for non- old, especially art and stationary environments. antiques, and enjoys He enjoys cooking in win- reading. ter and sailing in summer.
Professor Kevin J. Rev John Vattanky SJ Cathcart is an Irish Sen- was born in Kerala, India, ior Research Fellow who and studied Oriental Phi- has taught Semitic lan- losophy and Religion in guages in Oxford, and Bib- Oxford before gaining his lical Hebrew to theology PhD in Vienna. He taught students, continuing to su- Indian Philosophy and pervise postgraduate re- Sanskrit in Nobili Col- search and examine. He is lege, Puna, where he is an enthusiastic birdwatcher Emeritus Professor. and is interested in mediae- val architecture.
Dr Kazutomo Karasawa Rev Dermot Power is a has been a Japanese sum- Visiting Research Fellow mer visitor since 2001, and a priest of the Arch- reading Old English or diocese of Westminster, Anglo-Saxon literature. who gained his doctorate at He gained all his degrees the Gregorian University, at Sophia University, To- Rome. He lectures at Hey- kyo, and is Professor of- English philology at throp College and at the Komazawa University, archdiocesan seminary, Al- Tokyo. Kazu is on a sabbatical year preparing an lan Hall, He is completing a study on Hans Urs von edition of the Old English calendar poem Menolo- Balthazar and the meanings of atonement in the gium. He enjoys playing English folk music with current Eucharistic prayers. his friends in pubs and other places. Dr Hiroshi Sasagawa
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Rev Vijay Alwin Rev Michael Knox SJ Mr Pavlo Smytsnyuk D’Souza SJ was born Mr Andrew Hearl, is from English Canada. is from Ivano-Frank- in Mangalore, South from Australia,is study- He is a 2nd year DPhil ivsk, Ukraine. He is in India, and has been ing for the MSt in the student in the Faculty of the first year of his working recently in Ko- Study of Religion, in- DPhil studies in theolo- hima in North East In- cluding modern Jewish History, researching on “The Rhetoric of Mar- gy, in which he is en- dia, near Tibet. Having movements and philoso- recently graduated from phy; early Christian the- tyrdom in the Rélations gaged in a comparative study of political theol- Oxford, he is currently ology and the compara- Jésuits”. He is Head of ogy in Greek Orthodoxy pursuing a two-years tive sociology/anthro- the Middle Common and Hinduism. MPhil in linguistics. pology of various reli- Room. gions and themes.
Rev Sumeth Perera SJ Rev Alejandro Olayo- Rev Dan Mai, SJ was Mr Peter Gent is from comes from Sri Lanka Méndez SJ is a Mexi- born in Vietnam and the United States and is and is in the second can national studying grew up in the USA, a graduate in biomedi- year of a DPhil in Ge- for a DPhil in interna- joining the Oregon Jes- cal sciences and inter- netics. He belongs to tional development. uit Province. In his cultural theology, hav- the department of Phys- This involves exploring DPhil in Social Policy ing also studied and iology, Anatomy and the interaction between he is researching the taught in China for three Genetics, and is work- migrants and humanitar- impact of rural to urban years. In his DPhil in ing in biomedical re- ian aid organisations out-migration on rural Biblical Interpretation search into the mecha- along the Mexican mi- Chinese family life, he is researching how nisms of cancer cell bi- gration corridor, and the which he shared for a evangelical protestant ology, with reference to ways these interactions year with migrant fami- religious communities colorectal and prostate shape the migratory lies in rural China. read and interpret the cancers. processes in the region. Bible and how that in-
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Mr Hiroki (Paul) Sato Rev Sean Maher Dr Michael Oborne
is a Visiting Graduate Student is a priest from Co. Kilkenny, Ire- from Japan who is studying for a land, belonging to the diocese of comes originally from California DPhil in Literature at Sophia Uni- Kildare and Leighlin. He is cur- and has been in Paris since 1975, versity. His research focuses on rently on sabbatical leave in Ox- occasionally visiting Campion the British 20th century Catholic ford while registered as a doctoral Hall. He is a Fellow and former writers, Graham Greene, Evelyn student in Durham University Director of the Las Casas Institute Waugh, Muriel Spark and David where he is researching a canoni- of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, Lodge, in the context of the Cath- cal reading of the Psalter based on which is devoted to developing olic Revival which is considered the idea of Torah in Psalms 1, 19 social justice and humanitarian to have been caused by the Ox- and 19. His last appointment was rights, in memory of the 17th cen- ford Movement. While in Oxford as chaplain in the Collège des Ir- tury Dominican, Bartolome de Paul is concentrating on the later landais, Paris, and he claims to be Las Cases. He enjoys walking and novels of Graham Greene (1904- an absolute Francophile, fascinat- hiking, and reading French litera- 91). His favorite relaxations are- ed by everything in France, apart ture. watching classic films and listen- from its bureaucracy. ing to Bach.
