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Love Your Neighbor And Yourself - Practicing Well-Being in Ministry

William D. Roozeboom

The Bible in the Church’s Liturgy

Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S., Brian Dunkle, S.J.

The Bible in the Life of the Church - Dean's Colloquium

Thomas D. Stegman, S.J. - Moderator

Prayer Texts in the Bible

Eileen Schuller, O.S.U., Matthew Monnig, S.J.

Scripture in the Life of the Church

Luke Timothy Johnson

The Old Testament in the Christian Bible

Richard J. Clifford, S.J., Michael Simone, S.J.

The Bible and Justice

Carol Dempsey, O.P., Andrew R. Davis

Navigating Toward a Meaningful Life: Adolescents and Faith Formation

Theresa A. O’Keefe

Spirit and Truth - No Alternative Facts

Colleen M. Griffith

Disability and Advocacy in the Book of Job

Andrew R. Davis

Signs of Hope in Muslim-Christian Relations

Daniel A. Madigan, S.J., Klaus Von Stosch, & Joshua Ralston

Freed for Life in the Spirit: Reflections on Christian Ministry

Rev. James Martin, S.J.

Images of the Magdalene - A Natural History

Francine Cardman

Beyond Its Use-By Date? Pondering the Future of Faith

Rev. Richard Lennan

Faith Formation - Past, Present, and Future

Thomas H. Groome and Jane E. Regan

Hacia una espiritualidad profética para el siglo XXI

Dr. Juan José Tamayo Reid

The Spirituals: An African American Music Idiom and Its Relevance to Our Lives Today

Meyer Chambers & Rev. Oscar Pratt

Liturgy and Solidarity: Beyond Frontiers

Marcus Mescher & Susan Reynolds

The Spirituality of Saint Paul: Following Jesus by Imitating Paul

Rev. Frank J. Matera

The Fierce Urgency of Now

M. Shawn Copeland

Contributions of Migrants to Development and Social Innovation in Boston

Multiple Panelists

Wise and Holy Women of Lent: Art and Stories with Br. Mickey McGrath

Michael O'Neill McGrath, O.S.F.S.

Theological Virtues and Psychological Wellness: Cultivating Practices of Well-Being

Dominic F. Doyle & William D. Roozeboom

Human and Church Community and the Evil of Economic Inequality

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. & Rev. Michael Himes

Nurturing the Healing Power of Joy

Brita L. Gill-Austern

Kinship Across Borders: Catholic Ethics and Migration

Kristin E. Heyer

The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire

Coeditors: Rev. Richard Lennan & Nancy Pineda-Madrid; Contributors: Francine Cardman & Andrea Vicini, S.J.

El llamado profético a ir a las periferias según el pensamiento del Papa Francisco

Rafael Luciani & Felix Palazzi

Religious Education in the Age of Google, Facebook, Netflix, and SpaceX

Hosffman Ospino

Spiritual and Theological Riches in Paul's Letter to the Romans

Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Religious Exclusivism and Interreligious Dialogue: Incompatible or Not?

Miroslav Volf

Clare of Assisi: From Historical Figure to Saintly Model

Catherine M. Mooney

From Barriers to Belonging: The Church and People with Disabilities

Erik W. Carter

Mary Magdalene and the Women Disciples in the Gospel of Luke

Barbara Reid, O.P.

The Meeting of East and West: Spirituality Beyond Boundaries

Rev. Dr. John Philip Newell

La parroquia como comunidad evangelizadora al servicio de los jóvenes hispanos

P. Alejandro López-Cardinale

“God is Beautiful, and He Loves Beauty”: Foundations of Practical Spirituality in Islam

James W. Morris

Hope in a Time of Climate Change

Carol A. Newsom

A Tapestry of Needs and Strengths: Ministering to Older People with Realism and Hope

Myles N. Sheehan, S.J., M.D.

The Music of the Psalms: From King David's Time to Our Own

Robert Cohen

Deepening Catholic Citizenship Today: Drawing from Scripture and Tradition

Richard J. Clifford, S.J. & Thomas Massaro, S.J.

The Psalms: Jewish-Catholic Dialogue through Shared Praise

Andrew R. Davis

Present and Future of an Ibero-American Theology in Times of Globalization, Interculturality, and Exclusion

Juan Carlos Scannone, S.J., Roberto Tomichá, O.F.M. Conv., Olga Consuelo Vélez, and Thomas H. Groome

Eucharist: Medicine of Immortality

John F. Baldovin, S.J.

