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Faculty and Administration News (FAN)  

First issued in November 2009, Faculty & Administration News (FAN) is a quarterly publication of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology. The aim of this newsletter is to share with readers the many accomplishments of ICSST's faculty and administrators.

In This Issue:

  • The Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools votes to reaffirm Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s accreditation for the full period of ten years.
  • ICSST’s Preaching as Hospitality Formation Program, funded by a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., launches Many Faces of Hospitality series, thus far sponsoring two evenings of reflection for the SHU and broader communities.
  • Newly designed digital resource hub database, a strategic initiative under ICSST’s Lilly Endowment-funded The 4:12 Pathway for Pastoral Leadership project, will allow for sharing of best practice information and diaconate competencies in collaboration with ICSST’s diocesan partners.
  • Donna L. Orsuto, S.T.D., appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
  • Timothy P. Fortin, Ph.D., publishes book: On the Nature of Human Sexual Difference:  A Symposium; presents paper at American Catholic Philosophical Association Meeting.
  • Ellen R. Scully, Ph.D., publishes book: Human Salvation in Early Christianity:  Exploring the Theology of Physicalist Soteriology; is nominated for University of Louisville 2026 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
  • Gregory Y. Glazov, D.Phil. (Oxon.), serves on panel at Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Convention; becomes research scholar of Northwestern University Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought.
  • Eric M. Johnston, Ph.D., participates with SHU colleagues in podcast discussion of Pope Francis’s recent letter "On the Role of Literature in Formation."
  • Jamie Boulding, Ph.D., facilitates new, monthly Theology and Science Reading Group for SHU faculty and graduate students; serves as respondent at Fall 2024 Lonergan Lecture.
  • ICSST hosts distinguished scholar Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D., for Encountering Jesus and Paul through Jewish Practice and Belief, a morning of formation for those preparing to preach.

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