A fond farewell
WHEN the first Principal of Heythrop College, University of London, Professor F. C. Copleston SJ, was re- tiring, an unfortunate choice was made of the final hymn at the College Eucha- rist marking his departure: “Tarry no longer. Toward thine heritage haste on thy way, and be of right good cheer.” This breezy valediction was fortunately not delivered to Fr Brendan Callaghan SJ as he retired recently from Campion Hall as Master. Before being appointed to the Hall, Brendan had himself studied at Heythrop College and then in Oxford and Glasgow Universities, after which he taught psychology of religion for thirty years at Heythrop, eventually becoming its fifth Principal from 1985 to 1997 and supervising its move from Cavendish Square to Kensington Square in 1993. From London he had moved to Campion as Master in 2008 and remained here, also teaching and examining in Oxford and elsewhere, until 2013. Now he has been appointed to a new sensitive Eu- ropean position in the Jesuit order, as Director of Novices in the united Noviceship of the British, Irish, Flemish and Dutch Jesuit Provinces, which will soon move from its present location in Birmingham to a newly constructed building in Dollymount, Dublin. All at the Hall wish Brendan every success in his new role and thank him for all he has done at the Hall, while warmly welcoming his successor as Master, Rev Dr James Hanvey SJ.
Campion News Trinity 2014 Campion News, Trinity Term 2014 page 8 The Origins of Campion Hall
WHEN THE JESUITS opened a Roman Catholic Hall Reformation, under in Oxford University and for a time named it the patronage of the “Pope’s Hall”, they may well have seemed to be Jesuit student saint, acting defiantly and provocatively. The explanation Aloysius Gonzaga. is more innocent, however. Oxford Private Halls Now, with the per- were initially called after their founding Masters of mission of the local Arts, so what is now Campion Hall was for a time hierarchy and the named after its then Master, one Thomas O’Fallon approval of the Uni- Pope, SJ. That was but one stage in an interesting versity, one Fr Rich- history of Campion Hall. ard Clarke SJ, MA (Oxon), exercised in No Catholics need apply 1896 his right as an In 1581, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Edmund Oxford Master of Campion, a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, Arts to set up his pri- Martin C. D’Arcy, who later became a Catholic convert and an under- vate hall in the univer- by Eman Bonnici ground Jesuit priest, was executed at Tyburn for sity, near St Aloysius’ treason. In the same year it was decreed that all Ox- Church, and to teach Catholic undergraduates for ford undergraduates must henceforth subscribe to Oxford degrees. In accordance with custom, this the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. private hall was named after its Master, Clarke’s This requirement, which obviously excluded non- Hall, and in due course it took on the name of suc- Anglicans from entering the University, was even- ceeding Jesuit Masters: Fr Pope, who moved it to tually removed in 1871, as Catholicism became less larger premises in St Giles, and Fr Charles Plater, unacceptable. But then the Catholic bishops of Eng- under whom Plater’s Hall was granted University land prohibited their subjects from attending Ox- status as a Permanent Private Hall (PPH) and was ford, for fear they would be contaminated by what formally renamed Campion Hall by the Jesuits. The their pastors considered a Protestant and heretical Masters of the Hall were subsequently Fr Henry University. Keane and Fr Ernest G. Vignaux, until on the death of the latter in 1933, Fr Martin D’Arcy became the This episcopal prohibition was relaxed in 1895, and Hall’s Master for twelve years until 1945, when he the opportunity was immediately seized upon by the was appointed Provincial Superior of the British Ampleforth Benedictines and the Jesuits to open Jesuits. On his appointment as Master, Fr D’Arcy houses of study in Oxford to enable their respective fast became the celebrity he remained for most of members to gain Oxford degrees and then staff their his life, and after his death in 1976 Campion Hall schools in England and overseas. (The Dominicans, established the annual Martin D’Arcy Memorial having no schools, established Blackfriars later in Lectures, delivered in his honour usually by a fel- 1929). low-Jesuit. As the new Becoming Master, D'Arcy established inherited plans The Jesuits to rebuild Cam- had been in pion Hall in St Oxford since Giles’ on the 1875, when impending expi- they had dis- ry of its current creetly built lease, but he behind a found the pro- wall in St posals displeas- Giles the ing to his taste. first Catholic He favoured in- Church to be stead purchasing established in 1935 a site in in Oxford Brewer’s Street, since the Lutyens, Residence of the President of India and moreover,
