STM Faculty News

John Baldovin, S.J., professor of historical and liturgical theology, recently published “How Are They to Hear Without Someone to Proclaim Him?” in eds., Gordon Jeanses and Bridget Nichols, Lively Oracles of God: Perspectives on the Bible and Liturgy, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2022, 15-32. He also published “Lived Liturgy: The Socio-Historical Contribution of Robert Taft to the Study of Liturgy” in eds, M. Pampaloni, S.J. and S. Parenti, Worship: Studies in Memory of Robert F. Taft, S.J., (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 310; Roma: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2022): 53-66, and “Reformation in the Catholic Church” in eds., Melanie Ross and Mark Lamport, Historical Foundations of Worship: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Perspectives Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2022, 132-145.

Baldovin also gave a lecture in March on “Liturgy Today: Where Are We At?” for the Murray-Weigel Hall Jesuit Health Care Center in NY and the same lecture at Campion Health Care Center in April.

André Brouillette, S.J., associate professor of systematic and spiritual theology, gave a lecture on “Pilgrimage: Invitation and Challenge” at Boston College (February 24). For the conference Imaging Jesuit Sanctity, organized by Regis College (Toronto, Canada, March 11-12), he gave a paper titled “St. Teresa of Avila and the Challenge of Shaping Female Holiness.” He presented on the theme of “Temps de mouvement, de changement et de rencontre: le pèlerinage en mode ignatien” for an online Ignatian Spirituality conference organized by the Jesuit Province of Canada (April 2-3). Finally, he gave the Anna and Donald Waite Lecture at Creighton University under the title “Synodality as the Embodiment of a ‘Pilgrim Church’: Reading the Synodal Endeavor in Light of Pilgrimage and the Second Vatican Council” (March 29).

Angela Kim Harkins, associate professor of New Testament, published Experiencing Presence in the Second Temple Period, volume 111 in the Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology series published by Peeters Press, and the essay “Sticky Emotions from Second Temple Prayers: A Study of Paul’s Grief in 2 Corinthians.” She also gave the paper “The Experience of Reading the Shepherd of Hermas” to the post-graduate research seminar of the Trinity Centre for Biblical Studies at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, on March 14. Harkins is newly appointed as the area editor of the New Testament and Early Christianity section of Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Mary Jo Iozzio, professor of moral theology, published “Radical Bioethics: Difference, Disability, and Desiderata” in Bioethical Issues in Healthcare, Peter Clark, S.J., ed. (London: Intechopen 2021); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97654. She continues to contribute to the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, most recently “Mock,” “Modesty,” “Mouth,” and “Neighbor” (Berlin: DeGruyter, 2022). Although Iozzio’s participation at the United Nations COP 26 on Climate Change and Mitigation occurred in November 2021, it bears inclusion in this semester’s Amici: Iozzio was a member of the first Boston College Delegation to the COP. She is an inaugural member of the Disability Interest Group of the Society of Christian Ethics, which met virtually on February 15, 2022. She presented “Climate Change & Human Vulnerability: Leave No One Behind” to BC's Climate Change Group on February 23, 2022. She continues to volunteer on Saturday morning with Catholic Charities Boston Food Pantry. 

Rafael Luciani, associate professor of the practice, recently published Synodality. A New Way of Proceeding in the Church (Paulist Press), translated into German as Unterwegs zu einer synodalen Kirche (Edition Exodus). He has also co-authored with Serena Noceti and Carlos Schickendantz a book offering over 20 contributions to the Synod of Bishops with the title Sinodalità e riforma. Una sfida ecclesiale (Queriniana). The book has been translated into Spanish as Sinodalidad y reforma. Un desafío eclesial (PPC). During these past months, he continued his ecclesial service to the Global Church as expert to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican, for the preparation of the Synod on Synodality as well as to the Latin American Bishops Council (CELAM) and to the Latin American Religious Confederation (CLAR). Finally, he has been invited to give conferences and keynote addresses in universities and dioceses in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America on topics related to reform of the Church and synodality.

Dean and Professor of New Testament Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.,’s commentary on 2 Corinthians has been translated into Polish as Drugi List do Koryntian: Katolicki Komentarz do Pisma Swiętego (trans. Eliza Litak; Poznań: Wydawnictwo W Drodze, 2021). His latest book, Texts Less Traveled: Exploring Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation, was published by Paulist Press in April, and was celebrated in a book launch in Cadigan Hall on May 5. He gave three talks on the passion narratives to the Trappist monks in Spencer, MA, on March 11-12. He offered three sessions on John's Gospel and Letters, via Zoom, to the Trappist monks in Mepkin, SC, on March 19-20. He also taught a class on the Letter of James to the Carthusians in formation at the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration in Sandgate, VT, on April 29-May 1.

Andrea Vicini, S.J., professor of moral theology, the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and an affiliate member of the ecclesiastical faculty, was appointed Chair of the Boston College Theology Department. He published two peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Moral Theology—“Artificial Intelligence and Social Control: Ethical Issues and Theological Resources” and “Artificial Intelligence and Moral Theology: A Conversation” (with 10 colleagues). He also published two contributions online—“Global Health and Patents” for the Istituto Treccani: Atlante—Storie Corali and on “COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Common Good.” Vicini also published book reviews of The Oxford Handbook of Reinhold Niebuhr in the journal Theological Studies and of three volumes on artificial intelligence, bioethics, and moral theology in the journal Rivista di Teologia dell’Evangelizzazione. He gave four lectures on various topics in diverse locations: one on stem cell research in Laško, Slovenia, and three at BC on neuroscience, environmental justice, and artificial intelligence.