The Francis Pontificate: Historical Anomaly or the Beginning of a Postmodern Papacy?

Richard Gaillardetz

Where Two or Three Are Gathered: Transforming the Parish through Communities of Practice

Jane E. Regan

The Catholic Voter and the Signs of Our Times

Kenneth Himes O.F.M.

The Heart of Centering Prayer: Christian Nonduality in Theory and Practice

Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault

The Practical Theology of Jean Vanier: Faith in a Vulnerable Community

David O. Jenkins

Tending Your Own Garden: A Spirituality for Active Ministry

Colleen M. Griffith

Telling Stories about Women

Amy-Jill Levine

Evolution and the Primacy of Love

Ilia Delio, O.S.F.

Managing Connections or Building Relationships? Teens and Digital Technology

Theresa A. O'Keefe

Principle and Practice: René Girard, Politics, Religion, and Violence

Rev. James Alison and Duncan Morrow; Moderator: Sheelah Treflé Hidden

Theology of Pope Francis: Real Reform or Window Dressing?

James Bretzke, S.J., Kristin E. Heyer, Susannah Heschel, M. Cathleen Kaveny, Thomas Reese, S.J., and Michael Sean Winters; Moderator: Mark Massa, S.J.

Latin American Intellectual Roots of Pope Francis’s Pontificate

Rev. Carlos Maria Galli

The Spirit at Work: St. Teresa of Avila in Life

André Brouillette, S.J.

Thy Will Be Done: The Function of Prayer in Mark's Gospel

Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

A Rebellious Son? Jesus and His Mother at the Wedding in Cana (John 2)

Adele Reinhartz

Who are the "Nones"?

Nancy T. Ammerman

The Treasure of Hispanic American Catholicism

Marilú Del Toro & Hosffman Ospino

A Liberating Spirituality for a Suffering World

O. Ernesto Valiente

My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology

Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P.

Loss, Change, and Resilience in Communities of Faith

Melissa Kelley

Rereading the Roman Tea Leaves: The Francis Effect in the Synods on the Family

James Bretzke, S.J. & Susan Reynolds

Thomas Merton: A Prophet for Our Time

Colleen M. Griffith

Sowing the Seeds of Faith: It is (Almost) All in the Family

Thomas H. Groome

Muslim Women and Islamic Law: Myths and Realities

Natana J. DeLong-Bas

Our Common Home: An Ethical Summons to Tackle Climate Change

Multiple Panelists

Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Planet

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

On the Strength of Her Testimony

M. Catherine Hilkert, O.P.

What the Outsider Sees: Teresa of Avila and the Contemplative Vision

Rt. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams

Parishes in Transition: Learning to Live in Tabernacles

Nancy T. Ammerman and Hosffman Ospino

Why Libertarianism Isn't Liberal

Multiple Panelists

Holy Ones, Called to Be Holy: St. Paul and “Life in the Spirit”

Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Islam for Catholics 101

Natana J. DeLong-Bas

Reading the Hebrew Bible with Jesus

Michael Simone, S.J.

Christ and the Pelican Chick

Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. & Susan Reynolds

“To be perfect is to change often”: Ongoing Renewal and Reform in the Church

Thomas H. Groome

Called to Greater Love: Ignatian Spirituality for Today

John R. Sachs, S.J.

Sacraments and Chicken Soup: Sacramental Living in a Post-Conciliar Church

Kathleen Hughes, R.S.C.J.

Life Matters: Reflections on the Synod on the Family

James Bretzke, S.J.

Taking the Church to the Street

Rev. Debbie Little

A Theology From and For Lived Faith

Roberto Goizueta, Colleen Griffith, Thomas H. Groome, Claire E. Wolfteich

Dead Man Walking: A Conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean

Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

Jesus: A Pilgrimage

James Martin, S.J.

Poverty: What did Jesus Preach? What does the Church Teach?

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Mary of Magdala: Apostle and Prophet

Mary Ann Hinsdale, I.H.M.

Politics, Faith, and Prophetic Witness

Simone Campbell, S.S.S.

