NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID MIAMI FL PERMIT 794 DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 11300 NE Second Avenue Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695 BARRY UNIVERSITY • FALL 2011 eritasDEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY The Department of Theology and Philosophy promotes the ongoing search for truth and the practice of justice by interpreting the historical and contemporary world, engaging human experience, and responding to God’s revelatioVn through the Catholic and Dominican traditions of reasoned analysis and faith. Barry Doctoral Candidate Named Chicago Bishop by Ana Rodriguez-Soto ’99, Florida Catholic Editor On June 13, serves as pastor of Good Shepherd Parish. For archdiocese,” said James B. Nickoloff, PhD, Pope Benedict seven years, he was also director of Hispanic Rojas’ thesis-project mentor. XVI appointed Ministry at the University of St. Mary of the According to the Chicago Archdiocese Alberto Rojas, a Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Chicago. website, Rojas will serve as Cardinal George’s student in Barry “I expect the doctoral study that Alberto vicar for Vicariate III of the archdiocese and as University’s Rojas is undertaking to be shaped not only by liaison to Hispanic Catholics. His ordination ADMINISTRATION FACULTY (Main Campus) Institute for his years on the faculty of Mundelein as bishop took place August 10. AND COMMITTEES Sandra Fairbanks, PhD 305-899-4913 [email protected] Hispanic/Latino Seminary but also by his experience as pastor Mark E. Wedig, OP, PhD Sara Fairbanks, OP, PhD 305-899-4053 [email protected] Theology and of a large Mexican-American parish in Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Ministry, Chicago and now as auxiliary bishop in the Chair, Department of Theology and Pedro Blas González, PhD 305-899-3069 [email protected] auxiliary bishop Philosophy Deena Grant, PhD 305-899-3444 [email protected] of Chicago. Mary Jo Iozzio, PhD 305-899-3944 [email protected] Rojas and his Gloria L. Schaab, SSJ, PhD Bishop Alberto Rojas Director of Graduate Programs in Veronica Koperski, SFCC, PhD, STD 305-899-3470 [email protected] fellow appointee, Barry University Professors Join Catholic Theology and Ministry Alicia Marill, DMin 305-899-3442 [email protected] Andrew P. Wypych, will help Cardinal Michael McKeon, PhD 305-899-3448 [email protected] Francis George with the administration Leaders in Dialogue on Hispanic Ministry Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, PhD of the Archdiocese of Chicago, which serves by Vince Olea and Patty Jimenez, Barry DMin Students Elsie Miranda, DMin 305-899-3984 [email protected] Director of Master of Arts in Pastoral more than 2.3 million Catholics in To raise awareness of themes significant to Theology Jorge Presmanes, OP, DMin 305-899-3028 [email protected] northeastern Illinois. Hispanic ministry, the diocese also invited Ruth Tallman, PhD 305-899-4091 [email protected] Rojas, 46, began his doctoral studies in Alicia Marill, DMin national Hispanic pastoral theologians, Gloria L. Schaab, SSJ, PhD 305-899-3982 [email protected] Hispanic ministry at Barry in fall 2006. Director of Doctor of Ministry Program including Drs. Jorge Presmanes, OP, and “He is a great student and a person who is Alex Schlich, DMin 305-899-3443 [email protected] Alicia Marill from Barry University. As truly committed to the service of the Church,” Elsie Miranda, DMin Edward R. Sunshine, PhD 305-899-3446 [email protected] diocesan organizers and students in Barry’s said Jorge Presmanes, OP, director of the Director of Master of Arts in Raymond Ward, MDiv 305-899-3441 [email protected] nationally recognized doctoral program Institute for Hispanic/Latino Theology and Practical Theology and Ministry and emphasizing Hispanic ministry and theology, Ministerial Formation Program Mark E. Wedig, OP, PhD 305-899-3378 [email protected] Ministry. “I am delighted by his appointment. we knew that Fr. Presmanes and Dr. Marill Joel Wilcox, PhD 305-899-4806 [email protected] The archdiocese is blessed to have him as would bring a high level of expertise, passion Jorge Presmanes, OP, DMin auxiliary bishop.” and personal connection. Through sessions on Director, Institute for Hispanic/Latino In an interview with the Barry Magazine ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF exclusion and inclusion, and the theology of Theology and Ministry in fall 2008, Rojas said that there is a great Stella (Estrella) Carroll 305-899-3469 [email protected] Alicia Marill, DMin accompaniment, they generated lively need for developing Hispanic leadership in Mario Vizcaino, SchP, STL discussions on the intersection of the session Silvia (Maura) de la Peña 305-899-4887 [email protected] the Church. The Catholic Diocese of Fresno organized a Director of Master of Arts in Pastoral topics and the lived experiences of the “In Chicago almost half the Catholics are bilingual leadership convocation this summer Theology for Hispanics Hispanic leaders. MA IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY (The Blessed Edmund Rice School) Hispanic, but the percentage of priests who are to