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In 1997, Msgr. Richard Liddy began the Center for Catholic Studies, dedicated to fostering dialogue between the Catholic intellectual tradition and all areas of contemporary culture. The Center focused on faculty development programs, and these seminars have had a considerable influence on the Catholic cul-ture of the university. One four-day seminar in 2001 resulted in a new core curriculum. Now every student entering Seton Hall is exposed to three core courses focused on questions central to but not exclusive to the Catholic intellectual tradition.

In the early 2000’s, the undergraduate degree program in Catholic Studies began – first as a minor and then as a major.

Catholic Studies has now reached full departmental status within the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies under the lead-ership of Professor Ines Murzaku, PhD.

In 1999, the G.K. Chesterton Institute relocated to Seton Hall with Father Ian Boyd, from St. Thomas More College in Canada. The Institute promotes the thought of the great English Catho-lic writer, G.K. Chesterton and his circle and, more broadly, explores the application of Chestertonian ideas in the contem-porary world. It continues to publish The Chesterton Review, and holds programs and conferences throughout the world.

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DEAR FRIENDS,During this time of Advent and Christmas, I want to send a warm greeting to each of you. May the Lord be born in your hearts in a very special way during this holy season.

This has been a year of wonderful initiatives for Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University. The De-partment of Catholic Studies continues to prosper under the leadership of Professor Ines Murzaku as more courses are offered by more faculty and more students enroll as majors and minors. In addition, the Chesterton, Micah and Lonergan Institutes were involved in many exciting initiatives throughout the world, a number of which are featured in this newsletter. Also, the appointment of Monsignor Robert Coleman as Associate Provost in charge of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, in which the Center and the Department are located, ensures that Catholic Studies will play an important role in Seton Hall University for years to come.

For me, one very exciting initiative during this past year was the “GEM FELLOWS” project that the Center for Catholic Studies co-sponsored with the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership as a pilot program of the latter’s Advanced Seminar on Mission. GEM refers to the “generalized empirical method” that, according to Bernard Lonergan, extends the specific methods of the sciences to the data of our own human consciousness – our own insights, judgments, decisions and loves, including the love of God. Such a method finds expression in the various methods employed by the various disciplines and professions, and provides a link between Catholic belief and the various schools and departments of the university. Last spring a cohort of thirteen faculty from various departments began applying GEM to their own areas of expertise. I honestly believe that this is one of the most innovative experiments being undertaken in the modern university.

The Center was also involved in many other significant activities during the year. The G.K. Ches-terton Institute and the Bernard Lonergan Institute sponsored lectures and workshops throughout the world and ran faculty workshops at Seton Hall on Blessed John Newman and on understanding values. The Center was also influential in initiating the Micah Center for Business Ethics in the Stillman School of Business.

In this Christmas season and as we approach the new year of 2014, I want to thank you all for your support in so many ways throughout the years. Through your support, avenues have been opened in our culture for the Good News to touch the people of our own times and the future.

Sincerely, in the Lord,

Rev. Msgr. Richard M. Liddy Director, Center for Catholic Studies

DIRECTOR’S LETTER

DECEMBER 2013

CENTER FOR CATHOLIC STUDIES — A JOURNEY THROUGH TRANSFORMATION

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This is a special year for Monsignor Richard Liddy, University Professor of Catholic Thought and Culture and founder of the Center for Catholic Studies. December 18 marks the fiftieth year of his ordination to the priest-hood. Ordained at the Church of Saint Ignatius in Rome in 1963, he studied at the time of the Second Vatican Council under many great teachers and theologians of the 20th century. This made a lasting impression on him and inspired a lifelong dedication to the Church and to the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Msgr. Liddy is truly a son of Seton Hall following in the footsteps of many family members. His father, Joseph A. Liddy, a teacher, adminis-trator and football coach in the city of Newark, was one of the first to receive a Mas-ter’s degree from Seton Hall. His brother, Joseph A. Liddy, Jr. graduated from Seton Hall and taught in Newark. His mother, Veronica, a member

of the diocesan women’s group, the A Kempis, and of the Bayley Seton League, nurtured his love of learning during his early years at Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Orange and Seton Hall Prep. Msgr. Liddy’s sister, Marie Therese Liddy, is Co-Director of the Micah Institute for Business and Economics.

