
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:
- Reverend Roberto Ortiz, S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.), begins service as Vice Rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary.
- Ellen R. Scully, Ph.D., promoted to Full Professor, effective beginning with AY 2025-2026; featured as a speaker at Annual Meetings of Academy of Catholic Theology and North American Patristics Society.
- ICSST’s Preaching as Hospitality Formation Program, funded by $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., engages thousands from the SHU and broader communities, through website launch; Advent and Lenten reflection series; Wisdom Figures of Preaching series; Many Faces of Hospitality series; and day of reflection: The Hospitality of God in the Gospel of Luke.
- Through 4:12 Pathway for Pastoral Leadership project, funded by $989,384 grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., Deacon Andrew E. Saunders, M.A. ’08, leads ICSST in developing digital resource hub database, Diaconal Formation and Leadership Today, and in hosting diaconal leadership forum colloquy.
- The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas (Rome) and ICSST at SHU collaborate with St. Paul Inside the Walls Evangelization Center (Diocese of Paterson) to present A Day of Reflection: Evangelization and Catechesis at the Beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, on SHU’s South Orange campus.
- Reverend Joseph R. Laracy, S.T.D., awarded $10,000 SHU Research Council Summer Stipend to support his project on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Human Person.
- Jamie Boulding, Ph.D., nominated for, and accepted for membership in, Faculty Academy for External Recognitions and Awards (FAERA).
- Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D., publishes co-edited book on Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Canon Law.
- Joseph P. Rice, Ph.D., delivers to 2025 Hildebrand Society Summer Residency in Austria presentation on the role of AI in higher education, incorporating elements of the Church’s social doctrine, as well as works of several philosophers.
- As Chair of the Censores Librorum, Reverend Monsignor C. Anthony Ziccardi, S.S.L., S.T.D., reviews a dozen books submitted to the Archbishop of Newark for his certification that they are free from Catholic theological error.
- Reverend Christopher M. Ciccarino, K.C.H.S., S.S.L., S.T.D., begins service as appointed member of the Board of Control of the New American Bible.
- Dianne M. Traflet, J.D. ’88, S.T.D., inspires nearly 800 people through ten recent retreats and presentations on themes such as Marian spirituality, Eucharistic spirituality, and the lives and examples of Saints Edith Stein and Titus Brandsma.
- Timothy P. Fortin, Ph.D., continues service as prison minister, offering Bible studies and outreach to county, federal, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, and as coordinator of prison ministry religious services for the Archdiocese of Newark.
- Reverend Paweł Tomczyk, Ph.D., develops two courses to serve the growing Spanish-language and English-language cohorts of permanent diaconate students in ICSST’s Center for Diaconal Formation, which continued, for a second consecutive year, to teach the largest number of permanent diaconate candidates in the nation.
Past Issues:
- Volume XVI Issue 3, May 2025
- Volume XVI Issue 2, February 2025
- Volume XVI Issue 1, November 2024
- Volume XV Issue 4, August 2024
- Volume XV, Issue 3, May 2024
- Volume XV, Issue 2, February 2024
- Volume XV, Issue 1, November 2023
- Volume XIV, Issue 4, August 2023
- Volume XIV, Issue 3, May 2023
- Volume XIV, Issue 2, February 2023
- Volume XIV, Issue 1, November 2022
- Volume XIII, Issue 4, August 2022
- Volume XIII, Issue 3, May 2022
- Volume XIII, Issue 2, February 2022
- Volume XIII, Issue 1, November 2021
- Volume XII, Issue 4, August 2021
- Volume XII, Issue 3, May 2021
- Volume XII, Issue 2, February 2021
- Volume XII, Issue 1, November 2020
- Volume XI, Issue 4, August 2020
- Volume XI, Issue 3, May 2020
- Volume XI, Issue 2, February 2020
- Volume XI, Issue 1, November 2019
- Volume X, Issue 4, August 2019
- Volume X, Issue 3, May 2019
- Volume X, Issue 2, February 2019
- Volume X, Issue 1, November 2018
- Volume IX, Issue 4, August 2018
- Volume IX, Issue 3, May 2018
- Volume IX, Issue 2, February 2018
- Volume IX, Issue 1, November 2017
- Volume VIII, Issue 4, August 2017
- Volume VIII, Issue 3, May 2017
- Volume VIII, Issue 2, February 2017
- Volume VIII, Issue 1, November 2016
- Volume VII, Issue 4, August 2016
- Volume VII, Issue 3, May 2016
- Volume VII, Issue 2, February 2016
- Volume VI, Issue 4, August 2015
- Volume VI, Issue 3, May 2015
- Volume VI, Issue 2, March 2015
- Volume VI, Issue 1, November 2014
- Volume V, Issue 4, August 2014
- Volume V, Issue 3, May 2014
- Volume V, Issue 2, March 2014
- Volume V, Issue 1, November 2013
- Volume IV, Issue 4, September 2013
- Volume IV, Issue 3, May 2013
- Volume IV, Issue 2, March 2013
- Volume IV, Issue 1, November 2012
- Volume III, Issue 4, September 2012
- Volume III, Issue 3, May 2012
- Volume III, Issue 2, March 2012
- Volume III, Issue 1, November 2011
- Volume II, Issue 4, August 2011
- Volume II, Issue 3, May 2011
- Volume II, Issue 2, February 2011
- Volume II, Issue 1, November 2010
- Volume I, Issue 4, August 2010
- Volume I, Issue 3, May 2010
- Volume I, Issue 2, February 2010
- Volume I, Issue 1, November 2009