promote dialogue between diocesan leaders The response was overwhelming, as the Gerard Austin, OP, STD 941-766-7334 [email protected] Hispanic is maybe 3 percent,” he said. “I’m serving a diversity of Hispanic communities. Sara Fairbanks, OP, PhD conversation and spirit of communion gave Student Theology Association Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, PhD 941-766-7334 [email protected] grateful to all those priests who are not The Bishop Steinbock Hispanic Ministry meaning to our time together and purpose Hispanics but are working with Hispanic Convocation, named in honor of late Bishop George Ratzmann, PhD, STD 941-766-7334 [email protected] to our future plans. The energy of the Pedro Blas González, PhD, and populations. I also thank God there are more John T. Steinbock, focused on listening to the convocation encouraged us to plan additional Edward Sunshine, PhD people interested in lay leadership as well.” experiences and challenges of Catholic leaders MA IN PASTORAL MINISTRY FOR HISPANICS gatherings focused on designing new ways to St. Thomas/St. Catherine/BUCB (SEPI) Rojas studied for the priesthood in his in the diocese, including teachers and Lecture Series serve our diocesan Hispanic communities. Bishop Felipe Estévez, DD, STD 305-279-2333 [email protected] native Aguascalientes, Mexico, and in the ministers from parishes, schools, farm worker Alicia Marill, DMin 305-279-2333 [email protected] camps, apostolic movements, and restorative (continued on page 2) Alex Schlich, DMin Archdiocese of Chicago, where he was Director of Service Learning Jorge Presmanes, OP, DMin 305-279-2333 [email protected] ordained in 1997 and where he currently justice organizations. Mario Vizcaino, SchP, STL 305-279-2333 [email protected] Ruth Tallman, PhD Student Philosophy Association VERITAS • COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES • DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 1 Message from Community of Faith,” and presented Theological Society of America; served as 2010; “A Comedy is a Tragedy is an Symposium Yields New Text “Accompaniment as a Model for Hispanic referee for the juried publication Zygon: Allegory: A Contextualist Account of the Chair Leadership” at the 2011 Hispanic Ministry Journal of Religion and Science , Lutheran Artwork Meaning,” at the Kentucky Convocation, Fresno, CA, May 27-28, 2011. School of Theology, Chicago, IL; served as Philosophical Association Fall 2010 He also presented “Institute for referee for the juried publication Religion, Meeting, Crestview Hills, KY, November Hispanic/Latino Theology and Ministry: A Economics and Culture in Conflict and 20, 2011; “Valuing Lives and Allocating Pastoral Response to the Latino Presence in Conversation , the 2010 Annual Volume of Resources: A Defense of the Modified the Church,” at the annual meeting of the the College Theology Society Conference; Youngest First Principle of Scarce Resource Association of Catholic Colleges and convened the Theology, Ecology, and Distribution,” at Valuing Lives: A Conference Universities, Washington, DC, January 29- Natural Science Session of the College on Ethics in Health and the Environment , 31, 2011. Theology Society Conference 2010, New York University Center for Bioethics, University of Portland, Portland, OR, June New York City, March 5, 2011; and “What Gloria L. Schaab, 3-6, 2010; moderated the God/Trinity Topic Is Human Perfection?,” at Exploring Human SSJ, PhD, assistant Session at the Catholic Theological Society Enhancement: A Symposium at the Center for professor of theology, of America Conference, Cleveland, OH, Values in Medicine, Science, and Mark E. Wedig, OP, PhD director of graduate June 10-13, 2010; attended the College Technology at the University of Texas at programs in theology Theology Society Conference 2010, Dallas, TX, April 8-9, 2011. I am convinced that effective leadership is and ministry, and University of Portland, Portland, OR, June born out of the collaboration, ingenuity and associate dean for 3-6, 2010; attended the Catholic Mark E. Wedig, OP, hard work of a team. Moreover, general education, Theological Society of America Conference, PhD, professor of administrative successes are seldom the College of Arts and Cleveland, OH, June 10-13, 2010; and theology (liturgical result of independent inspiration, but more Sciences, published the article “Toward a attended the 11th Biennial Colloquium of theology), associate likely the result of colleagues working God for Evolution: A Dialogue between Dominican Colleges and Universities, Barry dean for graduate together to actualize shared vision and Teilhard and Arthur Peacocke,” in Kathleen University, Miami Shores, FL, June 17-20, studies, College of mission. That being said, the Department of From left: Drs. Alicia Marill, Jorge Presmanes, OP, and Elsie Miranda Duffy, ed. Rediscovering Teilhard’s Fire 2010. Arts and Sciences, and (Philadelphia: Saint Joseph University, chair, Department of Theology and Philosophy has been blessed In June 2009, Barry University, with Barry’s Dr. Elsie Miranda and Boston for the last 13 years with the leadership and 2010); published the entries “God, Feminist Edward R.