In 1970, Msgr. Liddy received his Doctorate in Philosophy from the

Gregorian University and taught philosophy for twelve years at Im-maculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. He returned to Rome in 1980 to serve as Spiritual Director at the North American College. In 1985, he became the first Rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary on the Seton Hall campus. In 1990, after serving as Acting Chancellor of the University, he joined the Religious Studies Department.

In 1993, he published Transforming Light: Intellectual Conversion in the Early Life of Bernard Lonergan on his teacher, the Jesuit philosopher-theologian, Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984). His book, Startling Strangeness: Reading Lonergan’s Insight was published in 2007. It deals with his own encounter with Lonergan as a student in Rome. He has also written about the thought of Cardinal John Henry Newman, on art, education and forma-tion, and recently on the mission of Catholic universities and hospitals.

In the mid-1990’s, Msgr. Liddy spent two years as a Senior Fellow at The Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. In 1997, at the request of then Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and newly appointed Seton Hall president, Msgr. Robert Sheeran, Msgr. Liddy established the Center for Catholic Studies dedicated to supporting the university’s Catholic identity and mission. Ad Multos Annus!

WELCOME MONSIGNOR ROBERT F. COLEMANPresident A. Gabriel Esteban has announced the appoint-ment of Msgr. Robert Coleman as Associate Vice Provost in charge of Interdisciplinary Studies. Most recently, Msgr. Coleman was Rector and Dean of the Immaculate Concep-tion Seminary and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology. He earned a JCL and a JCD in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he also earned a diploma from the School of Latin Letters. He was ordained at The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark.

Msgr. Coleman spent his early ministry as parochial vicar at St. Aloysius Parish in Jersey City. Later, he served as Advocate

and then Judge and Defender of the Bond in the Archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal, assisting the Archbishop as Secretary for Canonical Affairs. He served as Vice Rector/Business Manager of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology from 1996-2000 and was appointed Rector and Dean on July 1, 2000. Along with teaching, he is a member of the theological faculty of the Pastoral Provision for former Episcopalian clergy.

In his new role in the Office of the Provost, Msgr. Coleman is working with the various organizations which constitute the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His support is welcomed by all those who work to fulfill Seton Hall’s Catholic mission.

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Founded in 2005 by the late Deacon William Toth, the Micah Institute for Business and Economics integrates Seton Hall’s mission and values with business ethics, academic curricula and reflection upon business through its various programs and website resources. The Micah Seminars for Stillman School of Business Students educate the next generation of undergradu-ate and graduate students through semester-long seminars on the principles of Catholic social teaching and values-driven servant leadership.

In November 2006, the Center launched the Bernard J. Lo-nergan Institute, dedicated to the study of the great Jesuit philosopher, theologian and economist, Bernard J. Lonergan, SJ, and his ideas and their application in contemporary culture. The Center continues to support research and scholarship;

offer lectures, programs and conferences based on Lonergan’s theology, interdisciplinary philosophy and economics; and publishes an annual journal, The Lonergan Review.

A more recent addition to the Center’s work is the two-year program in Catholic Health Leadership and Ministry for admin-istrators of Catholic Health East, recently consolidated with Trinity Health. Called the Leadership Ministry Academy, the first two-year certificates have been awarded and the program is expanding. Presently, the Center is preparing to welcome the Newman Association of America to Seton Hall. These institutes and programs of the Center for Catholic Studies not only enhance the prestige and visibility of Seton Hall as a global university, but also carry on the rich heritage of the Catholic intellectual tradition.

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Since its founding, one of the Center for Catholic Studies’ primary goals was to elevate the academic program in Catholic Studies to departmental status, where students majoring, minoring or receiving a certificate in Catholic Studies would be taught by permanent and highly specialized faculty in various disciplines within the Catholic intellectual tradition.

