CSTM Faculty News

John F. Baldovin, S.J., professor of historical and liturgical theology, published Processions: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (or Liturgy on the Town).

André Brouillette, S.J., associate professor of systematic and spiritual theology, gave a presentation on June 5 on the historical pilgrimage reports by Jesuit novices from Montreal (1864–1968) at the opening of an exhibit in Montreal based on his archival research at the Jesuit Archive of Canada. Over the summer, his chapter on the Ignatian overtones of the apostolic commitment of Jean de Brébeuf, Louis Lallemant, and Marie de l’Incarnation, based on a paper given at a conference in Rome, was published: “Résonances ignatiennes dans l’engagement : Louis Lallemant, Jean de Brébeuf et Marie de l’Incarnation,” in Marie Guyart de l’Incarnation : “autrement moderne,” Vincent Siret and Thérèse Nadeau-Lacour (eds.), Paris : Cerf, 2025, 221–238). On October 1, he gave a talk on Christian pilgrimages to students of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.

Daniel J. Daly, associate professor of moral theology, launched a new podcast, Ethics on Call, through the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health, where he is the founding executive director. The podcast takes up pressing theological and ethical issues facing Catholic healthcare. The first episode considered the ethics of access to healthcare. Episode two discussed the moral legacy of Pope Francis. Episode three analyzed Antiqua et nova, a recent document on artificial intelligence published by the Vatican. All episodes can be found by clicking here: https://site.chausa.org/theologyandethics/podcast.

Rev. Brian Dunkle, S.J., associate professor of historical theology, was invited to present his paper “The Formula ‘Nature and Grace’ in Early Christian Catechesis” in Rome at the Australian Catholic University seminar Flourishing in Early Christianity. In September, his article “Here We Go Again: Temporal Recurrence in the Early Ambrosiana” was published in the Journal ofOrthodox Christian Studies.

Jojo Fung, S.J., Cavalieri Chair, has published an article on the legacy of PopeFrancis, https://jcapsj.org/2025/09/the-six-gems-of-pope-francis-legacy/?utm_campaign=as-npt105112517.

Angela Kim Harkins, professor of New Testament and professor ordinaria, received a $10,000 research grant from the Catholic Biblical Association for her book project on Solomonic Messianism. She presented a portion of this research at the Continuing Seminar on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the annual meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association, held last August at Loyola University, Chicago. She also delivered an invited paper in a panel on “Enactive Approaches and Ancient Texts” at the International Association of the History of Religions meeting at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Her paper “Encountering the ‘Other’ in an Apocalyptic Narrative World” looked at the first three narrative scenes of the Apocalypse 4 Ezra. Most recently, Harkins was invited to speak on the Shepherd of Hermas in the session on Early Christian Writings within Judaism in a virtual Enoch Seminar in September 2025.

Mary Jo Iozzio, professor of moral theology, has an upcoming book titled Radical Dependence: A Theo-anthropological Ethic in the Key of Disability (Baylor University Press). She published “Mainstreaming Disability Theology” in the Journal of Religious Ethics 53.1 (2025): 135–157, and the essay “The Importance of Theological Anthropology for Bioethics in the Key of Disability” in Jason Eberl, Emerging Issues in Catholic Bioethics (Springer Nature, 2025). She also published in digital media “Cruelty in the US is Unacceptable: How Might We Repair the Harms to the Vulnerable?” in The First, newsletter of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, September 1, 2025, https://catholicethics.com/forum/cruelty-in-the-us-is unacceptable-how-might-we-repair-the-harms-to-the-vulnerable/. She presented “Disability and Theological Anthropology” at the conference Gathered as One Body at Demetrius Orthodox Church, Weston, MA, May 3, 2025, and “Diverse and Heterogeneous: Often Othered, People with Disabilities Defy Expectations” at the 10th Neurological Disorders Summit, Frankfurt, Germany, April 28–30, 2025. She continues to serve in the Academy as editorial board member, British Reading Oasis and Discovery, 2024–present; as convener, “Disability Theology,” Year 3 of 3, Catholic Theological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, June 2023–2025; CTSA Proceedings 77 (2023), 78 (2024), and 79 (2025). She has been named in Marquis Who's Who (2025); Influential Women (2025); and is a featured author: “The Vision of Mary Jo Iozzio, Moral Compass in Modern Theology,” 8th edition (3–6) (Eagle Publications, 2025) and “Where Theology Meets Humanity,” 9th edition (15–18) (2025).

Callid Keefe-Perry, assistant professor of public theology and contextual education, was recently an invited guest to Brigham Young University’s conference on Interfaith at Faith-Based Universities. He talked about the ways in which Christian theological reflection can be modified and redesigned to work in interfaith settings with diverse participants. While there, he was asked to be a guest on the Faith & Imagination podcast to talk about his book Sense of the Possible. His time with students and colleagues was enriching, and he was glad to make new connections with them to pursue ways to deepen a shared commitment to pluralism and create bridges across cultural divides.

In September, Melissa Kelley, associate professor of pastoral care and counseling, offered a three-part series titled “Grief, Resilience, and Christian Ministry” for the Center for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.

Richard Lennan, professor of systematic theology, presented in the section of “Synodality and Ecumenism” at the convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, held in Portland, Oregon, in June. In July, he presented on “Synodality” in a Zoom meeting of the Australian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform. In September, he participated in a symposium on the priesthood held at the Australian Catholic University study center in Rome, where he presented a paper on seminaries.

Catherine M. Mooney, associate professor of Church history, has been appointed to the editorial board of The Medieval Review.

Hosffman Ospino, professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education, successfully led the launch last summer of the CSTM's new M.A. in Ministerial Leadership degree (MAML) in close collaboration with Ph.D. candidate Brenda Noriega. The first cohort in this program completed its first weeklong in-person seminar and began taking the online modules in ministerial leadership that define the program. Brenda, who defended her doctoral dissertation in September, became the full-time director of the MAML degree program that same month. Hosffman, along with Timothy Matovina from the University of Notre Dame, led a two-week national symposium at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 30 graduate-level fellows from different universities in the United States who are part of the Haciendo Caminos initiative, for which Hosffman is a co-principal investigator. He published the chapter “We Are Hispanic/Latiné Catholics/Somos Seres Humanos” in the book The Meaning of Being Human: Synodal Considerations (Paulist Press, 2025). He gave a keynote presentation titled “Stronger Families for More Flourishing Societies” at an international meeting in Rome organized by the Federation of Catholic Family Associations (FAFCE), co-sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. During the 2025 annual colloquium of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS), he delivered a paper titled “¿Dónde camina nuestro pueblo hispano con Jesús hoy en día? Reading Roberto Goizueta’s Theology of Accompaniment 30 Years Later (1995–2025).” He was one of the select leaders invited by the Paulist Fathers to a national convening called “Gathering: Building Catholic Communion” to reflect on pathways to overcoming polarization in the Catholic Church. Last summer, in partnership with the Boston College Roche Center for Catholic Education, Hosffman launched a new national study on Hispanic families in Catholic schools. The results of this study will be released in 2026.