Campion News Trinity 2014 Campion News, Trinity Term 2014 page 9 and highly significantly, through a mutual friend he A pleasing synergy persuaded the celebrated architect, Sir Edwin Lu- The relationship between Oxford University and the tyens, to design the new university hall for him Society of Jesus over the years is an interesting one. there. By custom, all Masters of Private Halls have to be Lutyens (1869-1944) was considered the out- Oxford graduates, so that particular Jesuit connec- standing contemporary British architect. He had tion is automatic; but in addition other celebrated been commissioned in 1912 to design the city of Jesuits, or future celebrated Jesuits, have been con- New Delhi when it was designated capital of India nected with the University since Campion himself. in succession to Calcutta. He was also responsible These included his colleague, the suspected head of for many country houses in Britain and Europe, the the Jesuits in England, Robert Persons: previous to cenotaphs in Whitehall and elsewhere, the British his conversion to Catholicism and jesuitry he had Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the highly ambi- been the Bursar of Balliol College! In more modern tious Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool, although times one thinks of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Cyril building this last was suspended during the Second C. Martindale and Frederick C. Coplestone, not to World War, and after the war and Lutyen’s death a mention current members of the Hall’s Senior Com- less magnificent and less expensive completion was mon Room. commissioned of another architect. The coat of arms of Campion Hall, shown The new Campion Hall was built in local here, commemorates the mar- Cotswold stone and opened in 1936, winning many tyrdom of the Jesuit St Edmund tributes for the way Lutyens had made such impres- Campion, by depicting a cross sive use of the rather cramped site he was offered. flanked with two campion flow- The Hall shows some reminiscences of New Delhi, ers and with a wolf’s head at its including the carved Hindu bells which top the pil- centre, this being a heraldic lars on its wooden staircases. Lutyens’ full design symbol of the Loyola family for the Hall remained incomplete until 1956, when a (lobo=wolf), of which a distin- new west wing was built in order to house more Jes- guished member, Iñigo, found- uit students studying at the University (see the illus- ed the Jesuit Order. Above the cross are two palm tration on page 1). leaves of victory and a gold crown of triumph, illus- trating the Christian belief in the significance of dy- ing for one’s faith.
Conferences
“’THE HUNGRY SHEEP look up and are not fed': the from Jesuit schools around the UK, to explore and shepherds are all at a conference!” But sometimes discuss their shared vision of incorporating the Ig- conferences can actually be helpful; and with its natian and Jesuit character and ethos into their modern facilities in a scholarly environment Cam- teaching. pion Hall in Oxford is showing itself suitable and successful in hosting small select conferences. For instance, in February 2014 fourteen Jesuit Superi- ors of the Provinces of Western Europe gathered under the direction of the Jesuit General’s Assistant for that region, and discussed common policy top- ics for a few days. In contrast, March 2014 saw an international seminar of some fifteen delegates ex- amining the topic of “Teaching About Rape as a Weapon of War and Genocide”. Adrian Porter SJ, as Director of the UK’s Jesuit Institute, and Provincial’s Delegate for Education, as well as being a former member of the Hall, regu- larly brings together to Campion Hall for a night or two small groups of lay women and men teachers
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Gerry (God of Surprises) Hughes at 90
ONE EVENING, when he was about two-and-a-half minster of the spirituality of peace. As he was to years of age, and one of his elder sisters had said explain in his book, God, Where are you? it has his night prayers with him and left him to go to been a continual pilgrimage for him to pursue his sleep, Gerry Hughes remembers sitting up in his “personal journey of exploration into the mystery bed thinking, and then saying out loud and deliber- of God and of human life,” and to help others do ately, the simple word “God.” He wanted to see the same, each in their own life and in their own what would happen; and he was disappointed when way. apparently nothing did. But it didn’t stop him from It comes sometimes as a surprise to