In 2012, that goal became a reality with the establishment of the Department of Catholic Studies. Ines Angeli Murzaku, PhD was appointed Chair of the Department of Catholic Studies, part of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, reporting to the Office of the Provost. The Department fosters Seton Hall’s Catholic identity and mission by exploring the relation-ship of Catholicism with all areas of culture and learning. Since its focus is the Church’s encounter and dialogue with society and the world, Vatican II designated a special place for Catholic Studies as a discipline in academic life. As a result, Catholic Studies is a dialogue between Catholicism and culture that occurs in a special way at Catholic universities. While respecting other disciplines, Catholic Studies explores theology and philosophy in relation to culture, humankind and the world. This methodologi-cal approach opens up a place for all other disciplines. Catholic Studies builds upon and develops the themes and questions

addressed in the University Core Cur-riculum and is complementary to other disciplines. A bachelor’s degree in Catholic Studies is an interdisciplinary, liberal arts degree — a major that enhances every other major.

Faculty members in the Department of Catholic Studies are Fr. Ian Boyd; Msgr. James Cafone; Nancy Enright, PhD; An-thony Haynor, PhD; Msgr. Richard Liddy; Joseph Maloy, PhD; James McGlone, PhD

and Ines A. Murzaku, PhD.

The Department is also home to many dedi-cated and inspired students searching for an inter-disciplinary, integrated and well-rounded education. Currently, 31 students are enrolled either as Catholic Studies majors or minors or are enrolled in the Catholic Studies certificate programs. Despite their diverse professional/career foci— science, biology, chemistry, economics, accounting, theology and nurs-ing— students pursue Catholic Studies to enrich their education and obtain a sophisti-

cated level of understanding and exposure to more than one discipline. Their aim is to achieve a level of “wholeness” in their undergraduate educational experience.

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The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has imparted the Apostolic Blessing to Seton Hall University on the occasion of the es-tablishment of the Department of Catholic Studies, making Seton Hall the first and only university in the United States to claim such a rare honor. Archbishop John J. Myers presented the Apostolic Blessing to President A. Gabriel Esteban and the Seton Hall community on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 to a full house of nearly 400 participants attending the inaugura-tion of the Archbishop John J. Myers Annual Lecture Series on Law, Society and Faith. National Catholic Reporter Senior Cor-respondent and CNN Senior Vatican Analyst John Allen Jr. gave a lecture entitled “We’re all Franciscans Now: Pope Francis and the Social Agenda of Catholicism in the 21st Century.” The event was sponsored by the Department of Catholic Studies.

The Department’s programs reach out beyond the Seton Hall community. During the fall 2013 semester, the Department sponsored nine well-received events, including lectures, panel discussions, a film viewing and conferences. These events were part of the program lecture series: Medieval Catholicism Lecture Series; Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series; Modern Catholicism Lecture Series; Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue; and the Archbishop Myers Lecture Series on Law, Society, and Faith.

During the month of September, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Łódź, Poland, Professor Jarosław Płuciennik, gave a lecture entitled, “Czeslaw Milosz: Man of Faith and Poetry.”

In October, the Department presented three lectures. Par-ticipating in International Celebration Month, the Department hosted Dr. Marina Rustow of John Hopkins University who gave a lecture entitled “Where are the Middle Eastern Archives?” The Department invited author and professor Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP, STM, of the Graduate Theological Union to give a talk on “Francis of Assisi in the Sources: Weighing the Evidence.” For the last event of the month, G.K. Chesterton Institute President and a faculty member in the Department of Catholic Studies, Fr. Ian Boyd, CSB gave a lecture on “The Holiness of G. K. Chesterton.”

November was another busy month, as the Department co-sponsored a lecture by award-winning Italian-Arberesh writer Carmine Abate, a viewing of the film “The Rule,” and a panel on the “The Bond between East and West: Cultures and Theolo-gies in Dialogue.” The Department also commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council through a conference on November 21, 2013.

A COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO ENHANCE EDUCATION BY CATHOLIC STUDIES

WHAT’S NEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC STUDIES?