Simposio sobre catequesis con católicos hispanos

Hosffman Ospino, Rev. Manuel Clavijo, Sr. Barbara Gutierrez SND, Carmen Aguinaco

The Message of Mercy and Its Importance Today

Cardinal Walter Kasper

Families with Disabilities: Recipients or Agents of the New Evangelization?

Margaret E. Guider, O.S.F., with Maria Cataldo-Cunniff

The Gospel of John and the "Parting of the Ways"

Adele Reinhartz

The Transformative Power of Faith: Responding to Pope Francis’s Call

Mary Susanne Dziedzic, C.S.S.F., José Lopez, Digna R. López, John Hatcher, S.J., Mark Massa, S.J. (Moderator)

Journey with the Saints of Lent

Michael O’Neill McGrath, O.S.F.S.

Angels, Demons, Cain, and the Madness of King Saul

Anne Marie Kitz

Living in the “New Normal”: Refiguring Resurrection in the Aftermath of Trauma

Shelly Rambo

Finding Your Place in the Story of the Bible

Richard J. Clifford, S.J.

In Quest of the Jewish Mary

Mary Christine Athans, B.V.M.

I Give, Therefore I Am: The Primacy of Charity in the Christian Life

Gary Anderson

Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment

Rev. Richard Lennan, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Christopher R. Matthews, John R. Sachs, S.J.

Leadership in a Multi-Parish Setting

Mark Mogilka

The Francis Papacy: Reform, Renewal, and Resistance

John L. Allen, Jr.

The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology

Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim

From Plurality to Solidarity through Justice

John Baumann, S.J., Catherine Cornille, Larry Gordon, Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Beyond Ignorance, Hostility, and Fear: Organizing for Justice by Embracing Religious and Ethnic Passion

John Baumann, S.J.

The Legacy of Vatican II

Diverse Contributors, Mark Massa, S.J. (Moderator)

Encountering the Risen Jesus: Mary Magdalene as Prototype

Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.

Ask the Beasts: Spirituality and the Evolving Earth

Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

God and the Imagination: Prayer and Poetry

Paul Mariani

The New Evangelization: Renewing the Church

Anthony Gittins, C.S.Sp., Frank DeSiano, C.S.P., Rev. Sean McCarthy, Susan M. Timoney

Ignatian Spirituality, Jesuit Identity, and the Research University: In Quest of Realism

Philip Endean, S.J.

Income Inequality and Our Responsibility to the Poor

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Susannah Heschel, Mohamed Lazzouni, Rev. John K. Stendahl, Alan Wolfe

Accompaniment: Liberation Theology, Solidarity, and a Life of Service

Paul Farmer, Roberto Goizueta

Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Christopher R. Matthews

The Challenge of Catholic Teaching on War and Peace in the Present Moment

Most Rev. Robert W. McElroy

Genesis 1-11: What Do Adam and Eve Teach Us Today?

Richard J. Clifford, S.J.

More than Elevators: Physical Disability and the Church

Debbie Creamer

New Evangelization for Today’s Parish

David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., Jane E. Regan

Education and Life, the Good Life, and Eternal Life

M. Shawn Copeland

Prison Ministry: Where Justice and Mercy Meet

Gregory Boyle, S.J., Maureen Clark, C.S.J., Carl Carbonic, Janet Connors, Leo Vercollone

The Power of Boundless Compassion: An Evening with Fr. Greg Boyle

Gregory Boyle, S.J.

Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New

Colleen M. Griffith, Thomas H. Groome

Handing on the Faith: An Archbishop's Perspective

Most Rev. Harry J. Flynn

Introducing the Bible Today

Richard J. Clifford, S.J., Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Pheme Perkins

Women and Interreligious Dialogue

Rosemary Radford Ruether, Nelly van Doorn-Harder, Marianne Moyaert

In the Footsteps of Mary Magdalene: A Spirituality of Evelyn Underhill

Colleen M. Griffith

Laughing with the Saints: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life

James Martin, S.J.

A Contemplative Vision of the Mystics

Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I.

From Mental Illness to Spiritual Wisdom: A Father-Daughter Odyssey

Tom Zanzig and Barb Zanzig

John’s Gospel: Holy Week and Easter Themes

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. & Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Is the Pen or Collective Song more Powerful than the Sword? African American Spirituals Engaging Scripture

Rev. Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

The Problem of Myth in the Hebrew Bible

Peter Machinist

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Theology and Practice

Rev. Msgr. James A. Mongelluzzo

Cushing, Spellman, O'Connor: The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations

Rabbi A. James Rudin

Taking Flight: When Jesus was a Refugee

Leo O'Donovan, S.J.

Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez

Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Breaking Open the Word: Best Practices

Thomas H. Groome, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.

Catechesis on the Eucharist: New Testament Models

Margaret Nutting Ralph

The Practices of Discipleship

Terrence W. Tilley

Beyond Catholic-Jewish Dialogue: A New Paradigm

Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann, Rev. David C. Michael

Will There Be Faith?

Thomas H. Groome

Cultural Identity and Interreligious Dialogue

Peter C. Phan, Susan Abraham, Kwok Pui-Lan

Women Disciples, Leaders, and Apostles: Mary Magdalene’s Sisters

Carolyn Osiek, R.S.C.J.

Healing Through Pastoral Care

Melissa M. Kelley

Women Religious: Today and Tomorrow

Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.

Healing God’s People: Practical Skills and Pastoral Approaches

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, Rodney L. Petersen, Robert C. Bordone, H. John McDargh, Thomas H. Groome

Healing: An Interfaith Perspective

Rodney L. Petersen

Three Jesuits: Who Do They Say They Are? Personal Perspectives

William P. Leahy, S.J., Jack Butler, S.J., Jeremy Zipple, S.J., Michael Boughton, S.J.

Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Bishop’s Ministry of Oversight

Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony

Cinema Divina: Viewing Film as Spiritual Practice

Sean Mayer, F.S.P., Nancy Usselmann, F.S.P., Christina Wegendt, F.S.P.

Preparing to Serve: Seminary 2011

Katarina Schuth, O.S.F.

“Ambassadors of Reconciliation”: Confronting Sin and Moral Failure

James T. Bretzke, S.J.

Prophets and Apostles: Vocation in the Scriptures, Part II

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.

Whither the Diaconate?

Deacon William Ditewig

Bringing the Word to Life: A Workshop for Lectors and Other Proclaimers

Douglas Leal

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

James Martin, S.J.

The Changed and Changing Roles and Relationships among Laity, Religious, and the Ordained in the 21st Century

Rev. Michael J. Himes

Prophets and Apostles: Vocation in the Scriptures, Part I

Richard J. Clifford, S.J.

Hope for Today from Three Doctors of the Church: Saints Catherine, Teresa, and Thérèse

Catherine M. Mooney

Autism: Forming Faith within an Expansive Community

Susan Swanson

Carmelite Authors 101: Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

John Sullivan, O.C.D.

Becoming a Community of Practice

Hope: The Church's Prophetic Challenge

M. Shawn Copeland, Dominic F. Doyle, Rev. Richard Lennan, Theresa O'Keefe

Reclaiming Catholicism: Treasures Old and New

Thomas H. Groome, Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.

Carmelite Authors 101: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Daniel Chowning, O.C.D.

Things Change: How Historical Consciousness Changed the American Church in the 1960s

Mark Massa, S.J.

“You Visited Me”: The Urgent Challenge of Prison Ministry

Jack Butler, S.J., Suzanne Jabro, C.S.J., H. John McDargh

Ignatian Exercises for Seekers

Roger Haight, S.J.

Carmelite Authors 101: St. John of the Cross

Kevin Culligan, O.C.D.

Hope in a Wintry Season

Rev. Michael J. Himes

Does Vatican II’s Theology of the Laity have a Future?

Richard R. Gaillardetz

Profits and Prophets: Economic Development and Interreligious Dialogue

Paul F. Knitter

Lament and Hope: The Contributions of the Biblical Lament Psalms

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.

Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues

Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

Women in the Old Testament: Then and Now

Dianne Bergant, C.S.A.

The Christian Meaning of Enlightenment

Richard Rohr, O.F.M.

Spiritual and Psychological Aspects of Illness: Dealing with Sickness, Loss, Dying, and Death

Beverly A. Musgrave, Neil McGettigan, O.S.A., John J. Shea, O.S.A.

The Emerging Church: From Conclusions to Beginnings

Edward P. Hahnenberg, Marti R. Jewell

Carmelite Authors 101: St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Mark Foley, O.C.D.

Practicing Catholic

James Carroll

Living the Journey: Spirituality for the Second Half of Life

Jenny Chin Hansen, John J. Shea, O.S.A., Rev. Michael J. Himes, Michael St. Clair, Myles Sheehan, S.J., M.D.