those continuing to think and try things out, as he went who discover Gerry Hughes from his books to on seeking how to make contact with his God. In learn that there are two of them; and that those who fact, this early instance of exploring one’s experi- are aware of this are in the habit of referring to him ence in order to get a response from God in it be- as “Gerry W”; as distinguished from his namesake, came typical of Fr Gerard W Hughes throughout “Gerry J” Hughes, who is a fellow-Jesuit and a fel- his life, as a schoolteacher at Stonyhurst, a univer low-Glaswegian, although not a relative. For their Jesuit colleagues, in fact, it is common to refer af- fectionately to Gerry W, as “Gerry the walk”, re- calling his pilgrimages on foot to Rome and to Je- rusalem to sort out his experience and his ideas, in contrast with the other Fr Gerry Hughes SJ, who is known as “Gerry the talk”, in recognition of his deserved fame as a highly successful lecturer in philosophy! (see page 3) On 22 March this year, Fr “Gerry W” celebrated his ninetieth birthday at Campion Hall, where he has been Writer in Residence for some time, and where, with his loyal helper, Maggie McCarthy, he is completing his latest book, which he plans typi- cally to call Cry of Wonder. The Campion Hall community and some twenty of his close friends whom he has made at various periods in his minis- try enjoyed a splendid birthday lunch with him, after which everyone proceeded to the Common Room for champagne and a noble birthday cake decorated with one lit candle, presumably on the basis of one candle for every nearest hundred years. After general chitchat over the champagne, all were invited to sit round in the comfortable easy chairs and hear Gerry reminisce quietly on his busy life and friends; and then hear others pay sim- ple tribute to him for having clearly been a power- “We cannot know God in himself. We can ful spiritual and human resource to them, and often only come to know him through our hu- a consolation in their need. Then, as if it was the man experience, through creation, most natural thing in the world, Gerry invited eve- through other people.” ryone, seated as they were, to spend the next thirty minutes in silent prayer, after which he cut and dis- tributed the cake and everyone sang “Happy Birth- sity chaplain at Glasgow, a Jesuit tertian director day to You”! All then went their various ways, and giver of directed retreats at St Beuno’s, a wide- strengthened again by the grace of friendship, and ly sought spiritual adviser in Edinburgh, an ac- praying that God has further delightful surprises in claimed spiritual writer since his first The God of mind for Gerry W. and all his friends. Surprises and a persistent promoter as far as West-
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Treasures of Campion Hall 1. The Bellarmine Jug
ANTIQUE SHOPS can occasionally be found in Brit- ain containing 17th century stoneware jugs of vary- ing sizes, which are distinguished by having a gro- tesque bearded face carved on the front at the neck. Known generally on the Continent as bartmann, i.e., “bearded”, jugs, these pieces of pottery were in England popularly given the name of “Bellarmine jugs”, a term evidently intended to convey ridicule. This name seems to have been a reference to the Italian Jesuit theologian, Cardinal Roberto Bellar- mino (1542-1621), who became an object of popu- lar Protest- ant hostility in Europe because of his writings as Professor of Controver- sial Theology in the papal and Jesuit Roman Col- lege. Moreo- ver, this lead- “Look here, upon this picture, and on this”! ing figure of the Catholic Counter-Ref- This year the Jesuit Heythrop College, a constituent ormation had school of London University, has established a Bel- had the ef- larmine Institute under the patronage of this Doctor frontery to of the Church, by which Heythrop is empowered by take on publicly the King of England, James I, for the Vatican to award ecclesiastical degrees in theol- his majesty’s absolutist legislation rebutting papal ogy. jurisdiction. Campion Hall is said to have come by its fine, if slightly damaged, Bellarmine jug thanks to the Bodleian Library when it was unearthed during excavations to build the new library in the 1930s. A somewhat different portrayal of Cardi- nal Bellarmine figures in another of the Hall’s collection of treasures, a 17th century engraving of him by the German Johann Fridrick Greuter, shown above. It depicts His Eminence seated writing at his desk, glancing at a crucifix with the mandatory memento mori skull at its foot, and sur- rounded by the sources of his enormous the- ological erudition. The Bellarmine Institute, Heythrop College
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