Archbishop John J. Myers with a group of Catholic Studies Majors and Minors from left to right: Brianna Fitzpatrick; Craig Johnson; Ines Murzaku, PhD;

His Grace Archbishop Myers; Christine Miller; Brittany Kowalski; Antonio Lombardo and Katherine

Molinari, on Dec. 4, 2013 on the oc-casion of the conferral of the Apostolic Blessing of Pope Francis upon Seton Hall University. Picture taken by Juan

P. de Legarreta, Catholic Studies Major, Jubilee Hall, Seton Hall University.

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Since 2008, the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership has sponsored Uni-versity Seminars on Mission in response to the need for a deeper understanding of the Catholic mission of the university. Because of the continuing success of the seminars and requests by participants for a program to renew their dedication to the Catholic mission, The Advanced Seminars on Mission began in 2011. These seminars meet five times each semester for two hours. Entitled The Idea of a Catholic University, they are facilitated by

Msgr. Richard Liddy.

In spring 2013, the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership initiated the Advanced Seminar on Mission – Praxis Program co-sponsored with the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute. Its purpose is to engage faculty and administrators in a process of peer mentoring and curricular/co-curricular support designed to apply university mission to their respective dis-ciplines and departments. Using a method developed by Bernard J. Lonergan, SJ called the Generalized Empirical Method (GEM), the seminars connect the various university disciplines with each other and the Catholic intellectual tradition.

It is the goal of the program to develop a cadre of faculty and administrators (i.e. GEM Fellows) who deliver curricular sup-port in applying GEM to classrooms and departments, participate in the on-going development of the program, and mentor and support each other.

Over 200 faculty and administrators have participated in these various seminars. The positive feedback and the written assessment reports have ensured that they will continue to impact the culture and deepening sense of mission of the university faculty.

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Seton Hall faculty, including Core Curriculum faculty, participated in the bi-annual retreat in Rome in June of 2013, in conjunction with the Passionist Monastery of Sts. John and Paul and the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas in Rome. Sponsored by the Center for Catholic Stud-ies and the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership, the group experience was “memorable and life changing!” The group had two special SHU alumni guests along, John Swift (Class of 1962) and Bob Baldini (Class of 1953), who added a special di-mension of Seton Hall history to the ex-perience.

The retreat provided a wide ranging expo-sure to the art, history and thought of an-

cient and medieval Rome through a series of guided visits and lectures. Leading ex-perts from Roman universities, museums and historical sites provided theological, cultural and artistic insights. In addition, opportunities for prayer and reflection

gave the faculty time to reevaluate their own teaching.

Retreat participants submitted a pa-per chronicling his/her experience. Excerpts from Nursing professor Mary Ellen Roberts’ report echo the thoughts and feelings of other faculty:

“I am honored to share this ex-perience with my colleagues at Seton Hall. It is wonderful to see that many of us share the same

thoughts and interests… from stay-ing at the Lay Centre to the incredible lectures… I had the sense of calmness, renewal, and transformation…”

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UNIVERSITY SEMINARS ON MISS ION CONTINUE TO ATTRACT FACULTY

FACULTY RETREAT IN ROME 2013

University Seminar on Mission

Praxis Program

Rome Faculty Retreat

UPCOMING PROGRAMS SPRING 2014— MARCH 7-15: Spring 2014 course with spring break travel: Foundations of Christian Culture: Rome. For more upcoming activities, visit www.shu.edu/go/ccs

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This past June, Oxford University was the site of an international conference on the writings and thought of the Canadian philosopher, theologian and economist Bernard J. Lonergan, SJ. The conference entitled Journey of Trans-formation explored the implications of Lonergan’s thought as it highlights human transformation—intellectual, moral and religious. Sponsored by the Lonergan Institute at Seton Hall and the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, UK, the conference featured distinguished speakers from around the world. Speakers included Bishop Philip Egan, Portsmouth, UK, on Lonergan on Being a Bishop; Timothy Walker on Science and Religion in Education; Gerard Whelan, SJ, Gregorian University, on Lonergan on

History; William Matthews, Maryvale, Dublin, on Inequality and the Pure Cycle, and Deborah Savage, University of St. Thomas, MN, on Woman as Knower.

Following this event was the highly successful conference in November, Revisiting Lonergan’s Anthropology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, which was supported by the Center for Catholic Studies. The conference celebrated the 60-year an-niversary of Lonergan’s arrival at the Gregorian and gave new impulse to Lonergan scholarship throughout the world. Msgr. Richard Liddy, along with other scholars and students presented their research and writings to celebrate this unique and most inspiring thinker of the 20th century!

