Faculty & Administration News (FAN) Volume VI, Issue 1, November 2014

Facul ty & Adminis trat ion News (FAN) Volume VI, Issue 1

November 2014

First issued in November 2009, Faculty & Administration News (FAN) is a quarterly publication of

Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology (ICSST). This newsletter highlights the most

recent professional accomplishments and service activities of ICSST’s faculty and administrators.

Click the hyperlinks to explore the work of our faculty and administrators.

Awards, Honors and Appointments

! Reverend John J. Chadwick, S.T.D., began a leave of absence from his position as

Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology when he was appointed as the Rector of the

College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Andrew’s Hall, effective

August 13, 2014. Father Chadwick is teaching at Immaculate Conception Seminary

School of Theology as an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology during Fall 2014.

! Reverend Christopher M. Ciccarino, K.H.S., S.S.L., S.T.D., Associate Dean for

Seminary and Academic Studies and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, was invested

into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during a Mass and

ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, on September 27, 2014.

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Speaking Engagements

! Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Undergraduate Theology:

o Served as a guest presenter via Skype video for an open forum Q&A session on

Catholicism, for the Catholic Inquiry class led by Vincent Mooney, at the Georgia

Tech Catholic Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, on September

21, 2014.

o Presented “Mary, Our Queen and Our Mother.” Lecture, for the annual luncheon

of the Rosary Society of the Church of the Assumption, Roselle Park, NJ, on

October 5, 2014.

! Dianne M. Traflet, J.D. ’88, S.T.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and

Administration; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology; and Founder and Director,

Institute for Christian Spirituality, presented “Mary and the Vocation of Women: The

Cana Connection.” Lecture, at the Communion Breakfast of the Rosarians of St. Peter

Parish, held at the Chandelier, Belleville, NJ, on October 5, 2014.

! Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, presented

“Laughter from Bricks: St. Teresa of Avila’s Secret to a Happy Life.” Lecture, for The

Avila Lecture Series, at St. Teresa of Avila Parish, Summit, NJ, on the feast day of St.

Teresa of Avila, October 15, 2014. This lecture focused on the idea of contemplation as

it appears in the life of St. Teresa of Avila and what it means for every Christian to have

a contemplative spirit or attitude.


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Special Events

! Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology sponsored the following:

o Catholic Evangelization Conference, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Ridgewood, NJ,

on October 4, 2014. Julie V. Burkey, M.A.P.M. ’04, D.Min., Coordinator,

Workplace Spirituality and Evangelization Initiatives, Institute for Christian

Spirituality, and Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology, facilitated this conference.

o Encountering Jesus Christ in the Gospel: An Introductory Mini-Bible Study, at Church of the

Immaculate Conception, Montclair, NJ, on Saturdays, October 4, 11, 18 and 25.

Gregory Y. Glazov, D.Phil. (Oxon.), Associate Professor of Biblical Studies,

facilitated this series.

o Catholic Moral Controversies, lecture series, at Notre Dame of Mt. Carmel Parish, Cedar

Knolls, NJ. This series included the following lectures by Justin M. Anderson,

Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology:

" “Beginning of Life Issues: Artificial Contraception; In Vitro Fertilization.”

October 22, 2014.

" “Issues of War & Peace: Just War Theory; Human Torture; Safeguarding the

Peace.” October 29, 2014.

Mission and Service

! Zeni V. Fox, Ph.D., Professor of Pastoral Theology, and Deacon Andrew E.

Saunders, M.A. ’08, Acting Director, Center for Diaconal Formation, served as team

teachers for ELMP 6871: Principal as Catholic School Servant Leader, a course in the M.A.

program in Education Leadership, Management and Policy (focusing on Catholic School


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Leadership), College of Education and Human Services, Seton Hall University, South

Orange, NJ, from August 4-8, 2014.

! Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Undergraduate Theology, presented

“Sacraments and the Life of Grace.” Discussion of the Sacraments of the Catholic

Church, for parents of students in the CCD program at Church of the Assumption,

Roselle Park, NJ, on October 12, 2014.

! Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, presented

“Happiness and Contemplation.” Lecture, to the contemplative branch of the

Missionaries of Charity, Plainfield, NJ, on October 14, 2014.

Publications

! Reverend Zbigniew Tyburski, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology,

published a magazine article: “John Paul II Brightens the Earth with His Holiness and

Truth.” Homiletic and Pastoral Review (May 24, 2014).

! Reverend W. Jerome Bracken, C.P., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Moral Theology,

as National Chaplain of CUSA, an Apostolate of Persons with Chronic Illness or

Disability, published a chaplain’s letter: “A Letter to CUSANs.” The CUSAN (Summer

2014): 5-8.

! Reverend Thomas G. Guarino, K.H.S., S.T.D., Professor of Systematic Theology,

published a journal article: “St. Vincent of Lérins and the Development of Christian


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Doctrine.” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 17, no. 3 (Summer 2014): 103-

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! Reverend Monsignor Robert J. Wister, Hist.Eccl.D., Professor of Church History,

was interviewed for the following online newspaper articles:

" “Pontiff Voices Hope for Korean Peace and Grief for Ferry Victims.” By Choe

Sang-Hun. The New York Times (August 14, 2014).

" “Pope Francis on a mission to tap booming Asian industry: Christianity.” By

Bloomberg AP. The Japan Times (August 17, 2014).

! Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, published a

journal article: “Aristotelian Groundings of the Social Principle of Subsidiarity.”

International Philosophical Quarterly 54, no. 3 (September 2014): 333-51.

! Reverend Pablo T. Gadenz, S.S.L., S.T.D., Associate Professor of Biblical Studies,

published a book review of: Zeal without Knowledge: The Concept of Zeal in Romans 10,

Galatians 1, and Philippians 3, by Dane C. Ortlund. Biblica 95, no. 2 (September 2014):

313-16.

! Zeni V. Fox, Ph.D., Professor of Pastoral Theology, published a foreword to the book

Emerging from the Vineyard: Essays by Lay Ecclesial Ministers, edited by Maureen R. O’Brien

and Susan Yanos, v-viii. Astor, FL: Fortuity Press, 2014.


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! Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Undergraduate Theology, published

the following:

o Book review of: The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the

Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels, by Francis J. Moloney. Catholic Books Review

(2014): 1-2.

o Book review of: The Book of Genesis in Late Antiquity: Encounters Between Jewish and

Christian Exegesis, by Emmanouela Grypeou and Helen Spurling. Review of Biblical

Literature (October 2014): 1-6.

Conferences, Meetings, and Symposia

! Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Moral Theology:

o Presented “Film, Affectivity, and the Human: The Robert-McGinn Thesis.” Paper,

at “Re-Imagining Human,” 17th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Religion,

Literature and Culture, held at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven,

Belgium, from September 18-20, 2014.

o Participated in “Dispositions, Habits and Virtues.” Eighty-eighth Annual Conference of

the American Catholic Philosophical Association, held at The Catholic University of

America, Washington, DC, from October 9-12, 2014.

Other Scholarly and Professional Activity

! Reverend Thomas G. Guarino, K.H.S., S.T.D., Professor of Systematic Theology:

o Peer-reviewed a philosophical manuscript for Columbia University Press,

during summer 2014.


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o Peer-reviewed a theological manuscript for the journal The Thomist, during

summer 2014.

Documents

Faculty & Administration News (FAN) Volume VI, Issue 1, November 2014