Pope Benedict and the Reception of Vatican II

Rev. Robert P. Imbelli

"Almsgiving Delivers from Death”: Charity to the Poor Considered Theologically

Gary Anderson

The Church’s Mission to Social Justice Today

Thomas Massaro, S.J.

The Imperative of Ministering to Hispanic Youth: Pastoral Juvenil Hispana

Carmen Maria Cervantes

Carmelite Authors 101: St. Teresa of Avila

Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.

Autism: Forming Faith through a Community of Inclusion

Susan Swanson

Mixed Marriages: A 40-year Retrospective

James J. Conn, S.J.

Living a Christian Life in an Age of Distraction

Thomas Massaro, S.J.

The Challenge of Catholicity: Becoming a “catholic” Catholic Church

Rev. Richard Lennan

Bringing the Word to Life: A Workshop for Lectors and Other Proclaimers

Douglas Leal

Carmelite Authors 101: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

Salvatore Sciurba, O.C.D.

Breathing with Both Lungs: Growth and Challenge in Orthodox-Catholic Relations since Vatican II

Brian Daley, S.J.

Latinos and U.S. Catholicism: Present Contributions and Future Possibilities

Roberto S. Goizueta, Hoffsman Ospino, Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Mentoring Relationships in Ministry with Youth and Young Adults

Theresa A. O'Keefe

Called to Become an Adult Church

Jane Regan, John J. Shea, O.S.A.

The Eucharist and Our Formation as the People of the Church

Seán Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M., Cap.

Fulfilling the Unrealized Vision of Vatican II

Robert R. Gaillardetz

"A Future Full of Hope" - Sustaining the Church in Hard Times

Rev. Michael J. Himes

Creative Fidelity: A Spiritual Necessity

Colleen M. Griffith

Mary of Magdala

Madeleine Boucher

A Spirituality for the 21st Century: Beyond the Ghetto and Assimilation

Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.

Meeting Jesus Christ in the Search for Peace

Padraig O'Malley

Al Encuentro con Cristo en la Oración (Encountering Christ in Prayer)

Ignacio Larrañaga, O.F.M. Cap.

The Road to Reconciliation: Healing the Past or Building the Future?

Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.

Comforting Jesus Christ in Combating Hunger, Sickness, and Poverty

Ken Hackett

Discernment and Life Choices

Ronald Mercier, S.J.

Ethics in the Book of Job

Leong Seow

A Garden of Grace: Spiritual Practices for Family Life

Kathy Hendricks

Spiritual Practices and the Sacramental Worldview of Latino/Latina Catholicism

Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Christian Spiritual Practices: Drawing from the Storeroom both the Old and the New

Colleen M. Griffith

A More Evangelical Catholicism?

Mark Massa, S.J., Rev. Richard Lennan, Hosffman Ospino

Encountering the Risen Christ: The Primary Task of Catechesis and Pastoral Ministry

Thomas H. Groome & Jane E. Regan

Young People at Worship in Taizé: Insights into a Transforming Experience

Brother John

The World Hunger Crisis

Rev. David Beckmann

“Who are you, Lord?” Encountering Jesus Christ in the Gospels

Daniel Harrington, S.J., Christopher Matthews, Thomas Stegman, S.J., Celia Sirois, Jane E. Regan

They Recognized Him: Teaching to Encounter Jesus in the Scriptures

Thomas H. Groome

Where Does the School of Theology and Ministry Belong in the University?

Richard J. Clifford, S.J., Jill Ker Conway, Cutberto Garza

Meeting Jesus in the Voting Booth: Faith and the 2008 Election

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Meeting Jesus: Christ in Tradition and Traditions

Francine Cardman

A Living Sculpture of Certain Truths: Reverencing Bodies in Church and Society

Nancy L. Eisland

From Otherness to Openness: Towards a Theology of Access; What Our Perceptions and Stereotypes of Disability Reveal to Us About Our Own Understanding of Personhood and Personal Significance

Jennie Weiss Block

Images of Disability/Icons of Beauty: Learning to See the Disabled Person with the Eyes of the Heart

Rev. Thomas J. McDonnell

AIDS and the Church: A Stimulus to Our Theologizing

Jon D. Fuller, S.J., M.D.