Since 1998, the faculty seminars held each summer have provided SHU faculty with the opportunity to reflect in depth on topics central to learning and teach-ing at a global university. Attending this year were faculty from most disciplines and university colleges, as well as from the administration.

The central topic of this year’s first three-day seminar, May 21-23, was Cardinal Newman’s Idea of a University. Facilitating the talks and discussion was Kevin Mongrain, PhD, executive direc-tor of the National Institute of New-man Studies at Duquesne University.

A second seminar was held August 21-24, entitled Understanding Values, which challenged diverse faculty to ask: How are values related to critical thinking? To feelings? To conscience? To our experiences, religious, social, political, professional? Sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies, this seminar was the first of the programs of the William J. Toth Endowed Visiting Professorship. Fr. Brian Cronin, SJ, professor of philosophy at Duquesne University and author of Value Ethics: a Lonergan Perspective, facili-tated the seminar. Fr. Cronin also taught in Africa for many years.

For the past three years, a group of hos-pital administrators from the 54-hospi-tal organization, Catholic Health East (CHE, now part of Trinitas Group) has been meeting in a program called the Leadership Ministry Academy, a series of two-day retreats designed to develop ministry and servant leadership and to create an organizational vision for health care professionals.

Eight faculty from Seton Hall and CHE facilitated programs, talks and reflective exercises for the group. Most sessions featured guest speakers, including Andre Delbecq, Santa Clara University and Ascension Health Systems; Michael Stebbins, Avera Health; John Haughey, SJ, Georgetown University; and John Al-len, National Catholic Reporter and Vatican Correspondent for CNN. The last ses-sion in May was a time for each to reflect on their own Journey of Transformation.

In the closing ceremony, each partici-pant in the two year program received a Certification in Ministry from Seton Hall University. (Further articles and information on this program, which is now a model for other hospital systems in the United States, can be found in Professor Elizabeth McCrea’s articles in July’s issue of Health Progress and at www.chausa.org.www.shu.edu/catholic-mission/lonergan/

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ANNUAL FACULTY SUMMER SEMINARS 2013— CHALLENGES ON VALUES AND ETHICS

CATHOLIC HEALTH EAST — SHU LEADERSHIP MINISTRY ACADEMY

LONERGAN AT OXFORD AND ROME 2013

Lonergan conference at Oxford University

Faculty Seminar II with Father Brian Cronin

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Each year student leaders at the Stillman School of Business, both graduate and undergraduate, attend the Micah Seminar on Business Leadership. Begun by Deacon Bill Toth in 2005, the seminars are now conducted by Therese Liddy, former business management consultant and executive coach for Fortune 500 Companies. Walter Kennedy, former executive with Advantage Sales Corporation, serves as advisor to the group.

The purpose of these seminars is to present the concept of “servant leadership” to undergraduates who are beginning their leadership development and to graduate students who are presently work-ing and are ready to receive their MBA. An in-depth understanding of such topics as rational leadership, emotional leadership, level five leadership and heroic leadership lay the foundation for authentic servant leadership, as is called for in Seton Hall’s mission.

Held in the spring, the freshman undergrads are members of the nationally recognized Leadership Development Honors

Group directed by Professor Michael Reuter, former AT&T executive, who guides and advises the group throughout their four years. This past year’s group of 20 students met in the spring of 2013 and were introduced to the foundations of leadership and the principles of social justice.

The 2013 Graduate Seminar held in the fall semester used case study methodology to explore rational, emotional, as well as ethical decision making. These students receive an invitation directly from Dean Joyce Strawser whose continued support contributes greatly to the success of the seminars.

All are guided and encouraged by the exhortation of the prophet Micah: He has shown you, O Mortal, what is required of you: To do justice; to love goodness; and to walk humbly before your God! Micah 6: 6-8.

In establishing the Micah Institute for Business and Economics, Deacon Bill Toth sought to provide a forum for the spirituality of work, where business men and women could ex-plore the realities of their business and professional calling as well as their personal religious beliefs and values. In 2003, joining Georgetown University, Seton Hall became one of over a dozen centers in the United States and Europe that are part of the Woodstock Business Confer-ence (WBC).

