John Baldovin, S.J., professor of liturgy, lectured on “The Reform of the Liturgy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” at the University of Kentucky in March. His article “The Roman Missal: Unfinished Business” was published in the May 10th issue of The Tablet. Together with James Conn, S.J., Baldovin published “Jesuits, the Ministerial Priesthood, and Eucharistic Concelebration” in Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits.

André Brouillette, S.J., assistant professor of systematic and spiritual theology, lectured on “Marie de l’Incarnation, a 17th-century Mystic in a New World” at the Boston Carmel in Roxbury. Brouillette also published a reflection on walking in Boston, “Ascension et profondeur,” in a thematic issue on urban contemplative walking in the journal Au cœur du monde / Cahiers de spiritualité ignatienne, no. 153–154 (Septembre–Decembré 2018/Janvier–Avril 2019).

Mary Jo Iozzio, professor of moral theology,  successfully defended her thesis “Global Presence, Local Neglect: Disability, the Common Good, and an Imago Dei Preferential Justice” for the Licentiate in Theology. She was directed in this effort by her colleagues Andrea Vicini, S.J., and Andrew R. Davis. In April, she presented “Women’s Contributions to the Church: Imperatives for Synodality” at the international meeting of La Sinodalidad en la vida de la iglesia, 3rd Encuentro de Trabajo Ibero-Latino Americano: Puebla 40 años despues, in Puebla, Mexico. She presented “Moral Theology: A Living Tradition … in Transition” at the concluding session of Celebrating the STM Decennial—Theological Education: The Next Ten Years. She was also invited by WINGS (Women in God’s Spirit) to give the lecture “Age and Virtue: The Challenges of Fidelity and Self-Care” at the Lexington Catholic Community, Lexington, Massachusetts.

Angela Kim Harkins, associate professor of New Testament, gave the third annual Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Memorial Lecture, “Jesus’ Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane,” at St. Peter’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in March. That same month, she presented “Experiencing the Solidity of Spaces in Second Temple Apocalyptic Visions” to the Hebrew Bible Seminar at Harvard Divinity School. Harkins was also an invited panelist at the Reading from the Roots conference held at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, in April.

In March, Richard Lennan, professor of systematic theology, served as a panelist for the STM Continuing Education presentation on “The Ordained Priesthood: Opening a New Conversation” and presented two workshops on Tradition and Hope at the Religious Education Congress in Los Angeles.

Catherine Mooney, associate professor of Church history, was awarded the Hagiography Society Book Prize for Clare of Assisi and the Thirteenth-Century Church: Religious Women, Rules, and Resistance (University of Pennsylvania Press). Mooney lectured on “Dangerous Memories: The Past, Present, and Future of Women in the Church” at Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut, in May. Additionally she spoke on “The Voice behind Vox Benedictina” in a roundtable honoring Margot King at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies held at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, also in May.

In April, Theresa A. O'Keefe, associate professor of the practice of youth and young adult faith, gave the 2019 Birmingham Lecture at St. Sebastian School in Needham, Massachusetts. The talk, “Life Is a Team Sport,” included reflections on the Holy Triduum.

Hosffman Ospino, associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education, recently delivered several lectures, including “Practicing Justice, Building Communion: American Catholicism’s Moral Imperative to Embrace Its Hispanic/Latino Identity” at Fordham University and Albertus Magnus College, and the 10th St. Francis De Sales Lecture, “What Does It Mean to Be a Catholic Neighbor in a Polarized America?,” at St. Francis De Sales Seminary in Milwaukee. Ospino also led the panel “Catholic Institutional Initiatives to Foster Immigrant Integration while Serving the U.S. Born Children of Immigrants” at the Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative  (CIII) conference at Santa Clara University. He delivered keynotes in several diocesan gatherings and participated  in the CIII meeting of the Ibero-American Theological Group in Puebla, Mexico, discussing synodality in the Church.

Jacqueline Regan, associate dean for student affairs and career services, served as a panelist for the STM Continuing Education presentation “The Ordained Priesthood: Opening a New Conversation” in March. In May, she presented the keynote address, “Beyond Slogans: An Ignatian Approach to Formation,” at the Northeast Province of Jesuits Faith Formation Cohort Gathering for secondary theology teachers and campus ministers.

In March, Andrea Vicini, S.J., associate professor of moral theology, presented three lectures in the Department of Theology at Boston College: “Bioethics: Global Perspectives;” “Climate Change: The Human Crisis” in the panel on Perspectives on Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Response, organized by the Catholic Relief Services Student Ambassadors; and “Ethical Challenges in Global Public Health and the Environment” in the Ethics Seminar. In April, he presented “Climate Change: A Justice Issue for Religion, Ethics, and Theological Education” in the panel on Ecological (In)Justice at the Boston Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological Education at Boston University, and he delivered the 2019 Bellarmine Lecture: “Saving the Earth: Ethics, Health Care, and the Common Good” at Fairfield University.