John Baldovin, S.J., served as co-convener of Seminar on the Way: Liturgical Perspectives on the Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialog on the Liturgy, a seminar held at the North American Academy of Liturgy, Denver, Colo., in January. In February, he gave the lecture  “Liturgical Reform: Past, Present, and Future” hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Catholic Studies program.

Angela Kim Harkins published the article “Ritualizing Jesus’ Grief at Gethsemane” in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament. She also delivered an invited paper on Ps 106 at the International Conference on Psalms in Rituals from Antiquity to the Present in Erfurt, Germany. Harkins organized a session on new approaches to the Shepherd of Hermas and delivered a paper in that session at the Society of Biblical Literature in November. In January, she gave a seminar paper looking critically at the spaces in the “Book of Visions” to the Boston Area Patristics Group. Harkins also co-authored an essay with STM Assistant Professor Brian P. Dunkle, S.J., in The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual.

In October, Mount St. Joseph University, in Cincinnati, Ohio, awarded Mary Jo Iozzio its St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal honoring the contributions of women in theology. There, she presented “Disability, Poverty, and the Common Good: An Imago Dei inspired Preferential Justice,” a lecture marking her award. Later in the month, she presented “What Does Catholic Social Teaching Have to Say About Race?” at St. Anselm College, Manchester, N.H. In November, she chaired, convened, and moderated sessions at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver, Colo. In January, she published “Amidst the Tragedies and Violence that Mark Human History, Peace to All” in The FIRST, the newsletter of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church and offered a reflection on the readings for Epiphany Sunday, Matthew 2:12-14, for the Catholic Liturgy gathered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Louisville, Ky., at which she chaired, convened, and moderated sessions.

Rafael Luciani published “Liberación, promoción humana y salvación. Implicaciones para la misión de la Iglesia” in Comentario Bíblico Teológico Latinoamericano sobre Medellín, and “Pope Francis and the Theology of the People” in The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity. In November, he participated in several conferences, including De Medellín a Francisco: Trayectoria y desafíos de una Iglesia en salida at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru in Lima, Perú, and the Peter and Paul Seminar in Erfurt, Germany, a meeting of international theologians and canon lawyers for the reform of the Church.

Catherine Mooney won the 2018 Hagiography Book Prize for her book Clare of Assisi: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance. She published “Sanctity and Slavery: A Journey with Philippine Duchesne” in A Life Given in Love, ed. Juliet Mousseau, and Filipina Duchesne: Una mujer con los pobres y marginados. Mooney revised, expanded, and translated the title from an earlier edition of the book.

Theresa A. O'Keefe, who recently published her book Navigating Toward Adulthood: A Theology of Ministry with Adolescents, gave the Fourth Annual STM Religious Education lecture “Navigating toward a Meaningful Life: Adolescents and Faith Formation” in October. The following month, O'Keefe gave two lectures at Albertus Magnus College: “Adulting in Three Simple Steps: A Christian Path to Maturity” and “Sharing Truth and Community with Young Adults: Dominican Spirituality for a Meaningful Life.” Her article “Colliding Ecosystems: Interpreting the Complex Social World of Adolescent Children of Immigrants” was published in the peer-reviewed Christian Education Journal in December.

Hosffman Ospino received one grant of $750,000 and another of $160,000 to help support projects that sustain U.S. Hispanic Catholics and Latin American theological reflection. These include a national study of Hispanic Catholic vocations, a documentary on Hispanic Catholics, and several national symposia on Hispanic Catholicism. Ospino is partnering with STM Associate Professors of the Practice Rafael Luciani and Felix Palazzi on several of these projects. He guest edited the winter 2018 issue of the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community (Taylor & Francis), which focused on Catholics in parishes with Hispanic ministry, and contributed two essays to the issue. His recent speaking events included the 2019 Dorothy Day Lecture held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and the keynote at the First Continental Congress on Urban Ministry in Guadalajara, Mexico. In October, he moderated A National Town Hall: Latinos and Catholic Education in the United States, an event co-hosted by America magazine and Catholic University of America.

Barbara Anne Radtke published Understanding the Sacraments: The Fabric of Our Catholic Lives with Twenty-Third Publications.

Andrea Vicini, S.J., became professor ordinarius in the ecclesiastical faculty at Boston College. He presented “Biotechnologies: Bioethical Challenges” at the GlobeMed conference Barriers to Healthcare; “The Theological Challenges of Living and Preaching the Gospel Today” at the STM Lumen et Vita conference; “The Catholic Church Today: Discernment and Decision-Making” at the Saint Thomas More Society; and “Bioethics Today: Approaches, Developments, and Challenges” at the Brother David S. Baginski Scholars Program in Boston. He co-authored “Environmental Ethics as Bioethics” in the book Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice: The Praxis of US Health Care in a Globalized World, and published “El Bien Común” (“The Common Good”) in the online encyclopedia Theologica Latinoamericana: Enciclopédia Digital and “Lourdes: storie di fede, salute e medicina” (“Lourdes: stories of faith, health and medicine”) in an Italian magazine.