The Micah WBC group meets on the last Wednesday of each month in the Dean’s Conference Room, Walsh Library. Walter Kennedy, a recently retired sales executive, now directs the meetings. Wally brings a distinguished career in business and

the military, and he was one of the first persons to be trained by Deacon Toth in Ignatian/Lonergan spirituality.

In a low-key atmosphere of confidentiality, business men and women come together each month to reflect on how their work experiences impact their religious beliefs and values. The mission of the WBC is to establish and lead a national network of business leaders to explore their respective religious tradi-tions: to integrate faith, family, and professional life; to develop a corporate culture that is reflective of their religious faith and values; and to exercise a beneficial influence upon society at large.

In extending an invitation to the Seton Hall community, its alumni and friends, Kennedy said: “We come together to share each one’s unique perspectives, to reflect on both our personal and work life, to pray together and to support each other in living out the gospel in the work place.” The WBC meets every month and extends an open invitation to all to “drop in” for quiet reflection.

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MICAH INSTITUTE: WOODSTOCK BUSINESS CONFERENCE/SETON HALL CHAPTER

THE MICAH SEMINARS ON BUSINESS LEADERSHIP

Wally Kennedy

Micah Seminar on Business Leadership— Undergrads, Class of 2015

Micah Seminar on Business Leadership— Graduate Students

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During the past year the Institute held a number of important conferences not only at Seton Hall but also around the world. Fr. Ian Boyd, its president and founder along with Professor Dermot Quinn and Gloria Garafulich-Grabois, have presented Chesterton’s writings and his message calling for a deepened cultural, social and moral imagination, to large and enthusiastic audiences. It continues to publish its journal The Chesterton Review in five languages.

In 2013 the Institute organized programmes including: Saints & Sleuths VII (co-sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies); “A Hundred Years of Orthodoxy” (Bogotá, Colombia); a symposium on “Chesterton as a Journalist” (Santiago, Chile); conferences on “C. S. Lewis” (Aachen, Germany), “Chesterton’s Manalive” (Rimini, Italy); Chesterton Day (Rome, Italy) and it partici-

pated in the 2013 Rimini Meeting as a co-sponsor and curator of the Chesterton Exhibit and scien-tific consultant of the stage production Manalive; a symposium on “Newman & Chesterton” (Paris, France), and others.

Recently sponsored by the Department of Catholic Studies, Father Boyd presented a lecture on The Holiness of G.K. Chesterton in which he discussed how “Chesterton’s sacramental writings promote Catholic ideas without directly presenting them.” The cause for the beatification of Chesterton has been gaining momentum from individuals and groups all over the world. Indeed, his life-long de-

fense of Catholicism is reflected in all his writings. In 2014, the Chesterton Institute and its journal will celebrate the 40th anniversary with a series of worldwide conferences and publications. www.shu.edu/go/chesterton

Immaculée Ilibagiza’s lecture on March 13, 2013 marked her third visit to Seton Hall. This amazing heroine and survivor of the Rwan-dan genocide is a favorite guest on campus, as one could tell by the hundreds who attended her lecture. Her best selling book, Left to Tell; Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, gives testimony to her

faith, love of God and forgiveness, as she hid from those who murdered her family. In her numerous appearances and lectures throughout the world, as well as on CNN and 60 Minutes, she credits her dramatic rescue from a tiny hidden room with seven other women to prayer, repetition of the rosary and her promise to spend her life telling her story of God’s love.

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Fr. Ian Boyd

Seton Hall University and the Center for Catholic Studies are pleased to announce the formation of the William J. Toth Endowed Visiting Profes-sorship. Its aim is to provide a framework of collaborative creativity by encouraging scholarship at the highest level in interdisciplinary studies, especially among theology, the sciences, philosophy, ethics, business and the professions.

This endowed visiting profes-sorship will bring exceptional scholars from around the world who are able to bridge the gap between their expertise and a more general humanistic and theological vision. Housed within the Center for Catholic Studies, the Toth visiting professor will teach in the various schools of the university, will lecture for

the Micah Institute and present at the retreats and programs of the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership.

Bill Toth (1940-2008) was deeply immersed in Catholic social teaching and concerned about communication between the Gospel and the world. For many years a successful business owner, entrepreneur and father of eight, he began to teach theology at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in 1989. Later as an ordained deacon, he led the diocesan Peace and Justice Commission, and helped develop the Center for Voca-tion and Servant Leadership and the Micah Institute for Busi-ness and Economics.

The Toth visiting professorship will enable Seton Hall to at-tract contemporary thinkers and theologians to link Catholi-cism with all the disciplines of the university. By guiding the dialogue and discernment among faculty and students, it will greatly support the University’s core curriculum in encourag-ing students to become reflective, compassionate, communi-cative and ethically responsible leaders.

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Deacon William Toth

THE G. K. CHESTERTON INSTITUTE FOR FAITH & CULTURE ATTRACTS GLOBAL AUDIENCES

IMMACULÉE AT SETON HALL

UPCOMING PROGRAMS SPRING 2014— MARCH 27: Prof. Michael McCarthy from Vassar College on Seeing and Dwelling: A Study of Four Spiritual Journeys, sponsored by the William J. Toth Endowed Visiting Professorship. For more upcoming activities, visit www.shu.edu/go/ccs

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Msgr. Richard M. LiddyDirector, Center for Catholic Studies and the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute;Editor, The Lonergan Reviewrichard.liddy@shu.edu, 973-275-2175

Rev. J. Ian BoydPresident of G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and Editor of The Chesterton Reviewboydjian@shu.edu, 973-275-2430

Professor Dermot QuinnAssociate Editor of The Chesterton Reviewdermot.quinn@shu.edu

M. Therese LiddyCo-Director, Micah Institute for Business and Economicsmtliddy@optonline.net

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Gloria Garafulich-GraboisAssistant Director, G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture; Managing Editor of The Chesterton Review and The Lonergan Reviewgloria.garafulich-grabois@shu.edu973-275-2431

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Dean Joyce Strawser has announced the formation of the Micah Center for Busi-ness Ethics at the Stillman School for Business. An outgrowth of the Micah Institute for Business and Economics, the Center was established in response to the urgent need to prepare today’s students to be leaders in a world of business that is ever more in need of ethical guidance.

The Center is chaired by Henry Amoro-so, an Associate Professor in the Depart-ment of Legal Studies, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Legal Environment of Business & Law and Ethics & Public Policy. His research, which includes a co-authored textbook, Legal Environment of Business, has ap-peared in such outlets as the Campbell Law Review, Journal of the Partners in Learn-

ing, Business and Public Affairs and Federa-tion of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.

The Center has presented several in-teresting programs, including a spring seminar with Dr. Michael Naughton of St. Thomas University, Director of the John A. Ryan Institute of Catholic Social Thought. This has led to collabo-ration with other Catholic universities, including a joint seminar on The Voca-tion of the Business Leader, to be held in January 2014 at Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida.

On November 12, the Micah Center presented its first Business Ethics Seminar sponsored by Investors Bank, entitled: Maintaining Value-Driven Re-lationships in an Age of Technology. Its speaker was Tom Joyce, the former CEO of Knight Capital Group.

The Center for Catholic Studies and the Department of Catholic Stud-ies are fortunate this year to have Graduate Assistant Brittany Venturella coordinating programs and activities. A graduate of Ohio University in History and Strategic Communications, she is presently pursuing a graduate degree in Museum Professions.

Seton Hall receives many requests each year for Graduate Assistantships, and as the award is very selective, Brit-tany’s qualifications were outstanding. Not only has she been involved in many museum and historical projects and activities in her home state of Ohio, but her interests are coupled with public relations and communications skills, particularly in creating a social media presence. We welcome Brittany, knowing that SHU will benefit greatly from her being with us for the next two years!

THE NEW MICAH CENTER FOR BUSINESS ETHICS NEW GRADUATE ASSISTANT FOR CATHOLIC STUDIES

The Center for Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University, Room 429 Walsh Library400 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, SOUTH ORANGE, NJ 07079

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Msgr. Liddy and Bob Baldini ‘53

THIS YEAR, WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MAJORGIFTS RECEIVED TOWARD THE WILLIAM J. TOTH ENDOWMENT,AND THE GENEROSITY OF ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US OVER THE YEARS.